Hailuo 2.3 by MiniMax turns a reference image into a high-fidelity AI video with realistic motion, facial micro-expressions, and a range of art styles. It comes in two tiers: Standard, and Pro with enhanced quality, cinematic realism, and more detailed motion. Both generate 6- or 10-second clips at 768p or 1080p (10 seconds at 768p only).
Image-to-Video
Upload one reference image and describe the motion — Hailuo 2.3 animates it into a video. A reference image is required.
Realistic Motion & Micro-Expressions
Lifelike human motion and facial micro-expressions — gestures, emotions, and natural character movement.
Standard & Pro Tiers
Standard for high-fidelity video with realistic motion; Pro for enhanced quality, cinematic realism, and more detailed motion. Both offer 768p and 1080p.
Camera & Style Control
Direct camera moves in the prompt — pans, tilts, zooms, tracking shots — and set the style: cinematic, anime, CGI, watercolor, or ink-wash.
Seedance 2.5 by ByteDance is the flagship Seedance video model. It accepts text, images, video clips, and audio files as input and generates cinematic videos from 4 to 30 seconds with native audio — synchronized dialogue, ambient sound, and music. Seedance 2.0 Standard, Fast, and Mini stay available in Seedance Studio for clips up to 15 seconds.
True Multimodal Input
Accepts text, images (up to 30), video clips (up to 10), and audio files (up to 10) as input in a single request — enabling reference-driven creation.
Native Audio & Lip-Sync
Generates synchronized audio with tight audio-visual sync — lip-sync, ambient effects, and beat-matched music editing built into the model.
Multi-Shot Storytelling
Creates multi-shot video sequences with stable scene flow and smooth transitions between shots — storyboard-to-video in one generation.
Dynamic Camera Control
Prompt-controlled camera motion — tracking shots, orbit, fast transitions, and cinematic dolly movements throughout the video.
It depends on the job. Hailuo 2.3: Lifelike Image-to-Video with Micro-Expressions by MiniMax. Seedance 2.5: Multimodal AI Video — Text, Image, Video, and Audio Inputs. Both are on The Factory on one credit balance, so you can run the same prompt on each and keep the better result.
Yes. New accounts get welcome credits that work with every model, including Hailuo 2.3 and Seedance 2.5.