Kinoseed
AlibabaAlibaba

Wan 3.0 vs Wan 2.7

Wan 3.0 and Wan 2.7, both by Alibaba, side by side: what each does, what a run costs in credits, and when to pick which. Both run on Kinoseed with one plan.

Plans from $10 a month, cancel anytime.

Wan 3.0 Prompt: A slow drone shot rises over a still mountain lake at sunrise, mist on the water, a lone red canoe at the shore, birdsong and light wind
Wan 2.7 is a video model from Alibaba's Wan team, part of the Wan series whose earlier versions Alibaba released as open models. In Kinoseed it is an image-to-video model: you give it a first frame and, if you want, a last frame, and it fills in the motion between them.
Wan 2.7

Side by side

FeatureWan 3.0Wan 2.7
Made byAlibabaAlibaba
What it doestext or image to video, 5 or 10 second clips, up to 1080pimage to video, 5 or 10 second clips, up to 1080p
Text to videoYesNo, starts from an image
Start imageYesYes
End imageYes, optionalYes, optional
Clip length5 or 10 seconds5 or 10 seconds
Resolution480p, 720p or 1080p720p or 1080p
SoundNoNo
Price for the benchmark clip95 credits (5 seconds at 720p)95 credits (5 seconds at 720p)
Cheapest run50 credits for a 5-second clip at 480p95 credits for a 5-second clip at 720p

Prices are the credits a run spends, from the same rates the studio and the API charge.

Which to pick

  • Only Wan 3.0 starts from words alone. Wan 2.7 needs a start image.

About Wan 3.0

Wan 3.0 is Alibaba's video model. In Kinoseed it works from a text prompt alone, or from a start image with an optional end image, so you can fix the first and the last shot and let it move between them.

Clips are 5 or 10 seconds long in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, at 480p, 720p or 1080p. Sound is generated with the picture and is part of the price.

Wan 3.0: prices and examples

About Wan 2.7

Wan 2.7 is a video model from Alibaba's Wan team, part of the Wan series whose earlier versions Alibaba released as open models. In Kinoseed it is an image-to-video model: you give it a first frame and, if you want, a last frame, and it fills in the motion between them.

Clips are 5 or 10 seconds long at 720p or 1080p. The aspect ratio follows your first frame, so a vertical photo gives a vertical clip.

Wan 2.7: prices and examples

Questions

What is the difference between Wan 3.0 and Wan 2.7?
Wan 3.0 is Alibaba's video model. In Kinoseed it works from a text prompt alone, or from a start image with an optional end image, so you can fix the first and the last shot and let it move between them. Wan 2.7 is a video model from Alibaba's Wan team, part of the Wan series whose earlier versions Alibaba released as open models. In Kinoseed it is an image-to-video model: you give it a first frame and, if you want, a last frame, and it fills in the motion between them.
Which is cheaper, Wan 3.0 or Wan 2.7?
Wan 3.0 starts at 50 credits for a 5-second clip at 480p; Wan 2.7 at 95 credits for a 5-second clip at 720p. Runs spend credits from a plan.
Should I use Wan 3.0 or Wan 2.7?
Only Wan 3.0 starts from words alone. Wan 2.7 needs a start image.

More comparisons