Tool · Video, Pictures

Hailuo AI

A browser app from MiniMax for making short video clips from a description or a photo, plus pictures and ready-made effect templates. Read the terms carefully: they describe the service as for personal, non-commercial use.

Go to Hailuo AI’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Licence: Hailuo AI Terms of Use (The maker's own terms)
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Can I sell what I make?: The terms don't say clearly
Terms say the service is for 'personal, non-commercial use only', yet also that if you use generated content commercially 'you do so at your own risk'. Users own outputs. No paid-plan commercial clause found.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Cost: Free option: yes
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser
Phone apps and API not mentioned on the pages read; MiniMax sells model access separately via platform.minimax.io.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Skill needed: No setup
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Made by: Nanonoble Pte. Ltd. (MiniMax) (SG)
Privacy policy gives a registered address in Singapore. The site links to minimax.io and carries MiniMax branding; the MiniMax link is our reading of the page.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Status: Available
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

What you can make with it

A video, from a description (main use)
A video, by bringing a photo to life
A picture, from a description
A video, a different look for a video I have

text to videoimage to videotext to image

Home page lists Create Video, image-to-video, Create Image, reference inputs and templates (style transfer, memes). Restyle is via templates.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

Prices rendered by script; not readable (only 'From .../mo' shown). Free tier is our assumption from the sign-up flow, not confirmed.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: The terms don't say clearly
Neither terms nor privacy policy mention model training; terms grant the company a broad licence to your content.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Watermark: The maker may add one
Terms forbid removing any watermark, metadata or label the company applies to mark content as AI-made; which plans get a visible mark was not readable.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial

Models it uses (not yet listed on Plainly)

MiniMax H3

Other options for “A video, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Premiere, Akool, Animoto, Arcads, Canva AI (Magic Studio), CapCut, Civitai, CogVideoX, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DomoAI, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, Fliki, Fotor, Genmo, getimg.ai, Google Flow

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.