Hailuo (MiniMax H3)
Top three video quality, and the weights are downloadable.
Best valueFree planOpen sourceRuns on your PC
- Best for
- Good clips on a small budget
- On your PC
- Technical
- Works on
- Web, iPhone, Android, API
- License
- MiniMax H3 Community (excludes US, EU, UK, South Korea)
What’s good
- Number 3 on Artificial Analysis text-to-video
- Clips up to 15 seconds with sound
- Plans also include Veo 3.1
Downsides
- Free use is a one-time trial, not monthly
- Downloaded model needs a data-center graphics card
- Open license excludes the US, EU, UK and South Korea
The details.
- For developers
- About $4.80 per minute at 768p (Artificial Analysis figure)
- Version
- MiniMax H3Released 2026-07-30
- Open source
- Yes, MiniMax H3 Community (excludes US, EU, UK, South Korea)
- Made by
- MiniMax
- Website
- hailuoai.video
How it ranks.
- Artificial Analysis Text-to-Video (MiniMax H3, 768p)#3 · score 11602026-11-05
- LMArena Text-to-Video (MiniMax H3)#11 · score 14562026-11-05
Can I run it myself?
Yes. Technical: command line or python.
Use ComfyUI, Diffusers.
- You need
- Data-center GPU; 80 GB is comfortable, ComfyUI has a low-memory mode
- Setup
- TechnicalCommand line or Python
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBToo small
- Mac, 32 GBToo small
- Mac, 64 GB+Too small
- PC, 8 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 12 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 16 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 24 GB GPUToo small
- WorkstationToo small