Hailuo vs Jianying Voiceover: MiniMax AI Voice Compared
Hailuo vs Jianying is a comparison between two different kinds of product. "Hailuo AI voice" (海螺AI配音) refers to MiniMax's voice product, whose Chinese web app is called MiniMax Audio and Music: a dedicated speech platform with many emotion settings, languages including Thai, Vietnamese and Indonesian, voice cloning and voice design, plus an API billed by character. Jianying voiceover is the text reading built into the Jianying (剪映, CapCut in China) editor, with popular voices or voice cloning, and its strength is that you edit right after. For an expressive or foreign-language voiceover, Hailuo is stronger; for one narration track while you edit, Jianying is quicker.
The difference between Hailuo and Jianying voiceover: a speech platform vs an editor's text reading
One is built for voice; the other is a voice tool inside a video editor. They suit different jobs.
Summary from MiniMax and Jianying official sites, checked November 2026.
Your need
Better fit
Basis (official public information)
One narration or talking-head track while you edit
Jianying
Reading happens in the edit project, straight onto the track
Footage that also needs denoising or vocal separation
Jianying
Its site lists vocal separation, denoise, voice enhance, loudness
Emotional monologues, film-style dubbing
Hailuo
9 emotion values, picked from the text by default; a film dubbing demo on its homepage
Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian or other foreign voiceover
Hailuo
Language options include all three; Jianying's China edition doesn't disclose reading languages
A brand-new voice
Hailuo
Voice design: create a voice from a text description
Cloning your own voice
Either
Jianying reading supports voice cloning; MiniMax has voice cloning
Batch calls from your own code
Hailuo
An open-platform API billed by character
Most people asking about Hailuo vs Jianying are really asking whether Jianying's built-in reading is good enough. That depends on emotion and language. Jianying's reading wins on convenience, but its site doesn't publish emotion controls or reading languages; Hailuo publishes much more on both.
00:07:13,000Side by side
Hailuo vs Jianying comparison table
Every cell comes from MiniMax's and Jianying's official sites or docs. "Not disclosed" means not found on public pages. The third column is our own product, for reference.
Feature
Hailuo (MiniMax Audio)
Jianying voiceover
AI Drama Voice (third option)
Product form
Speech web app + open-platform API
Text reading built into a video editor
Web app for multi-character, multilingual dubbing from scripts
Voice count
Landing page: 300+ voices
Not disclosed (site says popular voices)
Cast library grouped by role type
Emotion control
API: happy, sad, angry, fearful, disgusted, surprised, calm, fluent, whisper; auto by default (speech-2.8 has no whisper)
Not disclosed
Emotion tagged on every line (cold laugh, choked, whisper, furious…), editable
Languages
Plans page 40+, landing page 50+
China edition not disclosed (CapCut international lists Vietnamese, Thai, English, Spanish, Japanese and more)
9: Chinese, English, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean
Thai / Vietnamese / Indonesian
Yes
China edition not disclosed
Yes
Voice cloning
Yes; landing page says about 10 seconds of audio
Yes (reading supports a cloned voice)
No
Voice design
Yes: generate a new voice from a description
Not disclosed
No
Multi-character casting
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Paste a script: characters detected, voices assigned
Export formats
API outputs mp3, wav, flac, pcm, opus and more; web app not disclosed
Exported with the video; standalone audio format not disclosed
MP3; all languages as one ZIP
Subtitles / SRT
API has a subtitle_enable parameter; web SRT not disclosed
SRT export not disclosed
SRT exported for every language
Editing and audio tools
Voice isolation tool; no editing
Editing, vocal separation, denoise, loudness and more
No
Pricing model
China API: turbo ¥2.00 / hd ¥3.50 per 10,000 chars; China web plans not disclosed; international app from $5/month
China web: free credits on login, amount not disclosed; international: 10k credits a month
Not disclosed
Cast analysis is free
Commercial use
Voice not disclosed (international plans page only states it for songs)
China edition not disclosed
Allowed for commercial work under the terms of service
Payment in China
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Alipay, WeChat Pay, card
Checked Nov 2026 · Hailuo, MiniMax, Jianying (剪映) and CapCut are trademarks of their respective owners and are named here descriptively. MiniMax's plans page (40+) and landing page (50+) state the language count differently; both are shown.
9 emotion values, picked automatically from the text by default
Many languages, including Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean
Voice cloning and voice design from a text description
Open-platform API billed by character, with public prices
Cons
No editing; import the audio into an editor afterwards
China web plan prices and voice commercial terms not disclosed
Automatic multi-character casting not disclosed
Verdict · Best for emotional scenes, foreign-language voiceovers, new voices, or batch API use.
Jianying voiceover
Pros
Reading inside the edit project, straight onto the track
Popular voices and voice cloning
Full audio tools: vocal separation, denoise, loudness
Cons
Emotion control and China edition reading languages not disclosed
No public membership prices or list of members-only voices
Automatic multi-character casting and SRT export not disclosed
Verdict · Best for talking-head, narration and short videos voiced while you edit.
00:07:23,800How to use Hailuo
How to use Hailuo AI voice, and what it costs
Written against MiniMax's current pages; the interface may change.
Web app: a voiceover in four steps
1.Open MiniMax Audio's China web app (minimaxi.com/audio, which redirects to minimax.cn/audio) and log in; the homepage offers free credits on login
2.Type your text under speech synthesis; the homepage has news, storytelling and film dubbing demos to listen to first
3.Pick a model (for example speech-2.8-hd) and a voice, such as a steady executive voice in Mandarin
4.Click generate and listen; for a new voice, use voice cloning or voice design
Hailuo's web app runs in the browser: type the text, pick a model and a voice, generate and listen, one passage at a time.Image: VAZHNIK / Pexels
API: billed by character
Developers can call the synchronous speech synthesis endpoint on MiniMax's open platform. China prices are ¥2.00 per 10,000 characters for speech-2.8-turbo and ¥3.50 for speech-2.8-hd; voice design and rapid cloning cost ¥9.90 per voice, charged only when the voice is first used (checked 2026-11). The emotion parameter sets an emotion, or the model picks one from the text if you leave it out; language_boost can target Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian and other languages.
Is Hailuo AI voice free?
There are free credits; after that you pay. The China web app gives free credits on login, but its public pages don't state the amount or plan prices. The international site minimax.io lists a free plan with 10k credits a month and paid plans from Starter at $5/month. Jianying likewise has no public price page; check in the Jianying app.
00:03:36,900Which sounds better
Which sounds better, Hailuo or Jianying? Run a blind test
What sounds good depends on the listener and the script, so we won't score it for you. Here is a blind test you can run in 15 minutes without borrowing anyone's samples.
Prepare three test lines, each with a different emotion, and include a polyphonic character and a name. Our example, written for this page:
Sample test script: three lines, three emotions, with the polyphonic 重 and the name 沈总.
Test line (Chinese → meaning)
What to listen for
“沈总，这份合同您还是重新看一遍吧。” → Mr. Shen, you'd better read this contract again.
重 in 重新 should read chóng; is the form of address and tone natural
“三年了……你连一句解释都没有？” → Three years… and not one word of explanation?
A pause at the ellipsis; does the hurt, choked emotion land
“滚！从今天起，沈家没有你这个人！” → Get out! From today, you are no part of the Shen family!
The force of the shout; does it clip or distort
1.Pick the closest voice in each tool and generate once; in Hailuo try once with automatic emotion and once with an emotion set by hand
2.Have a colleague rename the files A and B and shuffle them
3.Score clarity, emotion, naturalness, polyphonic reading and rhythm from 1 to 5
4.For foreign versions, generate the same lines in Thai or Vietnamese in each and have a native speaker listen
Listen blind on headphones: rename the files A and B, shuffle them, then score clarity, emotion, naturalness, polyphonic reading and rhythm.Image: Ahmed Sadeq / Pexels
Don't judge on one line
One good line doesn't make a good episode. In short dramas the usual problems are emotions that don't switch, names read wrong, and characters whose voices are too alike. The last one shows most in multi-character dramas.
00:09:00,900How to choose
By use case: Hailuo, Jianying, or a third option
Advice based only on features each official site publishes.
Talking heads, product narration
Jianying. Reading lives in the edit project, so you adjust rhythm right after, which saves the most time.
Emotional monologues, film-style scenes
Hailuo. Many emotion values, picked from the text by default or set by hand.
A single foreign-language voiceover
Hailuo. Language options include Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean; Jianying's China edition doesn't disclose its languages.
A distinctive new voice
Hailuo's voice design creates a voice from a description; both tools can clone your own voice.
A full multi-character episode
Neither site says it casts automatically. You can paste the script into AI Drama Voice for automatic casting and per-line emotion, then import into Jianying; see the Jianying voiceover alternative.
Several foreign versions of one drama
If the foreign versions should keep the Chinese cast's voices, AI Drama Voice translates line by line and uses the same cast; see multi-character dubbing.
00:05:39,300Sources
Sources and trademark note
Everything here was checked on 5 November 2026. Hailuo information comes from MiniMax's China voice web app, the MiniMax Audio landing page on hailuoai.com, MiniMax's open-platform pricing and API docs, and its international plans page. Jianying information comes from the capcut.cn and jianying.com homepages and CapCut's international text-to-speech page. Jianying publishes no membership prices or reading languages, so this page states neither. For a non-Chinese tool see the ElevenLabs alternative; for Chinese tools, Jianying vs Moyin and AI voiceover tools compared.
Trademark note
Hailuo, MiniMax, Jianying (剪映) and CapCut are trademarks of their respective owners. They are mentioned only to describe and compare; AI Drama Voice is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
00:02:28,100FAQ
Frequently asked questions
There is no single answer; it depends on the voice and the script. Per the official sites, Hailuo has 9 emotion values and can pick emotion automatically, so emotional scenes have more room to adjust, while Jianying's reading wins on convenience. Generate the same passage with names and emotional swings in both and compare blind.
Open MiniMax Audio's China web app (minimaxi.com/audio), log in, type text under speech synthesis, pick a model and voice, and click generate. For a new voice use voice cloning or voice design. Developers can also call the speech synthesis API on the open platform.
The China web app gives free credits on login, then charges; the amount and plan prices aren't on its public pages. The China API bills by character: ¥2.00 per 10,000 characters for speech-2.8-turbo and ¥3.50 for speech-2.8-hd (checked 2026-11).
Jianying's China site doesn't publish its reading languages (not disclosed). CapCut's international text-to-speech page lists Chinese, Malay, Vietnamese, Thai, English, Spanish, Japanese and more. Either way you supply the translation; to go straight from a Chinese script to foreign versions, see multilingual dubbing.
Neither site says it assigns voices to several characters from a script, so you usually pick voices segment by segment. To cast a pasted script automatically with an emotion on every line, use AI Drama Voice; cast analysis is free, and the result imports into Jianying.
Yes, they are the same company's voice product. The voice landing page on hailuoai.com is titled MiniMax Audio, and the China web app at minimaxi.com/audio is called MiniMax Audio and Music.
