Hailuo
MiniMax's video product, popular for stylised short clips and subject reference.
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Hailuo vs Descript
Hailuo (MiniMax) and Descript (Descript) both sit in Video. Hailuo is the cheaper entry point at from $4.99/mo. Descript shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (10 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Hailuo MiniMax | Descript Descript |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Video | Video |
| Version | H3 | Underlord |
| Entry cost | from $4.99/mo | Free tier · from $16/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Standard $4.99 · Unlimited $24.99 | Free free · Hobbyist $16 · Creator $24 · Business $50 · Enterprise free |
| Model stack | H3 · Hailuo 02.5 · M2.5 · M2.7 · M3 · MiniMax H3 · MiniMax M2.5 · MiniMax M2.7 · MiniMax M3 · MiniMax Music 3.0 · MiniMax Speech 2.8 · Music 3.0 · Speech 2.8 | ChatGPT · In-house speech models · Underlord · Undisclosed frontier LLM |
| Context window | n/a | Not published |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 10 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Subject reference, Director camera controls, 1080p, Fast generation, Video Generation, Text Generation, Speech Synthesis, Music Generation | Text-based editing, Overdub voice clone, Studio Sound, Eye contact, Underlord agent, Video editing, Audio transcription, Screen recording |
Descript
Transcript-based video and podcast editing with AI voice and filler-word removal.
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