Hailuo 2.3 Image-to-Video Pro costs 25 credits for a 6-second 768P clip, 45 credits for a 10-second 768P clip, and 45 credits for a 6-second 1080P clip on VdoBloom — $1.25, $2.25 and $2.25 respectively at the Lite plan rate of one credit equals $0.05. A 10-second 1080P render is not available; MiniMax does not support that pairing on this model. Those three prices are the complete matrix, and the 6-second 768P entry at 25 credits is the cheapest way into the 2.3 generation’s premium renderer.

Every Hailuo 2.3 Pro tier, priced

Pricing on this model is a function of two settings only: duration (6 or 10 seconds) and resolution (768P or 1080P). There is no aspect ratio control and no quality slider beyond the resolution choice, so the table below is genuinely the whole story. Dollar values convert at $0.05 per credit, the Lite subscription rate of $15 for 300 credits.

Resolution	Duration	Credits	At $0.05/credit	Credits per second	What it is for
768P	6 seconds	25	$1.25	4.17	Best value per second in the whole model
768P	10 seconds	45	$2.25	4.50	Longest clip available
1080P	6 seconds	45	$2.25	7.50	Delivery-quality hero shot
1080P	10 seconds	Not offered	—	—	—

Note the shape of that curve, because it runs opposite to most models in the catalog. Here the short 768P clip is the cheapest per second, at 4.17 credits, and length costs you slightly more per second rather than less. Ten seconds is 80 percent more credits for 67 percent more footage. That is a mild penalty, not a scandal, but it means you should not default to ten seconds the way you might on other models — pick ten seconds because the shot needs it.

The 1080P tier is where the money goes. Six seconds at 1080P costs 80 percent more than the same six seconds at 768P, and lands at the identical 45 credits as a ten-second 768P clip. So at 45 credits you are choosing, in a straight swap, between resolution and duration.

Pro versus Standard: what the premium actually buys

The 2.3 line ships in two tiers on VdoBloom, and they share an identical spec envelope — same 6 and 10 second durations, same 768P and 1080P resolutions, same image-in workflow, same strict content filtering. The difference is rendering treatment and price.

Tier	768P 6s	768P 10s	1080P 6s
Hailuo 2.3 Image-to-Video Standard	15 credits ($0.75)	25 credits ($1.25)	30 credits ($1.50)
Hailuo 2.3 Image-to-Video Pro	25 credits ($1.25)	45 credits ($2.25)	45 credits ($2.25)
Pro premium	+10 credits	+20 credits	+15 credits

Pro costs between 50 and 80 percent more than Standard depending on the tier, and the gap is widest at 10 seconds. The workflow that falls out of this is obvious and it is the one we would actually recommend: explore on Standard, deliver on Pro. Run your source image through four or five motion prompts at 15 credits each on Standard — 75 credits, roughly the price of one and a half Pro clips — find the direction that holds together, then re-render that exact setup on Pro for the version people will see.

Per-credit cost by how you paid

The $0.05 figure is the Lite rate and it is the most expensive credit on the platform. What a 25-credit Pro clip really costs you depends on which plan the credits came from.

Source of credits	Per credit	25-credit clip (768P 6s)	45-credit clip
Starter pack, $2.49 for 75 credits, never expires	$0.0332	$0.83	$1.49
Lite, $15/month for 300 credits	$0.05	$1.25	$2.25
Pro, $29/month for 800 credits	$0.0363	$0.91	$1.63
Pro, $59/month for 2,000 credits	$0.0295	$0.74	$1.33
Pro 2,000 on annual billing, $49/month	$0.0245	$0.61	$1.10

At the annual 2,000-credit rate a Pro-tier animation of your still image lands at about 61 cents. Note again that the $2.49 starter pack undercuts the Lite subscription per credit and those credits never expire, so light users are better off with packs than with the entry subscription. The full ladder, including the larger Pro tiers, is on the pricing page.

Budgeting a real job

A concrete case. You have eight product stills and you want eight finished 6-second 1080P clips for a campaign. Assume three Standard drafts per image to find the motion, then one Pro render each.

Drafting: 8 images × 3 attempts × 15 credits (Standard 768P 6s) = 360 credits. Delivery: 8 × 45 credits (Pro 1080P 6s) = 360 credits. Total 720 credits, which is $36 at the Lite rate, $26.14 on the 800-credit Pro plan, and $17.64 at the annual 2,000-credit rate. Drafting those same 24 attempts on Pro instead would have cost 600 credits rather than 360 — the two-tier workflow saves 240 credits, a quarter of the total budget, on a job this size.

New accounts start with 10 free credits and no card required. Be aware that 10 credits does not reach the 25-credit Pro floor, and does not reach Standard’s 15-credit floor either, so the free balance is for trying cheaper models first rather than this one.

When to pick something else entirely

Hailuo 2.3 Pro is image-to-video only. It needs a still to animate and there is no text-only mode — if you want to generate a scene from a prompt alone, the sibling model Hailuo 02 does both text-to-video and image-to-video at 39 credits for 6 seconds at 768P. It also runs far more permissive content filtering, where the 2.3 tiers screen both your uploaded image and your prompt strictly. Explicit and illegal content stays blocked everywhere.

If you are animating a photo of a real person, you must have that person’s consent before generating. Upload your still on the image-to-video tab, pick your duration and resolution, and the exact credit cost shows on screen before you commit. Paid plans download watermark-free with commercial rights; the model page carries the full spec sheet.

Disclosure: VdoBloom is our platform. Competitor details were checked against their own site and we name the competitor as the better pick wherever that is true. MiniMax sells Hailuo access directly too, with Director-mode camera controls and faster queue times that we do not match; our VdoBloom vs Hailuo AI page lays out where each side genuinely wins.

Frequently asked questions

How many credits is a Hailuo 2.3 Pro video?

25 credits for 6 seconds at 768P, 45 credits for 10 seconds at 768P, and 45 credits for 6 seconds at 1080P. Ten seconds at 1080P is not available on this model.

Why does 10 seconds cost 45 credits when 6 seconds costs 25?

Because pricing on this model is tiered rather than strictly linear. Ten seconds works out to 4.5 credits per second against 4.17 at six seconds, a small per-second penalty for the longer render. Choose the longer clip when the shot needs it, not by default.

Is Hailuo 2.3 Pro worth it over Standard?

For a finished deliverable, usually yes — it is the tier MiniMax reserves the 2.3 generation’s premium rendering for. For exploration it is poor value, since Standard has the same durations and resolutions at 15 to 30 credits. Draft on Standard, deliver on Pro.

Can Hailuo 2.3 Pro generate video from text only?

No. A source image is required and the text prompt only directs motion, action and camera movement over that image. For a text-only starting point, use Hailuo 02 instead.

What is the cheapest way to buy credits for this model?

Per credit, the annual Pro tiers are cheapest, bringing a 25-credit Pro clip to about 61 cents. For low volume, one-time packs from $2.49 for 75 credits beat the Lite subscription rate and never expire.

Hailuo 2.3 Image-to-Video Pro Pricing: Credits Per Clip