4 Best Hailuo API Providers Compared (2026)

MiniMax released Hailuo 2.3 on October 28, 2025, and there are now several solid ways to call it through an API. Here's how four of them compare on price, features, and what you actually get, including one pricing quirk worth knowing before you pick a provider. If you want the full rundown on what the model itself can do, see the Hailuo 2.3 API guide.

Quick comparison

The honest finding to lead with

It depends on which Apiframe rate you compare against. At the pure pay-as-you-go rate ($0.01 per credit, no subscription needed), a 6-second 768p Hailuo 2.3 clip costs $0.41 on Apiframe, compared with $0.28 on fal.ai and $0.23 on PiAPI, which is the lowest of the three. Apiframe's monthly plans bundle credits at close to the same rate ($0.00975 per credit on Basic, $0.00998 on Growth), so switching to a plan doesn't change the math much. That same 6-second clip still costs about $0.41.

The catch is that Apiframe's lower per-credit rate only applies with a monthly subscription, while fal.ai and PiAPI are pure pay-as-you-go with no commitment required. So the fair way to put it is this: Apiframe's pay-as-you-go top-up rate is the most expensive of the four, but its subscription-plan rate becomes worthwhile once you're generating enough volume to justify a monthly plan. For occasional, one-off generations, a pure pay-as-you-go provider is simpler. For steady volume, Apiframe's plan pricing (which also covers every other model on the platform, not just Hailuo) tends to work out ahead. For more on how these numbers add up over a month, see this guide on estimating your AI video costs.

1. Apiframe

Apiframe includes Hailuo 2.3 under the same API key and billing as every other model on the platform, so it's one integration that happens to include Hailuo rather than a Hailuo-only tool. Requests work in the background: you submit a job, then check for the result or get notified through a webhook. No separate MiniMax account is needed. You'll find the full parameter list in the Hailuo 2.3 API guide, or you can try the model in Apiframe Studio without writing any code.

Pricing runs on credits: 41 credits for a 6-second clip at 768p, 81 credits for 10 seconds at 768p, and 71 credits for 6 seconds at 1080p. What that costs in dollars depends on the rate you're on. Buying credits as a pay-as-you-go top-up costs $0.01 each, which works out to $0.41, $0.81, and $0.71 for those three options. Monthly plans bundle credits at close to the same rate ($0.00975 to $0.00998 per credit), so the cost per clip barely moves, and it remains higher than every other provider covered here. A cheaper hailuo-2.3-fast tier is also available (28, 46, and 48 credits for the same three options). For a full breakdown of how the standard and Fast tiers differ, see Hailuo Versions Explained.

Best for: teams already using, or planning to use, other models on Apiframe who want Hailuo on the same key and bill, and who generate enough volume that a monthly plan's rate beats pay-as-you-go pricing.

2. fal.ai

fal.ai splits Hailuo 2.3 into Standard (768p) and Pro (1080p) tiers, each with its own Fast version, for four separate endpoints in total. Pricing is straightforward and scales with clip length: Standard costs $0.28 for 6 seconds and $0.56 for 10 seconds, Pro is a flat $0.49 per generation, and Fast Standard drops to $0.19 for 6 seconds and $0.32 for 10. This is the lowest confirmed 768p rate among the four providers checked here.

Best for: the lowest confirmed 768p rate, plus a clear split between quality tiers if you want to choose precisely.

3. PiAPI

PiAPI offers hailuo-v2.3 and hailuo-v2.3-fast with some of the simplest pricing in the group: $0.23 for 6 seconds at 768p, $0.45 for 10 seconds at 768p, $0.40 for 6 seconds at 1080p, and a Fast tier starting from $0.16. New accounts get free credits to test with before committing to anything, and PiAPI supports both a host-your-own-account setup and standard pay-as-you-go billing.

Of the four providers here, PiAPI has the lowest confirmed 1080p rate ($0.40) along with a competitive Fast tier.

Best for: cost-conscious testing across both resolution tiers, with the cheapest confirmed 1080p price.

4. Kie.ai

Kie.ai offers both Hailuo 2.3 and Hailuo 2.3 Fast through a credit-based system with no subscription required, and you can get started with as little as $5. According to Kie.ai's own materials, the Fast tier costs roughly half as much as standard 2.3, which matches the discount pattern seen across every other provider on this list.

Exact per-generation pricing wasn't visible in the page's static content when we checked, likely because it sits behind a calculator or dashboard, so it's worth confirming directly before you budget rather than assuming it matches another provider's rate.

Best for: teams that want a low-commitment, top-up-as-you-go entry point without picking a subscription tier upfront.

A note on Segmind

Segmind carries Kling models but does not currently offer Hailuo 2.3 or Hailuo 02. Its MiniMax listing only serves the older Video-01 model, capped at 720p and 6 seconds, which is a different and earlier generation entirely. Worth knowing if you expected to see it on this list. It isn't a gap in this research; it's a gap in Segmind's current lineup. For other Hailuo-friendly platforms outside this shortlist, our broader roundup of AI video generation APIs covers more ground.

Which one should you actually use?

If you're already building on Apiframe for other models, staying on one key and one bill is the practical choice, even though it isn't the cheapest per-video rate for Hailuo specifically. For the lowest confirmed 768p cost, go with fal.ai. For the cheapest confirmed 1080p rate, go with PiAPI. For a flexible, no-subscription entry point, try Kie.ai, just confirm its exact pricing directly first.

If you're still deciding between models rather than just providers, it's worth comparing Hailuo against other options in our guide to image-to-video APIs, or seeing how Hailuo stacks up against newer models like Flux 3 if you want native audio support too, covered in our Flux 3 vs. Hailuo 3 comparison. MiniMax has also since released Hailuo 03, so check whether the newer model fits your project better before committing.

You can get an API key and start with free credits, or go straight to the Hailuo 2.3 API page.