Hailuo AI vs Runway
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Hailuo AI if you want minimax's text-to-video and image-to-video generator for creators (Assistant, freemium); choose Runway if you want generative ai for text-to-video, image, and video editing (Assistant, freemium).
| Hailuo AI | Runway | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | MiniMax's text-to-video and image-to-video generator for creators | Generative AI for text-to-video, image, and video editing |
| Type | agent | agent |
| Autonomy | Assistant | Assistant |
| Pricing | freemium · Free tier with daily credits; paid plans reportedly from $9.99/mo | freemium · $12/user/mo (Standard, billed annually) |
| Best for | consumers, developers | consumers, smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas, api | saas, api |
| Modalities | text, image, video, api | text, image, video |
| Models | proprietary | proprietary, model-agnostic |
| Protocols | rest-api | rest-api |
| Integrations | MiniMax API, Replicate, fal, Segmind | API, third-party model providers |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 4 documented |
Hailuo AI
- +Early reputation for fluid, lifelike human motion in short clips
- +Free tier with daily credits plus accessible paid plans (reportedly from $9.99/mo)
- +Available as a web/mobile app and a developer API, with image-to-video and a Media Agent
- -A consumer generation tool, not an agent: a human prompts and curates every clip
- -Short clip lengths and credit-metered generation typical of the category
Runway
- +Leading generative video quality with character and scene consistency (Gen-4)
- +Beyond generation: editing (Aleph), performance capture (Act-Two), and node-based Workflows
- +API access plus bundled third-party models in one platform
- -Credit-based generation: high-quality video burns credits fast, so plan caps bite
- -Output still needs human curation and iteration for professional results
Which should you choose?
Hailuo AI is minimax's text-to-video and image-to-video generator for creators, best for consumers, developers. Runway is generative ai for text-to-video, image, and video editing, best for consumers, smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.