Wan is Alibaba's open text-to-video model family (Wan 2.2, 2.5, and the current 2.7), known for strong cinematic composition. The Wan API generates short clips from a text prompt programmatically. On Kunavo, Wan 2.7 is live on the OpenAI-compatible /v1/video/generations endpoint, billed per second: $0.096/s at 720p and $0.144/s at 1080p.

How much does the Wan API cost?

On Kunavo, Wan 2.7 costs $0.096 per second at 720p (a 5-second clip is $0.48) and $0.144 per second at 1080p — slightly under Alibaba's own list ($0.10/s and $0.15/s). The real benefit is one bearer token and one balance shared with Veo 3, image, music and text models.

Is there a Wan 2.5 API or Wan 2.2 API?

Wan 2.2 and 2.5 are earlier generations of the same family; Wan 2.7 supersedes them. On Kunavo you call the current generation with model: "wan-2-7" — the request shape is the same as any Wan version, so older integrations port with a one-word change.

Wan vs Veo 3 — which should I use?

Wan 2.7 is the budget cinematic pick at $0.48 per 5s 720p clip with per-second billing. Veo 3 adds native synchronized audio and Google's strongest overall quality, from $0.16 (Lite) to $1.92 (Quality) per 8s clip. Both run on the same Kunavo endpoint, so A/B testing them is a one-word change.

Wan API — Alibaba's Wan 2.7 text-to-video, live with per-second pricing

Wan (万相) is Alibaba's text-to-video model family — Wan 2.2, 2.5, and the current Wan 2.7 — known for strong cinematic composition and motion. The Wan API generates short clips from a prompt programmatically, and Wan 2.7 is live on Kunavo through the OpenAI-compatible /v1/video/generations endpoint: one bearer token, transparent per-second pricing, no Alibaba Cloud account.

Wan API pricing

Wan 2.7 on Kunavo bills per second of generated video, by resolution:

Resolution	Kunavo	Alibaba list	5s clip
720p	$0.096 / second	$0.10 / second	$0.48
1080p	$0.144 / second	$0.15 / second	$0.72

Honest note: the per-second rate is only slightly under Alibaba's own list — if Wan is the only model you need, going direct is a fine choice. The reason to run it on Kunavo is operational: the same key and balance also drive Veo 3, image models, Suno and the Claude / GPT / Gemini text lineup, with per-clip USD line items instead of provider credits.

Generate a video with Wan 2.7

Submit a prompt to POST /v1/video/generations with model: "wan-2-7". Generation takes a few minutes; in production use the async /v1/videos task lifecycle with idempotency keys.

wan_text_to_video.py

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.kunavo.com/v1/video/generations",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    json={
        "model": "wan-2-7",
        "prompt": "a red lantern swaying in a narrow Kyoto alley at dusk, rain",
        "duration": 5,
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
        "resolution": "720p",   # or "1080p"
    },
    timeout=600,
)
print(resp.json()["data"][0]["url"])

Wan 2.2 API and Wan 2.5 API

Searches for the Wan 2.2 API and Wan 2.5 API refer to earlier generations of the same family — 2.2 introduced the MoE architecture and the Animate variants, 2.5 added native audio experiments. Wan 2.7 supersedes both on quality and instruction following. The request shape is identical across generations, so a Wan 2.2/2.5 integration ports to Kunavo with a one-word change to the model field.

Wan vs Veo 3

Both are live on the same endpoint, so the honest answer is: A/B test your prompts. Rules of thumb — Wan 2.7 is the budget cinematic pick with per-second billing ($0.48 per 5s 720p clip); Veo 3 leads overall quality and generates native synchronized audio, from $0.16 (Lite) to $1.92 (Quality) per 8s 720p clip. For the whole landscape — Veo, Sora, Kling, Hailuo, Seedance — see the text-to-video API guide.

FAQ

What is the Wan API?

Alibaba's text-to-video family, live on Kunavo as Wan 2.7 via the OpenAI-compatible /v1/video/generations endpoint.

How much does it cost?

$0.096/second at 720p and $0.144/second at 1080p — a 5-second 720p clip is $0.48, billed per clip in USD.

Do I need an Alibaba Cloud account?

No — one Kunavo key (sk-kunavo-…) and a Stripe balance; the same key reaches Veo 3, image, music and text models.

Does Wan 2.7 do image-to-video?

Image-to-video and the Wan image-edit line (Wan 2.7 Image Pro) are on the roadmap; text-to-video is what's live today. Pass image_url workflows through Veo 3 in the meantime.