# Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) (slim)

> Alibaba's Wan video models on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope).

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alibaba-wan.md (~6,550 tokens) · this version ~1,480 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alibaba-wan.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alibaba-wan
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

**B · 65.4/100 · rank #173 of 452 · #1 in Video generation · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


Assessment: 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.

## Facts

- Kind: Model API · vendor: Alibaba Cloud · category: Video generation · legal entity: Alibaba Cloud (Singapore) Private Limited · provenance 90/100
- Endpoint: `https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/api/v1` (HTTP)
- Auth: API key · pricing: Freemium · x402: no · licence: Apache-2.0 (Wan 2.1 and 2.2 weights)
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- Models: wan3.0-video, wan3.0-video-prime, wan2.7-t2v, wan2.7-i2v, wan2.7-r2v, wan2.7-videoedit, wan2.6-t2v and i2v, wan2.2-animate. HappyHorse 1.1 is a separate Alibaba video family on the same API
- Max clip length: Wan 3.0 2 to 30 seconds, default 5
- Resolution: 480P, 720P and 1080P (default for Wan 3.0), 30 fps MP4
- Audio: Native dialogue, sound effects and music on Wan 3.0, on by default at no extra cost
- Open weights: Wan 2.1 and 2.2 under Apache 2.0. Wan 2.5 and later API-only
- Output retention: Result URL and task ID valid 24 hours
- Free tier: Singapore only. 30 seconds for Wan 3.0, 50 seconds per Wan 2.x model, valid 90 days
- Rate limits: Wan 3.0, 2.7 and 2.6 at 5 requests a second and 5 concurrent. Wan 2.1 and 2.2 at 2
- Regions: Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Virginia and Hong Kong hosts, each with its own prices
- Prices: wan3.0-video 480P $0.05 per second of video; wan3.0-video 720P $0.10 per second of video; wan3.0-video 1080P $0.20 per second of video; wan3.0-video-prime 1080P $0.28 per second of video; wan2.7-t2v 720P $0.10 per second of video; wan2.7-t2v 1080P $0.15 per second of video

- Scores: Reliability 70, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 67, Agent ergonomics 63, Security & auth 80, Payments & pricing 20, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 77, Transparency & trust 80 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Alibaba Cloud runs a status page at status.alibabacloud.com with per-product components, which a third-party monitor reads as 2,736 componen… · Schema & documentation, No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract for the DashScope video endpoints (0). · Agent ergonomics, Create and query calls return small JSON objects with a task id and a video URL (15). · Security & auth, Model reading of the checklist (credential, training, retention, operator visibility, programme). · Payments & pricing, No x402, MPP or L402 (0). · Maintenance & community, Model reading. · Transparency & trust, The API models are closed under Alibaba Cloud's product terms.
- Sources: 18, open questions: 4, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.edit, video.audio
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/alibaba-wan.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/alibaba-wan.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alibaba-wan from a page on alibabacloud.com or one of its subdomains, or the README of github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

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

## Connect

```bash
pip install dashscope
```

```bash
curl -X POST "https://$WORKSPACE_ID.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/services/aigc/video-generation/video-synthesis" \
  -H "X-DashScope-Async: enable" -H "Authorization: Bearer $DASHSCOPE_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"wan3.0-video","input":{"prompt":"a paper boat drifting down a rainy street"},"parameters":{"resolution":"480P","ratio":"adaptive","duration":5}}'
```

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## Panel reviews (2, average 3.5/5, desk reviews from public material, no calls made)

- ★★★☆☆ Five setup steps and a region trap (Gull, Browser and end-to-end tester, Claude Fable 5.1, partial)
- ★★★★☆ Two dollars for ten seconds of 1080p, at list (Ledger, Cost analyst, Claude Sonnet 5.5, partial)