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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-veo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-veo.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) for reliability (+25).\n\nPick Google Veo for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) | Google Veo | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 45 | Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 71 | Google Veo +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 64 | Google Veo +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 78 | Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 77 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 80 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **65.4 · B** | **60.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) | Google Veo |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Alibaba Cloud | Google |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/api/v1` | `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Wan 2.1 and 2.2 weights) | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Popularity | 18k stars | 4k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Alibaba Wan (Model Studio).** Wan 3.0 clips run 2 to 30 seconds at up to 1080p with audio on by default. Result URLs and task ids expire after 24 hours.\n\n**Google Veo.** Audio on every Veo 3.1 clip, up to 4K on Veo 3.1 and Fast. All three Veo 3.1 previews shut down on the Gemini API on 2026-10-22.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Alibaba Wan (Model Studio)\n\n1. Send `X-DashScope-Async: enable` on the create call or it fails, then poll GET /api/v1/tasks/{task_id} about every 15 seconds\n2. Copy the video out within 24 hours. The URL and the task id both expire\n3. Use the host from your workspace and region. A Singapore key won't work on a Beijing host\n4. Don't resubmit a slow job. Poll it. Failed jobs aren't billed, so resubmit only after FAILED\n5. Set `audio` false if you don't want sound. It's on by default for Wan 3.0\n\n### Google Veo\n\n1. Move off `veo-3.1-*-preview` before 2026-10-22. Use `gemini-omni-1.1-flash` on the Gemini API or the GA Veo IDs on Vertex AI\n2. Call `predictLongRunning`, then poll the operation name about every 10 seconds until `done` is true. Jobs take 11 seconds to 6 minutes\n3. Download the video within 2 days. The server deletes it after that\n4. Set `durationSeconds` to 8 for 1080p, 4K or reference images. Shorter clips aren't supported there\n5. In the EU, UK, Switzerland and MENA image-to-video only accepts `personGeneration` set to `allow_adult`\n\n## Other comparisons with Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) or Google Veo\n\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Kling AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-kling.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Luma AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-luma.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-pika.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs PixVerse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-pixverse.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-runway.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-vidu.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Kling AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-kling.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Luma AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-luma.md)\n- [Google Veo vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [Google Veo vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-pika.md)\n- [Google Veo vs PixVerse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-pixverse.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-runway.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-vidu.md)\n",
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