Hailuo 02: Full Specifications, Pricing, API Integration, and Use Cases (2026)

What Is Hailuo 02?

Hailuo 02 is a short-video AI generation model released by MiniMax on June 18, 2025. It supports text-to-video and image-to-video generation. It offers 6-second and 10-second video options, supports camera motion instructions, and has been priced by video resolution and duration starting in July 2026. MiniMax states that Hailuo 02 has been integrated into the Hailuo Video web app, mobile apps, and the API platform. The initial official release includes 768P 6 seconds, 768P 10 seconds, and 1080P 6 seconds.

Hailuo 02 is a video generation model, not a chat-style large language model (LLM). As a result, it does not have a traditional Token context window for long-document reasoning. In practice, the input limit is the video prompt limit: MiniMax’s official documentation specifies that text prompts for video generation tasks support up to 2,000 characters. Gate.AI’s documentation also states that the Hailuo prompt limit for video tasks is 2,000 characters.

This model works well for comparing short-form AI video tools, planning the cost of single generations, testing products or marketing concepts, and building teams’ automated video workflows. For a broader AI video generation workflow, Hailuo 02 should be evaluated based on task type, resolution, duration, input mode, and review requirements—not by Token price as the only standard.

Key Parameters and Pricing for Hailuo 02

MiniMax currently categorizes Hailuo 02 as an older Hailuo video model, but it still lists MiniMax-Hailuo-02 in its text-to-video and image-to-video API documentation. This means Hailuo 02 remains useful for cost-focused workflows using 512P, 768P, and short 1080P generations. When teams care more about model behavior updates, the Hailuo 2.3 series may be a better fit.

What Are the Advantages of Hailuo 02 in Real Production?

Hailuo 02 can generate short videos from text prompts. It’s suitable for creative concept work, dynamic mood-board tests, marketing previews, product story showcases, and rough drafts for social videos. The production constraint is duration. Hailuo 02 is designed for short clips, not continuous long scenes. MiniMax’s official documentation clearly supports generation options of 6 seconds and 10 seconds, and resolution support varies by task type and duration.

The model also supports image-to-video generation, using the input image as the first frame. This is ideal for teams that want to start from pre-approved reference visuals—such as product renders, environment settings, character frames, or style boards. MiniMax requires that image inputs meet format, size, and aspect ratio requirements.

Hailuo 02 supports camera motion instructions at the prompt level. MiniMax’s docs list instructions such as truck, pan, push, pull, pedestal, tilt, zoom, shake, tracking shot, and static shot. These controls help creators describe the camera direction more precisely, but they should be treated as guidance rather than frame-level motion guarantees.

Hailuo 02 is well-suited for iterative cost control. Teams can first generate low-cost 512P or 768P drafts, then use 1080P generation for the final candidates. MiniMax’s on-demand pricing table clearly shows cost differences across 512P, 768P, and 1080P tiers.

What Input and Output Modalities Does Hailuo 02 Support?

What Are the Limitations of Hailuo 02?

Hailuo 02 is limited to short-form video generation. MiniMax lists 512P 6 seconds and 10 seconds, 768P 6 seconds and 10 seconds, and a 1080P 6-second option in its documentation and pricing tables, but it does not list 1080P 10 seconds. This makes it suitable for short clips, not for completing long sequences independently.

Resolution support varies depending on the workflow. MiniMax’s text-to-video documentation lists 768P and 1080P options, while its image-to-video documentation lists 512P, 768P, and 1080P. Teams should confirm the task type and resolution before production.

Generated videos may have artifacts, non-continuous motion, identity drift, prompt mismatches, or visual continuity errors. These are common limitations of AI video generation. Unless MiniMax explicitly states otherwise, these are not guaranteed to be model-exclusive. For commercial use, brand-sensitive content, or identity-sensitive output, human review is still required.

Operationally, video generation runs as an asynchronous workflow. Applications need to be designed around task submission, status polling, retry handling, download management, billing checks, and failure recovery. Gate.AI documentation records video task submission, job_id polling, completion status, and temporary download URLs for video outputs.

Hailuo 02 is not suitable for legal, medical, financial, political, or security-critical review. Before publishing generated videos—especially when prompts or reference images involve protected people, brands, characters, or media content—ensure rights, brand, consent, and copyright reviews are completed.

What Scenarios Is Hailuo 02 Best For?

Hailuo 02 is best for video generation scenarios that are short, directional, and cost-controlled. If you need deterministic continuity, synchronous audio, long durations, strict character consistency, or high-risk content without human review, it’s not recommended.

Hailuo 02 vs. MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 and MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 Fast

MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 is the most direct quality-oriented comparison because it’s the next-generation Hailuo model listed alongside Hailuo 02 in MiniMax’s docs. When the main need is efficient image-to-video generation and a lower price, Hailuo 2.3 Fast is a better choice.

How to Access Hailuo 02 via Gate.AI?

According to the Gate.AI list, the model ID for Hailuo 02 is minimax/hailuo-02. Gate.AI documentation verifies the video generation API flow, including POST /api/v1/videos, Bearer Token authentication, asynchronous task submission, job_id status polling, and downloading the video after completion. Gate.AI also notes that the Hailuo video prompt limit is 2,000 characters; if the prompt exceeds the model limit, it will be rejected upstream.

Gate.AI’s pricing and documentation pages detail platform capabilities, including on-demand billing, model routing, API key management, usage insights, budget protection, organization permissions, and model access via the API protocol. These platform features should be distinguished from the provider-side model parameters and pricing on MiniMax’s side.

Python example

import os
import requests
api_key = os.environ["GATEAI_API_KEY"]
payload = {
    "model": "minimax/hailuo-02",
    "prompt": "A close-up of a glass teacup on a rainy window ledge [Push in], cinematic lighting",
    "duration": 6,
    "resolution": "768p",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "generate_audio": False
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.gate.ai/api/v1/videos",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json=payload,
    timeout=60
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

curl example

curl https://api.gate.ai/api/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GATEAI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax/hailuo-02",
    "prompt": "A close-up of a glass teacup on a rainy window ledge [Push in], cinematic lighting",
    "duration": 6,
    "resolution": "768p",
    "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    "generate_audio": false
  }'

The submission response returns an asynchronous task object, including fields such as job_id, status, model, and status_url. Your application should poll GET /api/v1/videos/{job_id} until completion, and then download the output video following the documentation flow.

FAQ

What resolutions does Hailuo 02 support?
Hailuo 02 supports 512P, 768P, and 1080P based on task type and duration. MiniMax lists 6-second and 10-second options for 512P and 768P. As of July 2026, for 1080P it lists only 6-second outputs.

How much does Hailuo 02 cost?
MiniMax lists on-demand pricing for Hailuo 02: 512P 6 seconds \$0.10, 512P 10 seconds \$0.15, 768P 6 seconds \$0.28, 768P 10 seconds \$0.56, 1080P 6 seconds \$0.49 (as of July 2026).

Can I access Hailuo 02 via API?
Yes. MiniMax documentation records the MiniMax-Hailuo-02 video generation API. In Gate.AI’s list, the model ID is minimax/hailuo-02, used together with Gate.AI’s asynchronous video task API.

What is Hailuo 02 best used for?
Hailuo 02 is suitable for short creative videos, dynamic storyboard testing, marketing previews, product concept clips, and experiments with image-to-video generation. It’s not suitable for deterministic long-video production without editing, rights review, and manual quality checks.