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Leap vs Hailuo AIA Hailuo AI alternative, compared

Leap runs MiniMax H3, Hailuo 2.3 and Hailuo 02 in one studio with Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5 and the other top video models, so you can give the same prompt to two and keep the better take. You pay for each clip in dollars, with no plan, and Leap adds no watermark on any balance.

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How Leap and Hailuo AI compare

What you pay, what happens to credit you don't use, and what you get for it, from each one's own pages.

How you payLeap: Per run, from a balance in dollars. No plan to pick.Hailuo AI: A plan: Standard $10.50, Pro $38, Master $89 or Max $216 a month for 1,000 to 27,000 credits, the first three on sale from $14.99, $54.99 and $119.99, or from $8.40 a month billed yearly.
Unused creditLeap: Credit you pay for doesn't expire.Hailuo AI: Plan credits last a month and don't roll over. Credits bought on their own expire too.
WatermarksLeap: None, on any balance.Hailuo AI: Free downloads carry a watermark. A plan removes it, and credits bought on their own don't.
MiniMax H3Leap: MiniMax H3 at 2K with sound, 6 seconds a run, priced per second.Hailuo AI: 4 to 15 seconds at 768p or 2K, at $0.096 to $0.126 a second at 2K depending on the plan.
A run that failsLeap: Costs nothing. Only a run that succeeds is charged.Hailuo AI: Its credits come back, as they do for a run that doesn't pass review.
Unlimited useLeap: None. Every run has a price.Hailuo AI: Unlimited Hailuo 2.0 and 2.3 clips on Max, in a slower queue, and unlimited images with Nano Banana, Seedream and GPT Image 1.5 from Pro.
ModelsLeap: MiniMax H3, Hailuo 2.3, 2.3 Fast, 2.3 Pro and 02, beside Veo, Kling, Seedance, Wan, PixVerse, Grok Imagine, Nano Banana and more.Hailuo AI: MiniMax H3 and H3 Max, Hailuo 2.3, 2.0 and 1.0, Veo 3.1 and Sora 2, plus Nano Banana, Seedream, GPT Image and Midjourney for images.
Starting freeLeap: $2 of credit, no card needed.Hailuo AI: One-time trial credits for Hailuo's own models, which expire three days after you get them.
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Hailuo AI's plans, prices and policies are as its own pricing and help pages gave them on October 6, 2026, before tax. They change, so check its pages before you buy.

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Where they differ

On Leap, not on Hailuo AI

  • No watermark on any run, with no plan to keep up.
  • Credit you pay for doesn't expire, and nothing resets each month.
  • Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, Wan and Grok Imagine on the same balance as Hailuo, so you can try one prompt on several.
  • The API and the MCP server spend the studio's balance.

On Hailuo AI, not on Leap

  • MiniMax H3 for less a second on every plan, in clips of 4 to 15 seconds. Leap's MiniMax H3 runs 6 seconds, and H3 Max, fal's tune of it, runs up to 15.
  • Unlimited Hailuo 2.0 and 2.3 clips on Max, and unlimited images with select models from Pro.
  • Sora 2 and Midjourney, which Leap doesn't run.
  • Hailuo Agent, and trending templates such as PetPal and LoveFrame.

Made on Leap

Real runs, as they came back, each with the model or recipe that made it. Where a price shows, it is about what the runs behind the piece were charged, first frame included.

Switching

Moving from Hailuo AI

Where the same job lives on Leap, model by model.

MiniMax H3
MiniMax H3MiniMax's 2K video model, with sound.
Hailuo 2.3
Hailuo 2.3MiniMax's 768p video model, 6 or 10 seconds from text or a first frame. From text it is always 16:9; from a frame, the frame's shape.
Hailuo 2.0 (Frames)
Hailuo 02MiniMax's 768p video model, from text or a first frame.
Video Upscale
ByteDance Video UpscalerUpscales a video to 1080p at 30 fps and cleans it up, for under a cent a second.
Lip Sync
sync-3 LipsyncLip-syncs a video of a person to new speech, keeping the face and the shot as filmed. Billed by the length of the video.
Music Generation
MiniMax Music 3Songs up to five minutes long from a style prompt and your lyrics. Without lyrics it makes an instrumental. A song can end before the length you ask for, which is what the run is billed.

What it costs

What a run costs on Leap

A new account comes with $2 of credit and no card. The table shows each model's cheapest run and about how many the credit covers. After that you add credit and pay per run, and a run that fails costs nothing.

ModelFromWhat $2 makes
Hailuo 2.3$0.31for 6 sAbout 6 clips
Hailuo 2.3 Fast$0.21for 6 sAbout 9 clips
Hailuo 2.3 Pro$0.54for 1 clipAbout 3 clips
Hailuo 02$0.30for 6 sAbout 6 clips
MiniMax H3$0.86for 6 sAbout 2 clips
H3 Max$0.28for 5 sAbout 7 clips

Each price is one run at the model's lowest-priced settings, from the live catalog. Larger sizes, longer clips and sound cost more, and the studio shows the exact price before every run. How pricing works.

Questions

Questions people ask

Is it the same Hailuo on Leap?
Yes. Leap runs MiniMax's own models, MiniMax H3, Hailuo 2.3, 2.3 Fast, 2.3 Pro and Hailuo 02 among them, and names each one on its page with its price per run.
Is MiniMax H3 cheaper on Hailuo AI?
Per second, yes, once you're on a plan: $0.096 to $0.126 a second at 2K, against the price on Leap's MiniMax H3 page. On Leap you pay only for the clips you make, with no plan and no watermark.
Does Leap add a watermark?
No, on any balance, the free $2 included. On Hailuo AI, free downloads carry a watermark until you take a plan.
Does credit expire on Leap?
Credit you pay for doesn't expire while Leap is offered. On Hailuo AI, plan credits last a month and don't roll over.
Is Leap free to try?
Yes. A new account starts with $2 of credit and needs no card; the table on this page shows how many clips that makes with each model. After that you add credit from $5.

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