How to Use Hailuo Without a Subscription (November 2026): Plans, Top-Ups, the MiniMax API, or Pay Per Clip
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Hailuo, MiniMax's video app, sells monthly plans from $14.99 for 1,000 credits, and its payment terms also list top-up credits at $1 for 70. MiniMax's API charges per second, from $0.025, for developers. If you want neither a plan nor an API account, you can pay per clip on a platform that runs Hailuo for you, at a price you see before you generate.
This guide covers Hailuo's plans and top-ups, MiniMax's API, paying per clip with no subscription, what a typical clip costs, and which route fits which kind of maker.
A note on who wrote this: GenMagic is one of the routes compared here, and its prices come from its live catalog. Hailuo's plans and top-ups were read in Hailuo's payment terms on November 9, 2026. MiniMax's API prices come from our Hailuo API guide, which cites MiniMax's price page.
Table of contents
- The short answer
- Hailuo's plans
- Hailuo's top-up credits
- MiniMax's API, for developers
- Paying per clip, with no subscription
- Which route to pick
- Questions
The short answer
- Hailuo's plans start at $14.99 a month for 1,000 credits. Plan credits last one month and do not roll over.
- Hailuo also lists top-up credits at $1 for 70, valid until December 31 of the second calendar year after you buy them. The terms do not say whether you need a plan to buy them.
- Hailuo's terms do not say how many credits a video uses, so the price of a clip shows only inside the app.
- MiniMax's API charges $0.08 a second for H3 at 768p and from $0.025 for H3 Lite, sound included. It needs an account and code.
- Per clip on GenMagic, Hailuo 3 Max costs $0.12 a second at 768p, with the price shown before you generate. Top-ups start at $5, and top-up credit never expires.
Hailuo's plans
| Plan | A month | Credits a month |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $14.99 | 1,000 |
| Pro | $54.99 | 4,500 |
| Master | $119.99 | 10,000 |
| Ultra | $124.99 | 12,000 |
| Max | $199.99 | 20,000 |
Paid plans add queue priority and downloads without a watermark. Plan credits are "valid for one month and expire thereafter", and a cancelled plan ends at the next billing cycle with no refund for the month already paid. Failed generations, and clips that do not pass review, get their credits back automatically.
Hailuo's top-up credits
The same terms list top-up credits at $1 for 70 credits, valid until December 31 of the second calendar year after the purchase. They do not say whether a free account can buy them or how many credits a clip uses, so check both in the app before you rely on top-ups alone.
MiniMax's API, for developers
MiniMax sells its video models per second on its own platform, sound included: H3 at $0.08 a second at 768p and $0.13 at 2K, H3 Highspeed from $0.04, H3 Lite from $0.025 and H3 Max from $0.05. It takes a MiniMax account, an API key and code that sends a request and waits for the clip. Every detail, with working requests, is in our Hailuo API guide.
Paying per clip, with no subscription
On GenMagic you make a Hailuo clip in the studio and pay for that clip from a balance you top up once:
- The price before you generate, fixed by the model, the length and the resolution.
- Top-ups from $5, and top-up credit never expires. Nothing renews.
- $0.50 free when you verify your email.
- Hailuo beside Seedance, Veo, Kling, Wan and more on the same balance, so you can compare one prompt on several models.
- The same balance from n8n, Make, Zapier, Claude or ChatGPT and code when you automate.
What a typical Hailuo clip costs on GenMagic today:
| A clip | Model | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6 s at 480p | Hailuo 3 Max | $0.45 |
| 6 s at 768p | Hailuo 3 Max | $0.72 |
| 10 s at 768p | Hailuo 3 Max | $1.20 |
| 10 s at 2K | Hailuo 3 | $1.95 |
| 6 s at 1080p | Hailuo 2.3 | $0.74 |
Every Hailuo model GenMagic runs, with its prices: Hailuo without a subscription. H3, H3 Max or 2.3: which Hailuo model to use. The same question for the other makers: AI video generators without a subscription.
Which route to pick
- You make Hailuo video every week: a Hailuo plan. A fully used monthly allowance is usually the lowest price per clip.
- You make a few clips a month, or want to compare Hailuo with other models: pay per clip. A month with three clips costs three clips.
- You build workflows or apps: MiniMax's API, or one API key for every model.
Questions
Can I use Hailuo without a subscription? Yes, in two ways. Hailuo's terms list top-up credits at $1 for 70, though they do not say whether a plan is needed first. Per-clip platforms such as GenMagic charge each Hailuo clip from a balance you top up, with no plan and no renewal.
Do Hailuo credits expire? Plan credits expire after one month. Hailuo's top-up credits last until December 31 of the second calendar year after purchase. On GenMagic, top-up credit never expires.
Is Hailuo the same as MiniMax H3? MiniMax makes the Hailuo app and the H3 video models. Many apps and guides call H3 "Hailuo 3".