Wan 3.0
Wan 3.0 is Alibaba’s video generation model that produces clips of 2 to 30 seconds with their own audio, from a prompt, from a first and last frame, or from reference images and video. Use it when the take has to run long in one continuous shot and you want the cheapest 30 seconds in the studio.
It runs here at standard speed for 7 credits a second at 480P, 14 at 720P and 29 at 1080P, so a 5-second 480P clip is 35 credits and a 30-second 1080P one is 870. A prime tier at roughly 1.5 times the rate returns the same clip several times faster. The Create button shows the exact figure before anything is charged.
Two speeds, one model
Standard is the everyday tier: 7, 14 or 29 credits a second by size. Prime is the same model with the queue skipped: 11, 22 or 45 credits a second, and the vendor quotes it at about six times the speed. Our standard-speed jobs came back in two and a half to four minutes; the same 5-second 480P clip on prime came back in 80 seconds for 55 credits instead of 35. Prime earns its premium when you are waiting on the result to make the next decision, not for a take you will collect later.
Wan 3.0 is the one model here that takes 4:3 and 3:4 frames as well as 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1, and it accepts a reference video alongside a prompt. That footage is billed at the same per-second rate as the output, on top of it: 10 seconds generated from 8 seconds of reference is charged as 18.
What it costs
Per second of billed video. Reference video input counts toward the seconds; images, audio and documents do not.
| Size | Standard | Prime | 5 s standard | 30 s standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480P | 7 cr/s | 11 cr/s | 35 | 210 |
| 720P | 14 cr/s | 22 cr/s | 70 | 420 |
| 1080P | 29 cr/s | 45 cr/s | 145 | 870 |
Our test
The hero clip is an image-to-video job from the still on our home page: standard speed, 480P, 5 seconds, one sentence of prompt. It cost 35 credits, took under four minutes, and came back as an 854×480 MP4 of 5.0 seconds with audio. A text-to-video job at the same settings, run the day before, took about two and a half minutes.
The same still and sentence went through Wan 2.2, Wan 2.7 and Seedance 2.5, so the four image-to-video results can be compared on one shot.
A third job on 2026-09-24 attached a 5-second reference clip alongside a prompt at standard 480P for 5 seconds: billed as 10 seconds at 7 credits, 70 credits, back as an 854×480 clip with audio.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Input | One still, 1280×720, plus the prompt in the caption |
| Settings | Standard, 480P, 5 seconds, 16:9 |
| Cost | 35 credits ($0.35) |
| Wall time | About 3½ minutes; 2½ for the text-only run |
| Output | 854×480, 5.0 s, MP4 with audio |
| Reference clip 5 s + 5 s output | 70 credits (billed as 10 s at 7) |
Wan 3.0, Wan 2.7 or Wan 2.2?
3.0 is the only one of the three that starts from text, reaches 30 seconds, or offers 1080P at standard speed for less than 30 credits a second. 2.7 is image-to-video only, 2 to 15 seconds, and its distinguishing feature is an audio input that drives the motion. 2.2 is the cheapest way to see whether a still moves the way you expect: 60 credits, silent, back in about a minute.
How to run Wan 3.0 here
- 1. Start from a still, or from the prompt alone Add a picture to animate it (an ending frame is optional), or leave it out and the clip is generated from the prompt.
- 2. Describe the motion One sentence: what moves, how the camera moves, the light.
- 3. Set size and length Start at standard 480P and 5 seconds — 35 credits. Go long only once the motion is right.
- 4. Create Two to four minutes at standard speed; the clip waits in History.
When not to use this
- Quick prompt drafts. 35 credits and three minutes a draft is still slower than Grok Video 1.5 at 25 credits in about a minute; find the prompt there.
- Motion driven by a music track. That is Wan 2.7’s audio-input feature; Wan 3.0 generates its own sound but does not follow yours.
- Free reference footage. Any video you attach is billed second for second alongside the output.
- Readable text in frame, which comes out as plausible nonsense on every model here.
- Footage of a real person who has not agreed to it.
Questions people ask
How much does Wan 3.0 cost?
At standard speed, 7 credits a second at 480P, 14 at 720P and 29 at 1080P; prime speed is 11, 22 and 45. One credit is one US cent, so a 5-second 480P clip is 35 credits and a 30-second 1080P one is 870. The figure is on the Create button before the job starts.
How long can a Wan 3.0 video be?
From 2 to 30 seconds, generated as one continuous shot. Thirty seconds at 480P standard is 210 credits.
What is prime mode?
The same model with priority processing, billed at roughly one and a half times the standard rate. At standard our jobs took two and a half to four minutes; the same clip on prime took 80 seconds (55 credits against 35 at 480P).
Does Wan 3.0 generate audio?
Yes, with the picture. It cannot take your audio as an input; Wan 2.7 can.
Can I give Wan 3.0 a reference video?
Yes, alongside a prompt, in the Video slot. It is billed: the reference seconds are charged at the same rate as the output and the pair is capped at 30 seconds — our 5-second clip plus a 5-second output at 480P came to 70 credits. Auto length is available too: it reserves the 30-second ceiling and refunds down to the real length.
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Checked 2026-09-23.