LLMSwaps

Which model each app runs today, and when it last changed

Two single-line menus, for different reasons

Both entries publish a single model line and arrive there differently. One is a maker promoting its current generation on a page that mentions nothing else. The other is an application naming the same house model across every priced plan. The exposure looks identical and the responsible party is not. As of 2026-09-22.

What has been announced, entry by entryFilled where the vendor has announced something in that column, hollow where it has not.What has been announced, entry by entryHailuo AIPikaWhy one lineWhy one line — Hailuo AI: One generation is promotedWhy one line — Pika: One house model across every planWho makes itWho makes it — Hailuo AI: This entryWho makes it — Pika: This entryEarlier versionsEarlier versions — Hailuo AI: Not stated on the page readEarlier versions — Pika: None listed on any planWhere the same line also appea…Where the same line also appearsWhere the same line also appears — Hailuo AI: Inside several other entriesWhere the same line also appears — Pika: Nowhere else in this registerWhat a change reachesWhat a change reaches — Hailuo AI: Whatever the promoted line coversWhat a change reaches — Pika: Every plan simultaneously
Fig. 1 Filled where the vendor has announced something in that column, hollow where it has not.
Entries with an announcementHow many entries carry an announcement in each column. Silence is the common case and is recorded as such.Entries with an announcementHailuo AI4 of 5Pika4 of 5
Fig. 2 How many entries carry an announcement in each column. Silence is the common case and is recorded as such.
Why each entry shows one line, and who decides its future. Recorded 2026-09-22.
On this pointHailuo AIPika
Why one lineOne generation is promotedOne house model across every plan
Who makes itThis entryThis entry
Earlier versionsNot stated on the page readNone listed on any plan
Where the same line also appearsInside several other entriesNowhere else in this register
What a change reachesWhatever the promoted line coversEvery plan simultaneously

Inclusion rule. Both cells on a row come from the entry's own public pages. Appearances of the same model inside other entries are recorded on those entries. Order. Why the menu is short first, then who else carries the line.

1One of the two lines is sold by five entries

The maker's line appears on several other entries in this register, each with its own tiers and rates. The application's line appears nowhere else at all.

So a retirement of the first would land on five products at once, and a retirement of the second would land on one. Same single-line page, completely different reach.

Same single-line page, very different reachOne of these lines appears on several other entries in this register, each with its own tiers and rates. The other appears nowhere else at all, so a retirement of the first lands on five products and the second on one.Where each single line is actually soldOnly maker's line5 entriestiers, per-second rates, plan rowsBoth listsBothone line published, no earlierversion, no dateOnly house line1 entryevery plan, no version stringA reseller has to explain what a price buys; a maker only has to sell a subscription
Fig. 3 Resellers publish more about one of these lines than the company that makes it does.

2Resellers publish more about one line than its maker does

Four entries name the maker's line with versions or per-second rates. The maker's own page promotes a generation and stops. The application's page is the only source for its own line.

That inversion recurs throughout the register: a reseller has to explain what a price buys, and a maker only has to sell a subscription.

3Neither keeps a previous generation on the page

One does not address earlier versions; the other has none listed. In both cases a production that needs to finish a season has nothing published to finish it on.

The maker comparison sets the first of these against a maker that does keep its back catalogue purchasable.

  • Models carried
    MiniMax H3 onlyone generation promotedHailuo AI, home page / recorded 2026-09-22
  • Models carried
    Pika 2.5 onlyin house onlyPika, pricing / recorded 2026-09-12

4Sources

Both readings come from the pages the entries publish themselves: Hailuo AI and Pika, read 2026-09-22. The column being compared is Named replacement. Other pairs: SceneMixer and Pika, Foundry and Runway.