Hailuo 02 AI Video Generator

MiniMax's Hailuo 02 is built for speed and value: text-to-video and image-to-video at 512p to 1080p, steered by 15 director-style camera-motion commands.

Quick turnarounds at a friendly price

Hailuo 02 is one of the faster, more affordable video models in the lineup — ideal for high-volume social content, drafts, and rapid iteration where you want to try many ideas without burning through credits.

15 camera-motion commands

Direct the shot in plain language with commands like [Push in], [Pull out], [Pan left], [Tracking shot], and [Static shot]. Combine up to three in one bracket for compound moves, so the camera does what a real operator would.

Text-to-video and image-to-video in one model

Generate from a prompt alone, or attach one photo and let Hailuo 02 treat it as the first frame and animate forward. The mode is decided by whether you attach an image — there is nothing else to switch.

512p to 1080p, 6 or 10 seconds

Pick 512p for low-cost drafts in image-to-video, 768p for everyday clips, or 1080p for finished work. Lengths are 6 or 10 seconds, except at 1080p, which runs at 6. The price for each combination is shown up front.

• Anyone who wants the price settled up front

  Five resolution-and-length combinations, each with one fixed price for the finished clip. There is no rate to multiply out and no way for a longer take to quietly cost more than you planned — the table above is the entire price list.

• People running a lot of takes before committing

  Short six-second clips at the smaller tiers are how you find the shot. Once you know what you want, re-render it at 1080p here or take the idea to a model with more resolution — the prompt and settings stay in your history either way.

• Directors who think in camera moves

  Motion is written into the prompt as bracketed commands — a push in, a pull out, a tracking shot — and up to three can run together for a compound move. If you already describe shots the way an operator would, you can direct this model without learning a new control panel.

• Anyone animating a photo they already have

  Attach one image and it becomes the first frame, then describe what should happen next. Useful when the framing is already right and all you need is for it to move.

• Not for: clips that need sound, 4K, or a character who stays the same across shots

  There is no audio parameter, 1080p is the ceiling, and there is no reference-to-video mode to lock a face. For a talking character go to HappyHorse 1.1, for 4K go to Kling 3.0, and for identity held across several reference images go to Wan 2.7.

Every resolution, clip length and credit figure in this table is read from our own model registry and the rate tables in our code on 20 August 2026 — the same tables that price your generations, not vendor marketing pages. Wan 2.7, HappyHorse 1.1 and Kling 3.0 bill per second, so their per-clip figures are the rate multiplied by the length you choose; Hailuo 02 bills per clip from a fixed table. The only speed numbers here are the two Hailuo 02 clips we timed ourselves, and every cell we have not measured says so rather than borrowing a number from somewhere else.

1. 1

   Select Hailuo 02

   Open the model picker and choose Hailuo 02. The panel shows its credit cost, resolution options, and duration limits before you spend anything.

2. 2

   Describe what you want

   Write the subject, the action, and how the camera behaves. Attach a first frame if you want the clip to start from a specific image.

3. 3

   Generate, then keep going

   Download the clip, extend it, or send it through further editing. Prompt, model, and settings stay attached in your history.