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Seedance 2.5 vs MiniMax H3 (Hailuo): video pricing

These are prices for the listed platform, resolution and billing route. They do not measure output quality or latency. The two rows have no shared listed resolution, so each uses its own base setting. Both sources were checked on 2026-10-07.

Arithmetic and limits

For per-second API rows, 100 five-second clips cost 100 × max(5 × listed credits/second, minimum credits) × $0.01/credit, or 100 × 5 × the direct USD/second rate. Input/reference charges and extras are excluded.

Seedance 2.5: Runway Dev API route; output credits/s × $0.01: 480p 20, 720p 30, 1080p 68. Input/reference video adds 10/15/34 credits/s; 80-credit minimum per generation. Base rate shown is 480p. MiniMax H3 (Hailuo): MiniMax direct API: 768P $0.08/s, 2K $0.13/s. Also resold via Runway Dev at $0.10/s (10 credits/s x $0.01) — direct is cheaper. Input media billed separately (first 5 images free, $0.04/image after); regeneration re-bills input.

Maximum duration: 30s versus 4–15 s, integer values only (official docs).. Concurrency/queue: Tier-dependent; excess tasks queued (see Runway tier limits). versus Tier-dependent; excess tasks queued (see Runway tier limits).. Watermark: TBA versus TBA. Commercial use: TBA versus TBA. Region: TBA versus TBA. TBA means unverified.

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