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Wan (Alibaba)

by Alibaba (Tongyi Lab)

Alibaba's open-weight cinematic video model with affordable pay-per-generation.

Pros

  • Open-weight options enable self-hosting/customization
  • Very affordable pay-per-generation pricing
  • Native audio and strong cinematic motion

Cons

  • No unified first-party subscription; access via third parties
  • Quality slightly behind Veo/Kling flagships
  • Fragmented ecosystem and versioning

✓ Where it shines / best for

  • Developers wanting open-source video model weights
  • Creators experimenting with text- and image-to-video
  • Researchers benchmarking generative video models

✕ Not the best fit for

  • Turnkey timeline editing workflows
  • Long-form continuous narrative video
  • Users needing dedicated Western enterprise support

Features

  • ✓ Free tier
  • ✓ Text-to-video
  • ✓ Image-to-video
  • ✓ API access
  • ✓ 1080p output
  • ✓ Multilingual
  • ✓ Open source
  • ✓ AI Audio
  • ✓ Self Hostable

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Free$0month10 signup credits + 30 free credits after login; daily check-in credits; weights also free to self-host (Apache 2.0)
Pro$5monthBilled yearly; 300 credits/mo (~60 standard videos or ~1,200 images)
Premium$20monthBilled yearly; 1,200 credits/mo (~240 standard videos or ~4,800 images)
Credit pack$1.50+one-timePay-as-you-go packs: $1.50/30, $5/150, $10/300, $20/660, $50/1,800, $100/3,900 credits

Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.

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