Correction, 2026-10-02: the table gave Wan 2.5 durations of 5, 10 or 15 seconds. On 8frame, Wan 2.5 makes 5-second clips at 1080p, for 102 credits; for a longer take, Wan 3.0 runs 2 to 30 seconds. A second pass the same day found more. We credited Wan 3.0 to Alibaba's Tongyi Lab and said it shipped in public beta on Model Studio and Qwen Cloud; we could not confirm the lab or Qwen Cloud on Alibaba's pages today, which list Wan 3.0 on Model Studio from 2026-08-06 and call it "currently in preview", so that is what the page now says. We quoted Alibaba as promising 30 seconds "in a single pass" and said Alibaba frames three changes over Wan 2.5; its documentation says "up to 30 seconds per generation" and does not compare the features with Wan 2.5. We said the newest Wan-AI repositories on Hugging Face are all in the Wan 2.2 line, but one of the four newest is Wan-Dancer-14B. Two claims we never measured are gone: that most write-ups get the weights question wrong, and that most video models take only text, images and sometimes video or audio. The table now shows what each Wan takes on the canvas (Wan 2.2 needs a start image or an input video and has no text-to-video on 8frame), the page says the Wan tool opens at 1080p and that base Wan 3.0's reference-to-video mode is available only through the 8frame MCP connector, and the cheapest Wan 3.0 figure now says it is for 5 seconds. We removed our account of how Prime's 8frame price was first read from a provider, and a 2026-08-24 catalog sweep we cannot re-check; the Alibaba, fal, Replicate and Hugging Face facts were re-checked today. The closing line no longer says the canvas has every other major model.
Correction, 2026-10-01: after an earlier edit, the sentence "That last one is the genuinely novel piece" read as if it meant Prime's reference video on 8frame. It meant Alibaba's document and web-page input, which exists only in Alibaba's API. The paragraph now says so.
Wan 3.0 is Alibaba's 2026 video model, and unlike Wan 2.1 and Wan 2.2, it is API-only: there are no published weights to download.
On 8frame it runs on the canvas in two variants, priced per second of output: base Wan 3.0 costs 24, 48 or 95 credits for 5 seconds at 480p, 720p or 1080p, and Wan 3.0 Prime costs 46, 95 or 189, about twice base. The Wan tool opens on base Wan 3.0 at 1080p, its most expensive tier, so set the resolution before you generate. Alibaba describes Prime as the high-speed version of Wan 3.0 with the same capabilities, not a higher-quality model. Everything below separates what we checked ourselves from what Alibaba claims for the model.
What is actually verifiable
No open weights. We queried the Hugging Face API for the Wan-AI organization on 2026-10-02. The newest uploads are two Wan 2.2 Animate repositories (Wan2.2-Animate-2-14B-Distilled-Diffusers and Wan2.2-Animate-2-14B-Diffusers, 2026-08-06), followed by Wan2.2-Animate-2-14B and Wan-Dancer-14B in July 2026. There is no Wan 2.5 repo and no Wan 3.0 repo. You can run that check yourself in one request against huggingface.co/api/models?author=Wan-AI.
Alibaba lists it as a preview. Alibaba Cloud Model Studio lists Wan 3.0 as released on 2026-08-06 and Wan 3.0 Prime on 2026-08-20, and the Wan 3.0 API reference says the model is "currently in preview". Outside Alibaba, Wan 3.0 is hosted on fal (alibaba/wan-3.0/* and alibaba/wan-3.0-prime/*) and on Replicate (alibaba/wan-3). Both variants went live on the 8frame canvas on 2026-08-28, and Prime's price moved to per-resolution tiers on 2026-09-05.
The open Wan line stops at 2.2 so far. Wan 2.1 and Wan 2.2 have downloadable weights under Apache 2.0. Wan 2.5 has no published weights, and neither has Wan 3.0. If someone tells you Wan 3.0 is open source, ask them for the repository link.
What Alibaba claims for the preview
Alibaba's documentation calls Wan 3.0 an all-in-one video generation model and lists: up to 30 seconds per generation (any length from 2 to 30 seconds), output at 480P, 720P or 1080P with 1080P as the default, dialogue, background music and sound effects generated natively with the picture, and up to 20 reference materials per request, which can be images, video, audio, documents or public web pages. A document can be a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, plain text or Markdown file, up to 100 MB and 50 pages, and a request takes one file or one web link.
Turning a deck or a web page into a video is a different kind of input from a prompt or a picture. It is part of Alibaba's API only. On the 8frame canvas, base Wan 3.0 takes a prompt or one start image, and Prime also takes a reference clip. Base Wan 3.0 also has a reference-to-video mode (34, 68 or 135 credits for 5 seconds at 480p, 720p or 1080p), available only through the 8frame MCP connector, where a reference clip drives it.
We have not tested any of it, so treat those as vendor claims until you have run your own prompt.
Which Wan you can actually run today
| Model | Weights | Inputs on the 8frame canvas | 8frame price (5s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wan 2.2 | Apache 2.0, on Hugging Face | One start image or an input video (no text alone) | 50 credits at 720p |
| Wan 2.5 | Not published | Text or one start image | 102 credits at 1080p |
| Wan 3.0 | Not published | Text or one start image | 24 at 480p, 48 at 720p, 95 at 1080p (opens at 1080p) |
| Wan 3.0 Prime | Not published | Text, one start image or a reference clip | 46 / 95 / 189 credits at 480p / 720p / 1080p |
Wan 3.0 and Wan 3.0 Prime bill per second for any length from 2 to 30 seconds; on 8frame, Wan 2.5 makes 5-second clips. Credits cost $0.01 each in a top-up pack, so a 5-second Wan 3.0 clip at 480p is about $0.24 and a 5-second Wan 2.5 clip is about $1.02. The $19 Starter plan carries 1,000 credits a month. The number worth noticing: 30 seconds of base Wan 3.0 at 480p is 142 credits, roughly $1.42, in one generation.
FAQ
Is Wan 3.0 open source? No weights had been published at our Hugging Face check on 2026-10-02. So far, the open Wan line stops at 2.2.
Can I give Wan 3.0 a document or a web page on 8frame? No. That input is in Alibaba's API only. On the 8frame canvas, base Wan 3.0 takes a prompt or one start image; Prime also takes a reference clip.
What does Wan 3.0 cost on 8frame? 24, 48 or 95 credits for 5 seconds at 480p, 720p or 1080p; Prime is 46, 95 or 189. The Wan tool opens at 1080p, so a 5-second clip left at the default costs 95 on base.
Is Wan 3.0 Prime a higher-quality version? Alibaba describes Prime as the high-speed version of Wan 3.0, with capabilities aligned with the standard version. On 8frame, Prime generates sound by default; base Wan 3.0 has no sound setting there. Compare drafts on your own prompt before paying about double.
Sources
- Release dates of Wan 3.0 (2026-08-06) and Wan 3.0 Prime (2026-08-20), "all-in-one video generation model", and Prime as "the high-speed version of the Wan3.0 video generation model, with capabilities aligned with the Wan3.0-Video standard version": Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, newly released models, checked 2026-10-02
- "Up to 30 seconds per generation", durations of 2 to 30 seconds, 480P / 720P / 1080P with 1080P as the default, native dialogue, BGM and sound effects, up to 20 reference materials per request including documents and web pages, one file or one link per request: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Wan 3.0 video generation guide, checked 2026-10-02
- "Currently in preview", document formats, 100 MB and 50-page limits: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, Wan 3.0 API reference, checked 2026-10-02
- Hosted Wan 3.0 outside Alibaba: fal, alibaba/wan-3.0, fal, alibaba/wan-3.0-prime and Replicate, alibaba/wan-3, checked 2026-10-02
- Open weights (newest Wan-AI uploads, no Wan 2.5 or Wan 3.0 repository, Apache 2.0 on Wan 2.1 and Wan 2.2): Hugging Face API, author Wan-AI, Wan2.1-T2V-14B and Wan2.2-T2V-A14B, checked 2026-10-02
- 8frame prices (calculateWanCost, calculateWan3Cost), the Wan tool's 1080p starting value, Wan 2.5's 5-second output, the launch and repricing dates and Prime's default sound: 8frame tool registry, video generation code and content fact sheet, read 2026-10-02
- Canvas inputs per Wan version and base Wan 3.0 reference-to-video through the MCP connector: 8frame tool configuration and MCP connector tool definitions, read 2026-10-02
Related concepts
Wan 3.0 pricing explained covers the two variants and where each one is cheapest. Wan 3.0 vs Wan 2.5 is the upgrade question. Is Wan 3.0 open source walks through the license question with the receipts, and what is Wan covers the family's history.
Run Wan 3.0 from 24 credits for a 5-second clip on the 8frame canvas, and set the resolution on the node before you generate. Compare the field in best AI video generator 2026.
Try it without signing up: the 8frame canvas opens on a real board. The canvas is free and unlimited; generation is paid from $19/month.