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Hailuo AI
Hailuo AI ranks #8 of 22 in ai video generators in the week of 28 September 2026, with a visibility score of 13 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 22% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Hailuo AI shows up in 14 of 62 answers across AI assistants, with an overall score of 13 out of 100. Claude rates it highest at 29, while Perplexity gives it 8 and ChatGPT just 2. It gets named most for being a free AI video generator, appearing in all 3 answers to that question, and shows up for value-for-money and general "best AI video generator" questions too. It's never mentioned for open-source models, talking-head scripts, footage editing, multilingual lip sync, or turning documents into video.
Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 2 | 5% of answers | #8.0 |
| Claude | 29 | 50% of answers | #5.9 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 8 | 10% of answers | #3.0 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best free AI video generators? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| Which AI video generator is best value for money? | 2 of 4 | #2 |
| What are the best AI video generators? | 2 of 4 | #5 |
| Which AI video tool produces the most realistic footage? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| What's the best text-to-video AI tool? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| What's the best AI video tool for creators on a budget? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| What's the best AI tool to animate a still image into video? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| What's the best AI video tool with an API for developers? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| Which AI video generator handles the longest clips? | 1 of 3 | #7 |
| Which AI video generator has the best commercial licensing? | 1 of 3 | #13 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best AI video generator in 2026? | Veo, Runway, Kling AI |
| What's the best AI video tool for a small marketing team? | Descript, HeyGen, Runway |
| What's the best AI tool to make a talking-head video from a script? | HeyGen, Synthesia, Descript |
| What's the best AI avatar video tool for training or explainer videos? | Synthesia, Colossyan, HeyGen |
| What's the best AI tool to turn a blog post or doc into a video? | Pictory, InVideo, HeyGen |
| What's the best AI video tool for social media ads? | Creatify, HeyGen, Arcads |
| What's the best AI tool to make product demo videos? | Descript, HeyGen, Synthesia |
| What's the best AI video generator with lip sync in other languages? | HeyGen, D-ID, Synthesia |
| What's the best open-source AI video generation model I can run myself? | Wan, Hunyuan Video, LTX Studio |
| What's the best AI video editor for cleaning up footage I already have? | Descript |
Assistants cited 10 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. See all sources for AI video generators.
In their words
- Claude“Kling and MiniMax/Hailuo — excellent quality, often cheaper, though docs and support can be rougher if you're not in their primary market.”
- ChatGPT“| Hailuo AI | Photorealistic short clips | Free generation | Watermark on free output |”
- Perplexity“Best for lowest per-second cost: MiniMax H3 Max, at about $0.08 per second for 768p video.”
Closest rivals
- Hailuo AI vs Luma Dream Machine13
- Hailuo AI vs Pika13
- Hailuo AI vs Descript14
- Hailuo AI vs Wan10
- Hailuo AI vs D-ID9
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