Wan (Alibaba) API pricing
71 Wan (Alibaba) variants on one pay-as-you-go balance, from $0.042 per second to $2.21 per video. No subscription, no monthly minimum. Prices as of October 2026, taken live from our billing table.
What a typical job costs
Worked out on the cheapest variant, wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-480p. Higher resolutions and quality tiers cost more; see the full table below.
Price by resolution
The cheapest Wan (Alibaba) variant at each output resolution.
| Resolution | From | Unit | Variant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 480p | $0.042 | per second | wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-480p |
| 580p | $0.0665 | per second | wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-580p |
| 720p | $0.0875 | per second | wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Move, 1.0s-720p |
| 1080p | $0.168 | per second | wan 2.7 video, image-to-video, 1080p |
Price by mode
| Mode | From | Unit | Variant |
|---|---|---|---|
| animate | $0.042 | per second | wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-480p |
| image-to-video | $0.056 | per second | Wan 2.2 A14B Turbo API image to Video, 480p |
| text-to-video | $0.056 | per second | Wan 2.2 A14B Turbo API text to Video, 480p |
| image edit | $0.112 | per second | wan 2.7 video, videoedit, 720p |
| video-to-video | $0.14 | per video | wan 2.6 flash, video-to-video, without audio-5.0s-720p |
What $10 buys
| Variant | Price | Per $10 |
|---|---|---|
| wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-480p | $0.042 / second | 238 s |
| Wan 2.2 A14B Turbo API image to Video, 480p | $0.056 / second | 178 s |
| Wan 2.2 A14B Turbo API text to Video, 480p | $0.056 / second | 178 s |
| wan 3.0 video, 480p, video | $0.056 / second | 178 s |
| wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-580p | $0.0665 / second | 150 s |
| Wan 2.2 A14B Turbo API Speech to Video, 480p | $0.084 / second | 119 s |
Full Wan (Alibaba) price list
All 71 generation variants, cheapest first. 1 credit = $0.007 at the Starter top-up.
Volume pricing
Applied automatically to API calls, based on what you spent in the last 30 days. Nothing to negotiate or sign.
FAQ
How much does the Wan (Alibaba) API cost?
On AI Generate, Wan (Alibaba) starts at $0.042 per second (wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-480p) and goes up to $2.21 per video for wan 2.6, text to video, 15.0s-1080p. There are 71 generation variants; the price depends on the mode and the output resolution.
How much is a 10-second Wan (Alibaba) video?
With the cheapest variant (wan 2.2 Animate, 2.2 Animate Replace, 1.0s-480p) a 10-second clip costs $0.42. The price is per second of output, so a 5-second clip costs half of that.
Is there a subscription or a free tier?
No subscription and no free credits. You top up from $10 (1,430 credits) and every call is deducted from that balance at the price in the table. Credits never expire.
Do prices go down at higher volume?
Yes, automatically for API calls. When your spend over the last 30 days passes $50, $200, $1,000 or $5,000, the per-call price drops by 7%, 13%, 18%, 21% against the list price.
Is this the official Alibaba API?
No. AI Generate is an API aggregator: requests go to Alibaba's model through our upstream providers, and you pay one balance for Wan (Alibaba) and the other models in the catalog with one API key.