Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video leads on human preference — 1273 vs 1174 Elo (#3 of 87 in the Video Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video✓alibaba/happy-horse/v1.1/text-to-videovs
MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 [Pro] (Text to Video)fal-ai/minimax/hailuo-2.3/pro/text-to-video| Human-preference Elo | 1273 | 1174 |
| Arena rank | #3 of 87 | #40 of 87 |
| Category | text-to-video | text-to-video |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video currently rates higher (1273 vs 1174 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to video models available as hosted API endpoints — Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video (alibaba/happy-horse/v1.1/text-to-video) and MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 [Pro] (Text to Video) (fal-ai/minimax/hailuo-2.3/pro/text-to-video).
See the full best text-to-video models ranking.