Genmo vs Hailuo AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Hailuo AI grades higher than Genmo: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Genmo grades higher on ease of use. Hailuo AI grades higher on value for money, the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Genmo
Text-to-video playground built on the open-source Mochi 1 model
Hailuo AI
MiniMax's video and image generator, running its H3 model
Which one is for you
Pick Genmo if
- Fits if you want to try text-to-video on an open model you can also run yourself
- Works for developers comfortable pulling Mochi 1 from GitHub or ComfyUI
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as the 250 credits are a one-off unlocked by a payment method
- Tight if you need clips without a watermark, as that starts at Lite
- Watch out: credits reset monthly, and the page does not say whether leftovers carry over
- Watch out: the page does not say whether yearly billing exists for Lite and Standard
Pick Hailuo AI if
- Fits if you make short social clips with sound from a prompt or a photo
- Works for Android or web users who want MiniMax's H3 model in a ready-made app
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you make a lot of video: Standard's 1,000 credits cover about 84 seconds of 2K H3 a month, and Pro jumps to $30.40
- Not for you if you're on iPhone, as the US App Store page for its app came back not found
- Watch out: prices are shown against crossed-out figures with no end date, and the site header still says plans start at $9.99
- Watch out: the sign-up credit isn't stated until you're signed in, while MiniMax's separate Design app offers 3,000 free credits
- Skip it if you need an API, plugins or integrations, as none are listed
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAGenmoFair | 2.4GPAHailuo AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $10 a month for 1,200 credits, the middle of image-tool prices. The page does not say whether that is monthly or yearly billing. | BStandard is $8.40 a month on yearly billing ($10.50 monthly) for 1,000 credits, about 84 seconds of 2K H3 video, right at this category's cheaper quarter of $8.40. The page shows it against a crossed-out $14.99, with no end date. |
| Free plan and trial | D250 one-time credits unlock only after adding a payment method, which the page says is never charged, and videos are watermarked. That is about 2 Mochi videos, not a plan. | CNew accounts get free credits on sign-up, but the amount isn't shown until you're signed in. MiniMax's separate Design app offers 3,000 free credits for downloading it. |
| Features | CMochi video generation in a playground, plus Replay video at 50 credits. A narrow job, with Mochi 1 published on GitHub and Hugging Face if you would rather run it yourself. | CH3 makes clips with sound up to 15 seconds at 2K, mixes image, video and audio references, edits clips by instruction and makes images; paid plans add Veo 3.1, Sora 2 and image models. No API or plugins are on record. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Type a prompt in the playground and generate. | CNo app-store rating on record. Effect templates give you a starting point, but mixing several references into one scene takes practice. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb playground only. The open model can run in ComfyUI or from Hugging Face and GitHub, but Genmo has no app of its own. | BWeb and an Android app on Google Play. The site links an iPhone app, but its US App Store page came back not found, and no integrations are listed. |
| Best for | text-to-video on the open Mochi model | short clips with sound from MiniMax's H3 |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Genmo and Hailuo AI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Genmo starts at $10 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Hailuo AI starts at $8.40 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Hailuo AI starts $1.60 a month lower. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, 14 score higher than Genmo for less, and 11 score higher than Hailuo AI for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Genmo is open source, according to its own site.
- Hailuo AI also covers templates and image generation.
At a glance
| Genmo | Hailuo AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $10 per month for 1,200 credits (billing basis not shown) | $8.40 per month, billed yearly ($10.50 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 250 one-time credits, unlocked by adding a payment method (never charged); watermarked | New users get free credits on sign-up; the amount is not shown before signing in |
| Web | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Genmo, Inc. | MiniMax |
| Price read from | genmo.ai | hailuoai.video |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Genmo
- The free 250 credits do not refill, and the page says adding a payment method unlocks them.
- Credits reset each month; the page does not say whether leftovers carry over.
- Prices read '/month', but the page does not say whether yearly billing exists.
- The pricing page names the Mochi and Replay video types; other models were not read.
Hailuo AI
- Plans are shown as discounts from crossed-out prices ($14.99 for Standard) with no end date, and the site header still says plans start at $9.99 a month.
- The site links to an iOS app, but its US App Store page returned not found on October 17, 2026; the Android app is on Google Play.
- MiniMax also sells H3 in its separate MiniMax Design app, which a site banner promotes with 3,000 free credits for downloading it.
Key features
Genmo
- Mochi 1 video generation
- The Playground turns written prompts into video with Genmo's Mochi model; Mochi video costs 100 credits and Replay video 50.
- Open-source model
- Mochi 1 is published on GitHub and Hugging Face, so it can be run on your own hardware or through ComfyUI.
- Monthly credit reset
- Paid credits are a balance that resets each month to the plan's amount, per the pricing page.
- Priority queues
- Lite gets high queue priority and Standard the highest, along with early access to new models.
Hailuo AI
- MiniMax H3 video model
- Generates video with native stereo sound, up to 15 seconds long at 2K, from text, images or a mix of references, including multi-shot clips.
- Omni Reference
- Combine reference images, video and audio in one prompt, for example borrowing a camera move from one clip and a character from an image.
- Editing by instruction
- H3 edits and restyles existing clips and transfers motion from one video to another, with the change described in plain language.
- Image generation
- A separate Create Image mode turns prompts into still images, alongside text-to-video and image-to-video.
- Effect templates
- The home page offers trending preset templates such as PetPal, Style Switch, CineScope and ASMR for quick themed creations.
Plans
Genmo
Free$0
250 lifetime credits that do not refill; videos carry a Genmo watermark.
Lite$10
per month for 1,200 credits; billing basis not shown
No watermark, commercial use and high queue priority.
Standard$30
per month for 5,000 credits; billing basis not shown
No watermark, commercial use, highest queue priority and early model access.
Hailuo AI
Standard$8.40
per month, billed yearly ($10.50 billed monthly)
1,000 credits a month, about 84 seconds of 2K H3 video, plus Veo 3.1 and Sora 2. Shown against a crossed-out $14.99; $100.80 billed yearly.
Pro$30.40
per month, billed yearly ($38 billed monthly)
4,500 credits a month and unlimited 1K to 2K images on Nano Banana, Seedream and GPT Image. Shown against $54.99; $364.80 billed yearly.
Master$71.20
per month, billed yearly ($89 billed monthly)
10,500 credits a month, about 875 seconds of 2K H3 video, with unlimited 2K images. Shown against $119.99; $854.40 billed yearly.
Max$184
per month, billed yearly ($216 billed monthly)
27,000 credits a month, unlimited Hailuo 2.0 and 2.3 video and unlimited 4K images. $2,208 billed yearly.
Ways to pay less
Genmo
No public discounts listed.
Hailuo AI
- Annual discount
Lower monthly rates with yearly billing
Billed yearly, Standard is $100.80 ($8.40 a month) against $10.50 billed monthly, Pro $364.80 against $38 a month, and Master $854.40 against $89 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Genmo or Hailuo AI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Hailuo AI is cheaper to start with: $8.40 a month, against $10 a month for Genmo. Genmo starts at $10 per month for 1,200 credits (billing basis not shown), and Hailuo AI starts at $8.40 per month, billed yearly ($10.50 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Genmo or Hailuo AI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Genmo nor Hailuo AI has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
Which platforms do Genmo and Hailuo AI run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Hailuo AI lists an Android app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.