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Head to head · Video generate · October 2026 research run

Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Vidu API

Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) has a score of 65.4 (B) against Vidu API's 40.4 (E). Both do video generate. The largest gap is security & auth, 52 points.

Alibaba Wan (Model Studio)Alibaba Cloud · Model API B65.4/100#173 of 452 Vidu APIShengShu Technology · Model API E40.4/100#423 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) for

  • reliability (+35)
  • schema & documentation (+19)
  • agent ergonomics (+8)
  • security & auth (+52)
  • maintenance & community (+20)
  • transparency & trust (+31)

Pick Vidu API for

No category where it leads by five points or more.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAlibaba Wan (Model Studio)Vidu APIEdge
Reliability16%207035Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +35
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26748Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +19
Agent ergonomics13%16.26355Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +8
Security & auth14%17.58028Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +52
Payments & pricing10%12.52020even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87757Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +20
Transparency & trust7%8.88049Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) +31
Negative events≤1500
Total65.4 · B40.4 · E

Facts side by side

FactAlibaba Wan (Model Studio)Vidu API
KindModel APIModel API
VendorAlibaba CloudShengShu Technology
Hosted endpointhttps://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/api/v1https://api.vidu.com/ent/v2
TransportsHTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthAPI keyAPI key
PricingFreemiumPay per use
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0 (Wan 2.1 and 2.2 weights)none
Tools exposednonenone
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
MCP registrynot listednot listed
Last release2026-09-242026-09-15
Popularity18k stars5 stars, 25 PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3.5/5 (2)3/5 (2)

Verdicts

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.

Vidu API

Q3 Turbo from $0.035 a second at 540p, about half that off-peak. No llms.txt, OpenAPI file or error-code reference.

Before you call either

Alibaba Wan (Model Studio)

  1. Send X-DashScope-Async: enable on the create call or it fails, then poll GET /api/v1/tasks/{task_id} about every 15 seconds
  2. Copy the video out within 24 hours. The URL and the task id both expire
  3. Use the host from your workspace and region. A Singapore key won't work on a Beijing host
  4. Don't resubmit a slow job. Poll it. Failed jobs aren't billed, so resubmit only after FAILED
  5. Set audio false if you don't want sound. It's on by default for Wan 3.0

Vidu API

  1. Send Authorization: Token $VIDU_API_KEY. The scheme is Token, not Bearer
  2. POST the task, then poll the Get Creation endpoint by task id or set callback_url
  3. Set off_peak only for jobs that can wait up to 48 hours. It roughly halves the credit rate
  4. Set audio to true for dialogue and sound on Q3. It's off by default
  5. Keep the AI-generated label on outputs. The terms forbid removing it

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