Alibaba Wan 2.5 Text To Video
Playground
Try it on WavespeedAI!Alibaba WAN 2.5 is a state-of-the-art text/image-to-video generation model available on Alibaba Cloud’s DashScope platform. This powerful model produces high-quality videos in 480p, 720p, or 1080p resolution, complete with synchronized audio, from simple text or image prompts. Compared to Google Veo3, it offers a more affordable solution with faster video generation speeds, making it an excellent choice for creating audio-embedded videos efficiently.
Features
Alibaba WAN 2.5 Text-to-Video Model
Alibaba WAN 2.5 is an advanced text-to-video model provided by Alibaba Cloud’s DashScope platform. This model generates high-quality 480p/720p/1080p videos from text prompts.
What makes it stand out?
- More affordable: Wan 2.5 is more streamlined and cost-effective - reducing creator expenses and offering more options.
- One-pass A/V sync: Wan 2.5 creates a fully synchronized video (audio/voiceover + lip-sync) from a single, well-structured prompt - no separate recording or manual alignment required.
- Multilingual friendly: Wan 2.5 reliably processes like Chinese prompts for A/V-synced videos.
- Longer duration & more video size options: Wan 2.5 delivers up to 10 seconds and 6 aspect/size options, enabling more storytelling room and publishing flexibility.
- Custom Voice: Add your own audio or let the model generate one for you. Plug-and-play, easy to swap!
Designed For
- Marketing teams: Fast, polished demos/tutorials—low cost, consistent style.
- Global enterprises: Multilingual, lip-synced videos with subtitles for efficient localization.
- Storytellers & YouTubers: Immersive narratives while maintaining cadence and quality—driving growth.
- Corporate training teams: HD videos over docs—clearer key points, better communication.
Pricing
The table below lists prices for easy comparsion.
Output Resolution | Duration (5s) | Duration (10s) |
---|---|---|
480p | $0.25 | $0.50 |
720p | $0.50 | $1.00 |
1080p | $0.75 | $1.50 |
Billing Rules
- Minimum charge: 5 seconds
- Per-second rate = (price per 5 seconds) ÷ 5
- Billed duration = video length in seconds (rounded up), with a 5-second minimum
- Total cost = billed duration × per-second rate (by output resolution)
How to Use
- Write your prompt.
- Upload an audio file (optional) for voice/music.
- Choose the video size (resolution/aspect).
- Select the video duration (e.g., 5s / 10s).
- Submit and wait for processing.
- Preview and download the result.
Note
Audio limits
- Formats:
wav
,mp3
- Length: 3–30 seconds
- File size: ≤ 15 MB
Over-limit handling
- If the audio exceeds the target
duration
(5s or 10s), the model keeps only the first 5s/10s; the rest is discarded. - If the audio is shorter than the video duration, the extra video part is silent.
Authentication
For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.
API Endpoints
Submit Task & Query Result
# Submit the task
curl --location --request POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/alibaba/wan-2.5/text-to-video" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
--data-raw '{
"size": "1280*720",
"duration": 5,
"enable_prompt_expansion": false,
"seed": -1
}'
# Get the result
curl --location --request GET "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${requestId}/result" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}"
Parameters
Task Submission Parameters
Request Parameters
Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Range | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string | Yes | - | The prompt for generating the output. | |
negative_prompt | string | No | - | Negative prompt for the generation. | |
audio | string | No | - | - | Audio URL to guide generation (optional). Audio: ≥3s WAV/MP3, ≤15 MB |
size | string | Yes | 1280*720 | 832*480, 480*832, 1280*720, 720*1280, 1920*1080, 1080*1920 | The size of the generated media in pixels (width*height). |
duration | integer | No | 5 | 5, 10 | The duration of the generated media in seconds. |
enable_prompt_expansion | boolean | No | false | - | If set to true, the prompt optimizer will be enabled. |
seed | integer | No | -1 | -1 ~ 2147483647 | The random seed to use for the generation. -1 means a random seed will be used. |
Response Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction, Task Id |
data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
data.outputs | array | Array of URLs to the generated content (empty when status is not completed ) |
data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
data.urls.get | string | URL to retrieve the prediction result |
data.has_nsfw_contents | array | Array of boolean values indicating NSFW detection for each output |
data.status | string | Status of the task: created , processing , completed , or failed |
data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”) |
data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |