Wan 3.0 Prime vs Hailuo 2.3

Pick Wan 3.0 Prime when…

• The clip is a final deliverable and 8 extra credits per render is not the constraint
• You have settled on the shot and are rendering the version that ships
• The shot cannot be cut — you need up to 15 seconds in one generation rather than 10
• The brief leans on cinematic

Trade-off: You pay 8 more credits on every generation; You wait 25s longer per clip.

Pick Hailuo 2.3 when…

• You are generating in volume and the 8-credit difference per clip adds up fast
• You are still exploring and need a tight generate-judge-regenerate loop (~65s / 5s clip versus ~90s / 5s clip)
• The brief leans on realistic human motion

Trade-off: You are capped at 10s per clip and will need extension or a cut for anything longer.

Vendor angle

These come from different vendors — Alibaba and MiniMax — which is where the interesting differences live. Vendors train on different data and optimise for different failure modes, so the same prompt can produce recognisably different motion, grain and lighting. On FlowAIVideo both sit behind one account and one balance, so you never have to pick a vendor before you have seen the output.

What it costs to decide

Running one clip on each costs 112 credits in total (60 + 52). A new account starts with 40 free credits, which covers Hailuo 2.3 plus part of the other — enough to run a real comparison rather than reading about one. Paid plans start at 600 credits per month, and there is no per-model subscription: one balance, 22 models.