{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-10-25T23:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/wan-3-0/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/wan-3-0/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"wan-3-0","name":"Wan 3.0","org":"Alibaba Cloud (Tongyi Lab)","family":"Wan","released":"2026-08-24","status":"current","type":"video-gen","modality_in":["text","image","video","audio","pdf"],"modality_out":["video","audio"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":{"per_second_480p":0.05,"per_second_720p":0.1,"per_second_1080p":0.2,"unit":"USD per second, Singapore (International) region list price for wan3.0-video, with a limited-time 30% discount shown; other regions 0.041/0.083/0.165 per s. Prime (faster) variant wan3.0-video-prime 0.068/0.14/0.28 per s in Singapore. Input + output video duration both billed; failed requests free","source":"https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing"},"price_line":"$0.05 per second 480p","access":[{"provider":"Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope)","model_id":"wan3.0-video","endpoint":"https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/services/aigc/video-generation/video-synthesis","docs":"https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide"},{"provider":"Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (faster Prime tier)","model_id":"wan3.0-video-prime","docs":"https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide"},{"provider":"Qwen Cloud","model_id":"wan3.0-video","url":"https://www.qwencloud.com/models/wan3.0-video"},{"provider":"OpenRouter","model_id":"alibaba/wan-3.0"},{"provider":"OpenRouter (Prime)","model_id":"alibaba/wan-3.0-prime"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"30-second single-pass clips with native audio","detail":"Up to 30 s per generation (2-30 s or smart duration) at up to 1080P, with dialogue, music and sound effects generated together; double Wan 2.7's 15 s limit.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/news/product/video-generation-model-wan30-officially-launched-nsb"},{"name":"Documents and web pages as input","detail":"Besides text, images, video and audio, one request can take a file (pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx, txt, md) or a public web link as source material for the video.","first":true,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide"},{"name":"Multi-reference generation and editing","detail":"Up to 20 references per request (10 images, 5 videos, 5 audio clips, 15 s total each for video/audio), plus first/last-frame modes and editing of an existing generation.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide"}],"entry":"2026-08-24-wan-3-0","notes":"Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard (read 2026-10-25): #1, Elo 1175; AA price 12.00 USD per minute of 1080p (= 0.20/s). Public beta from early Aug 2026 (application-based), GA on Model Studio 2026-08-24 (CNY 0.3/0.6/1.2 per s for 480P/720P/1080P). Prime has the same capabilities as standard, only faster and pricier (Alibaba blog 2026-10-07). Async API: create task with X-DashScope-Async: enable, poll /api/v1/tasks/{task_id}; host is region-specific. Closed weights (Wan 2.2 was the last open-weight Wan flagship). Alibaba says audio texture and in-video text accuracy still need work. 'first: true' for document input is Alibaba's framing, not independently checked. No timeline entry exists yet.","verified":"2026-10-25","body_md":"Alibaba's closed Wan 3.0 video model: up to 30 s, 1080P, native audio, inputs from text, images, video, audio, documents and web pages. 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