Hailuo vs Vidu
Hailuo wins for fast motion-heavy visuals; Vidu wins when the output should include dialogue, music, sound effects and short-drama structure.
Hailuo Overview
MiniMax's efficient AI video family for fast, affordable, high-motion text-to-video and image-to-video clips.
Company: MiniMax
Model page: Hailuo details
Fallback score: 79
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Vidu Overview
ShengShu Technology's video model family for native audio-video storytelling, image-to-video, and scene-oriented short-form production.
Company: ShengShu Technology
Model page: Vidu details
Fallback score: 79
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Advantage Summary
Every dimension below names an advantage, a reason, evidence status, and the user type it matters for. Evidence pending means the page needs live pricing, leaderboard, benchmark, or product-term verification before naming a winner.
Where Hailuo wins
- motion realismReason: Hailuo has the stronger cited claim in this comparison row: Motion-first clips.Evidence: minimax.io, vidu.comBest for: Ads, action shots, camera moves, and physical scenes
- version maturityReason: Hailuo has the newer tracked version event in the local version dataset.Evidence: platform.minimaxi.com, prnewswire.com, vidu.comBest for: Teams choosing stable current products
Where Vidu wins
- subject consistencyReason: Vidu has stronger subject consistency evidence from product features, workflow tags, or access data.Evidence: minimax.io, prnewswire.comBest for: Character, product, and object continuity work
- native audioReason: Vidu has stronger native audio evidence from product features, workflow tags, or access data.Evidence: minimax.io, vidu.comBest for: Dialogue, sound effects, music, and audio-video sync
Tie or depends
- price / costReason: Both products have usable pricing/access evidence, but real cost still depends on duration, resolution, region, and plan.Evidence: hailuoai.video, platform.minimax.io, vidu.comBest for: Budget-sensitive teams and API buyers
- generation qualityReason: Fallback scores are close, so current use case and benchmark evidence matter more than the raw score.Evidence pending: needs live pricing, benchmark, or product documentation source.Best for: Teams optimizing final visual quality
No public source link is attached yet.
- prompt adherenceReason: Prompt adherence needs benchmark evidence or side-by-side testing.Evidence pending: needs live pricing, benchmark, or product documentation source.Best for: Prompt-heavy storyboards and precise scene requests
No public source link is attached yet.
- camera controlReason: Both products have comparable camera control evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth.Evidence: minimax.io, vidu.comBest for: Directors who need repeatable camera language
- reference controlReason: Both products have comparable reference control evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth.Evidence: minimax.io, prnewswire.comBest for: Brand/product references and character consistency
- editing / extensionReason: Both products have comparable editing or extension workflow evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth.Evidence: platform.minimax.io, platform.vidu.comBest for: Iterative editors and production teams
- API / developer availabilityReason: Both products have comparable API availability evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth.Evidence: platform.minimax.io, platform.vidu.comBest for: Developers, automation builders, and product teams
- commercial useReason: Commercial use depends on current product terms, regional plans, and license language; verify live terms before recommending a winner.Evidence: minimax.io, prnewswire.comBest for: Brands, agencies, and revenue-generating projects
Advantage By Dimension
This is the decision layer: not just yes/no support, but who leads, why they lead, what evidence backs it, and who should care.
| Dimension | Advantage / Winner | Reason | Evidence | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| price / cost | Tie or depends | Reason: Both products have usable pricing/access evidence, but real cost still depends on duration, resolution, region, and plan. | Evidence: hailuoai.video, platform.minimax.io, vidu.com | Budget-sensitive teams and API buyers |
| generation quality | Tie or depends | Reason: Fallback scores are close, so current use case and benchmark evidence matter more than the raw score. | Evidence pending: needs live pricing, benchmark, or product documentation source. No public source link is attached yet. |
Teams optimizing final visual quality |
| motion realism | Hailuo advantage | Reason: Hailuo has the stronger cited claim in this comparison row: Motion-first clips. | Evidence: minimax.io, vidu.com | Ads, action shots, camera moves, and physical scenes |
| prompt adherence | Evidence pending | Reason: Prompt adherence needs benchmark evidence or side-by-side testing. | Evidence pending: needs live pricing, benchmark, or product documentation source. No public source link is attached yet. |
Prompt-heavy storyboards and precise scene requests |
| subject consistency | Vidu advantage | Reason: Vidu has stronger subject consistency evidence from product features, workflow tags, or access data. | Evidence: minimax.io, prnewswire.com | Character, product, and object continuity work |
| camera control | Tie or depends | Reason: Both products have comparable camera control evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth. | Evidence: minimax.io, vidu.com | Directors who need repeatable camera language |
| reference control | Tie or depends | Reason: Both products have comparable reference control evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth. | Evidence: minimax.io, prnewswire.com | Brand/product references and character consistency |
| native audio | Vidu advantage | Reason: Vidu has stronger native audio evidence from product features, workflow tags, or access data. | Evidence: minimax.io, vidu.com | Dialogue, sound effects, music, and audio-video sync |
| editing / extension | Tie or depends | Reason: Both products have comparable editing or extension workflow evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth. | Evidence: platform.minimax.io, platform.vidu.com | Iterative editors and production teams |
| API / developer availability | Tie or depends | Reason: Both products have comparable API availability evidence or the difference depends on workflow depth. | Evidence: platform.minimax.io, platform.vidu.com | Developers, automation builders, and product teams |
| commercial use | Evidence pending | Reason: Commercial use depends on current product terms, regional plans, and license language; verify live terms before recommending a winner. | Evidence: minimax.io, prnewswire.com | Brands, agencies, and revenue-generating projects |
| open / closed source | Tie or depends | Reason: Both products have similar open/closed-source posture in the current dataset (Hailuo: closed, Vidu: closed). | Evidence: minimax.io, prnewswire.com | Researchers, self-hosters, and teams needing model control |
| version maturity | Hailuo advantage | Reason: Hailuo has the newer tracked version event in the local version dataset. | Evidence: platform.minimaxi.com, prnewswire.com, vidu.com | Teams choosing stable current products |
| external ratings / leaderboard | Tie or depends | Reason: Fallback scores are close, so current use case and benchmark evidence matter more than the raw score. | Evidence pending: needs live pricing, benchmark, or product documentation source. No public source link is attached yet. |
Buyers who want market validation |
| SEO / popularity / web authority | Evidence pending | Reason: SEO, popularity, and authority metrics need richer imports before naming a winner. | Evidence pending: needs live pricing, benchmark, or product documentation source. No public source link is attached yet. |
Teams using adoption and discoverability as risk signals |
| open-source GitHub metrics | Evidence pending | Reason: GitHub metrics only apply when a model has open-source or open-weight repositories; neither side has enough repo evidence here. | Evidence pending: needs live pricing, benchmark, or product documentation source. No public source link is attached yet. |
Open-model evaluators and infra teams |
Feature Dimension Comparison
Supported values are source-backed where product detail records include source URLs; inferred values are marked.
| Dimension | Hailuo | Vidu |
|---|---|---|
| text-to-video | Supported | Supported |
| image-to-video | Supported | Supported |
| video-to-video | Watchlist | Watchlist |
| reference control | Supported Start and end frames are confirmed for Hailuo 02. | Supported |
| native audio | Watchlist | Supported |
| lip sync | Watchlist | Partial Dialogue and multi-speaker output are documented; exact lip-sync endpoint coverage should be verified. |
| camera control | Supported | Supported |
| editing/extension | Partial | Partial |
| API | Supported | Supported |
| commercial license | Provisional Commercial use depends on current hosted product terms. No public source link is attached yet. | Provisional Commercial use depends on current hosted product terms. No public source link is attached yet. |
| open/closed source | [Object Object] No official open weights for Hailuo 02/2.3 were found. | [Object Object] Vidu model weights are not published as open weights; ShengShu references OpenClaw for Vidu Claw workflow extensibility. |
Hailuo Pricing / Access
MiniMax markets Hailuo as cost-efficient, but exact public pricing should be collected from MiniMax platform pricing before cost-table publication.
If exact public pricing is not listed here, treat it as provisional and check the linked source before publishing a cost claim.
Access Channels
Price Facts
- Native 1080p and cost-efficiency positioningHailuo 02 launch emphasizes cost efficiency, not a normalized price table.
Vidu Pricing / Access
Consumer and API pricing vary by model variant and mode. Vidu Claw introduces a result-oriented Video Plan for ads, but exact public prices need live verification.
If exact public pricing is not listed here, treat it as provisional and check the linked source before publishing a cost claim.
Access Channels
Price Facts
- Vidu Claw Video PlanAdvertised as results-driven pricing for finished ads rather than per-tool credits.
Performance / Quality Evidence
Rows say source-backed when comparison JSON provides a cited claim; otherwise they are provisional.
| Quality Dimension | Hailuo | Vidu |
|---|---|---|
| motion realism | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. |
| prompt adherence | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. |
| temporal consistency | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. |
| subject consistency | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. |
| speed | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. |
| resolution/duration/public benchmark evidence | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. | provisional Public benchmark evidence pending; use current benchmark/ranking sources before making a hard quality claim. No public source link is attached yet. |
Version Progress
Latest and historical versions are pulled from product profiles plus version-events JSON.
Hailuo versions
- MiniMax API release notesOfficial MiniMax API release notes for video model IDs and capabilities.
- MiniMax-Hailuo-2.3Improved dynamic expression, physical actions, stylization, character micro-expressions, and motion command response.
- MiniMax-Hailuo-02 Start & End FramesStart frame, end frame, and end-frame-only controls added on web, mobile, and API surfaces. 768p and 1080p support for start/end and end-frame-only.
- MiniMax-Hailuo-02Native 1080p. 6-10 second clips. Stronger instruction following and physics-heavy motion.
- I2V-01 / I2V-01-live / I2V-01-DirectorEarlier Hailuo video models and specialized I2V/director variants listed in MiniMax API and model catalogues.
Vidu versions
- Vidu Q3 Reference-to-VideoExpanded reference-based generation, synchronized audio-video, visual effects, scene composition, and consistency controls. Vidu Q3 supports up to 16 seconds of synchronized audio and video generation.
- Vidu Q3 reference-to-video modelsReference-to-video adds viduq3-mix, viduq3-turbo, and viduq3 models with audio-video generation support.
- Vidu Q3Native audio-video direct output. Up to 16-second generation. Q3 Pro, Mix, Drama, Ad, and Turbo variants.
- Vidu 2.0Vidu 2.0 update announced as an earlier flagship video generation release.
- Vidu 1.x / Vidu 2.0Early public Vidu product and model generations; Vidu2.0 remains listed in the platform model map.
External Ratings
Fallback scores, SEO/web authority signals, GitHub status, and preset editorial winners are shown with caveats.
| Signal | Hailuo | Vidu |
|---|---|---|
| Fallback score | 79 MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 appears in Arena snapshot and has official release notes for motion and start/end-frame improvements.; professional score is provisional/evidence pending unless backed by scoring JSON. | 79 Vidu Q3 Pro is represented in Arena snapshot among top I2V systems, and official Q3 pages document native audio-video positioning.; professional score is provisional/evidence pending unless backed by scoring JSON. |
| SEO / web authority | Reachability collected; third-party authority metrics pending. | Reachability collected; third-party authority metrics pending. |
| GitHub / open source | No official open weights for Hailuo 02/2.3 were found. | Vidu model weights are not published as open weights; ShengShu references OpenClaw for Vidu Claw workflow extensibility. |
| Comparison preset | Motion-heavy clips; Fast modes; Start/end frames Native audio is not clearly established as a primary feature | Native audio-video; Multi-speaker scenes; Drama/ad variants Variant behavior differs across web/API |
Which should you choose?
- Physical motion: HailuoHailuo 2.3 emphasizes complex physical movement.
- Native dialogue scenes: ViduVidu Q3 generates visuals, dialogue, sound effects and music together.
Sources
Official sources, news/version sources, external ranking or authority sources, and open-source repository links used by this generated page.