Hailuo
MiniMax's video product, popular for stylised short clips and subject reference.
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Hailuo vs Sora
Hailuo (MiniMax) and Sora (OpenAI) both sit in Video. Hailuo is the cheaper entry point at from $4.99/mo. Sora shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Hailuo MiniMax | Sora OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Video | Video |
| Version | H3 | Sora 2 |
| Entry cost | from $4.99/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Standard $4.99 · Unlimited $24.99 | Free free · ChatGPT Plus $20 · ChatGPT Pro $200 · API 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 | Sora 2 · Sora 2 Pro · sora-2-12-08 · sora-2-2025-10-06 · sora-2-2025-12-08 · sora-2-pro-2025-10-06 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 5 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Subject reference, Director camera controls, 1080p, Fast generation, Video Generation, Text Generation, Speech Synthesis, Music Generation | Synchronised audio, Cameos, Remix, Storyboard, Vertical video, text-to-video, image-to-video, character consistency |
Sora
Video generation with audio, remixing and a consumer app around it.
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