Head-to-head
Veo vs Hailuo: Top-Shelf Polish or Five Takes for the Price of One?
Veo is the premium benchmark with native audio; Hailuo is the best output-per-dollar in AI video. The right answer is usually shot-by-shot.
Veo is the premium benchmark with native audio; Hailuo is the best output-per-dollar in AI video. The right answer is usually shot-by-shot.
Veo gives you the class-leading single take with sound; Hailuo gives you volume. At roughly $0.07 per second, Hailuo lets you iterate freely and cover a whole board for the cost of a few Veo generations - but Veo's polish and native audio are what you want where it counts.
Pick Veo for the shots that define your film - hero moments, audio-led beats, anything the audience will replay.
Pick Hailuo for boards, drafts, coverage, and volume - or as the workhorse on budget productions where 90% quality at 20% cost wins.
The practical answer for most productions is both: match the model to the shot. Read more about Veo and Hailuo in the model directory, or see the full ranking in the best AI video models of 2026.
Hailuo runs around $0.07 per second of video, making it one of the cheapest quality options; Veo is a premium model billed accordingly. Teams commonly draft in Hailuo and finish key shots in Veo.
Cinemagiq lets you pick the model per shot - draft cheap, finish premium, all in one production workspace.