Grok Imagine 1.5 vs Hailuo 02
Almost every comparison of Grok Imagine 1.5 and Hailuo 02 on the internet is written from two launch announcements. This one is written from our catalogue: the specifications below are the records the studio sells from, read when the page is served, so they cannot go stale. The Hailuo 02 clip was generated on Musevate, with its prompt shown under it; there is no clip of Grok Imagine 1.5 here yet. Nothing here is taken from either vendor’s reel, which is always the best of many attempts.
Hailuo 02 costs 11 credits for five seconds against 20 for Grok Imagine 1.5 — 1.8 times the price for the same length, which is the difference you will feel first if you iterate on a prompt.
Grok Imagine 1.5 generates its own sound and Hailuo 02 does not. If the clip has to be heard rather than scored afterwards, that is not a preference, it is the decision.
Grok Imagine 1.5 will run to 15 seconds and Hailuo 02 stops at 10, which matters only if you need one continuous take rather than a cut.
Neither is declared the winner anywhere on this page. Where a row has a better answer — a lower price, a longer clip, a larger render — it is marked, and the rest is left unmarked, because sound, mode support and the look of the output are differences rather than rankings.
Specifications read from the Musevate catalogue when this page loaded. The Hailuo 02 clip was generated on Musevate, with its prompt shown under it; there is no clip of Grok Imagine 1.5 here yet.
Hailuo 02, on Musevate
The part no specification table can give you. The clip below came out of Musevate, and the prompt that produced it is underneath. Grok Imagine 1.5 has no clip of ours yet.
Side by side
Every figure here is read from our catalogue — the records the studio sells from — when the page is served, so it cannot drift the way a written comparison does. Where a row has a better answer it is marked; where it does not, both are shown plainly rather than scored.
| Grok Imagine 1.5 | Hailuo 02 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for a 5 second clip | 20 credits at 720p | 11 credits at 768p |
| Longest clip | 15 seconds | 10 seconds |
| Highest resolution | 1080p | 1080p |
| Generates sound | Always, as part of the generation | No |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes |
| Animates an image you upload | Yes | Yes |
| Takes reference images | No | No |
| Example generated on Musevate | Not yet | Yes |
Prices are credits for a five second clip at 720p, or at the smallest size a model sells where it does not sell 720p — 720p for Grok Imagine 1.5 and 768p for Hailuo 02 — so the two are not a like-for-like price. Grok Imagine 1.5 and Hailuo 02 each have a full page with the rest of their specification.
Questions
Should I use Grok Imagine 1.5 or Hailuo 02?
It depends on the shot, and any page answering that without knowing what you are making is guessing. The honest way to choose is to run the same prompt through both — on Musevate that is two generations from one balance. The differences above are the ones worth deciding on before you spend anything.
Is Grok Imagine 1.5 worth the extra over Hailuo 02?
Grok Imagine 1.5 costs 20 credits for five seconds against 11 for Hailuo 02 — 720p for Grok Imagine 1.5 and 768p for Hailuo 02, so the two prices are for different sizes. Whether that buys you anything depends entirely on the shot: on some prompts the difference is obvious and on others it is invisible. That is why the Hailuo 02 clip here is shown with the prompt that produced it rather than described.
Do I have to choose one on Musevate?
No. Both are in the same catalogue on the same balance, and the router will pick between them for you if you would rather describe the shot than the model. Picking by hand is there when you want it and never required.
Which is cheaper, Grok Imagine 1.5 or Hailuo 02?
Hailuo 02, at 11 credits for a five second clip at 768p against 20 for Grok Imagine 1.5 at 720p — less, for a larger picture. The studio quotes the exact figure for the size you pick before you spend anything.
Which makes longer clips, Grok Imagine 1.5 or Hailuo 02?
Grok Imagine 1.5, up to 15 seconds in one generation against 10. Longer clips cost proportionally more.
Do Grok Imagine 1.5 and Hailuo 02 generate sound?
Grok Imagine 1.5 does; the other returns pictures only, and anything you hear over it has to be added afterwards.
Can I use both Grok Imagine 1.5 and Hailuo 02 on one account?
Yes. Musevate is one account and one credit balance across every model, so comparing them costs nothing beyond the two generations. That is how the Hailuo 02 clip on this page was made.
Run the comparison yourself
Both models are on one account with one balance. Grok Imagine 1.5 is 20 credits for five seconds at 720p; Hailuo 02 is 11 at 768p.
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