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Hailuo AI vs Pictory

Pick up to three tools. Prices are read from each official pricing page and shown per month.

Hailuo AI is the cheapest to start, at $9.99 a month.

Key differences

  • Only Hailuo AI has a free plan.
  • Pictory offers a free trial rather than a free plan.
  • Cheapest paid plan: Hailuo AI Basic at $9.99/mo, against Pictory Starter at $29/mo.
  • Over a year that's $228.12 less on Hailuo AI than Pictory at the entry level.
  • Paying yearly for Pictory Starter saves $48 a year (14%).
  • No price changes recorded for either in the last six months.

Worked out from each official pricing page: Hailuo AI pricing (confirmed 8 Oct 2026) · Pictory pricing (confirmed 8 Oct 2026).

AttributeHailuo AIPictory
CategoryVideo generationVideo generation
Good forvideo, images, social mediavideo, video editing, marketing, social media
Starts at$9.99/mo$29/mo
Free planYesFree trial No free plan
Free plan / trial includesDaily free credits for a few short, watermarked 720p clips with a limited queue; paid plans remove watermarks.Free trial only: 14-day trial with 15 video minutes and basic features.
Free plan detailsNot stated on the pricing pageNot stated on the pricing page
The catchNone stated on the pricing pageNone stated on the pricing page
Pricing modelFree plan + paidFree trial
Key features
  • Text-to-video generation
  • Image-to-video generation
  • MiniMax video models
  • Themed effect and meme templates
  • Text and URL to video
  • Text-based video editing
  • Automatic captions
  • Stock media from Getty and Storyblocks
All plans
  • Basic$9.99
  • Starter$29
  • Professional$59
  • Team$199
Data confirmed8 Oct 2026 (from the pricing page)8 Oct 2026 (from the pricing page)
PopularityTop 20,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)Top 200,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)
Last price changeNone recordedNone recorded
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