Side-by-side comparison · Video & Audio
Hailuo AI vs HeyGen vs OpusClip
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Creators and social teams who need a lot of short AI clips for little money.
Pick it if: Founders, marketers and trainers who need lots of on-camera video but hate filming.
Pick it if: Creators, podcasters and marketers who record themselves talking and need a steady stream of short-form videos.
Overview
| Attribute | Hailuo AI | HeyGen | OpusClip |
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| In one line | MiniMax's low-cost AI video maker: 2K clips with sound from a prompt or photo. | Type a script and a lifelike presenter reads it on camera, in your voice or any language. | Turns long videos into short clips, and edits raw talking-head footage by chat. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $10.50/mo | $29/mo | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Hailuo AI | HeyGen | OpusClip |
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| Overall rating | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.3Winner |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Hailuo AI | HeyGen | OpusClip |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes | No |
| Desktop app | No | No | No |
| Browser extension | No | No | No |
| API access | Yes | Yes | – |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | – | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | – | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | – | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | Yes | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Makes images | Yes | No | Yes |
| Makes video | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Writes code | No | No | No |
| Runs agents or automations | No | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | No | Yes | Yes |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 9/ 17 | 12/ 17 | 11/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Hailuo AI | HeyGen | OpusClip |
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| Plans | Free Free Seeing what it can do. | Free Free Testing an avatar and the translation feature. | Free Free Trying it on a few videos. |
Standard $10.50/mo, or $8.40/mo billed yearly Occasional clips. | CreatorOur pick $29/mo, or $24/mo billed yearly Solo founders and marketers publishing regularly. | Starter $15/mo Solo creators posting a few shorts a week. | |
ProOur pick $38/mo, or $30.40/mo billed yearly Regular social content. | Pro From $49/mo Heavier users who want 4K and flexible usage. | ProOur pick $29/mo Anyone posting daily or running a team. | |
Master $89/mo, or $71.20/mo billed yearly Daily creators and small agencies. | Business $149/mo Teams with several presenters. | Business Custom Agencies and media companies at volume. | |
Max $216/mo, or $184/mo billed yearly High-volume production. | Enterprise Custom Large companies producing video across departments. | ||
| Which plan to pick | Pro is the sweet spot because it drops the per-second price by about a fifth compared with Standard. Prices on the site are promotional and change often, so check the checkout figure before you commit to a year. | Creator covers most solo founders and marketers: no watermark, your own avatar and 30-minute videos. Move to Business only when you need SSO, more than one custom avatar or a team sharing the account. | Free is enough to see if the clips are any good. Starter removes the watermark, but Pro is the plan most people end up on: it adds the scheduler, all 9 posting platforms, extra brand templates, 16:9 and 1:1 reframing and export to Premiere. Business only makes sense for agencies or media teams. |
Key features
Pros and cons
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Hailuo AI, HeyGen or OpusClip?
OpusClip scores highest overall in our ratings (Hailuo AI 3.7/5, HeyGen 4.1/5 and OpusClip 4.3/5). Hailuo AI is best for high volumes of short social clips and animating photos cheaply. HeyGen is best for explainer and product videos and translating your videos. OpusClip is best for turning podcasts into shorts and editing talking-head videos.
Which is cheaper, Hailuo AI, HeyGen or OpusClip?
Hailuo AI: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $10.50/mo. HeyGen: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $29/mo. OpusClip: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $15/mo.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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