Alibaba (Qwen) · video model · Released Dec 16, 2025Wan v2.6
Wan v2.6 is a video model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Dec 16, 2025. It handles text to video, image to video, video editing, audio input and native audio.
- Arena score
- 1,327#21 of 48 · text to video
- Starting price
- $0.10per second · 720p
- Longest clip
- 10 s5–10 s
- Resolution
- 1080pWith native audio
How it rates and what it costs
- Text to video arena
- 1,327 ±7#21 of 48 · 54,050 votes
- Image to video arena
- 1,310 ±7#23 of 48 · 121,082 votes
Arena scores come from blind, side-by-side human votes on the same prompts (higher is better; ± is the 95% range). Boards updated Sep 22, 2026.
Listed prices
- 720p
- $0.10/s
- 1080p
- $0.15/s
A 10-second clip at the starting rate costs about $1.00.
Specs and prices checked Nov 2, 2026: OpenRouter, image-to-video models compared (Oct 15, 2026) . Labs change prices often.
The details
- Lab
- Alibaba (Qwen)
- Type
- Video model
- Released
- Dec 16, 2025
- Inputs
- Text prompts, Reference images, Audio, Video
- Output
- Video with sound
- Can do
- Text to video, Image to video, Video editing, Audio input, Native audio
- Resolutions
- 720p · 1080p
- Clip length
- 5–10 s
- Sound
- Optional
- Frame control
- First frame only
- References
- Video and audio
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Availability
- 1 API host
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About Wan v2.6
How good is Wan v2.6?
In blind side-by-side votes, Wan v2.6 scores 1,327 for text to video (#21 of 48) and 1,310 for image to video (#23 of 48). Higher is better; scores within about 14 points of each other are effectively tied.
Who makes Wan v2.6?
Wan v2.6 is a video model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Dec 16, 2025.
What can Wan v2.6 do?
Wan v2.6 accepts text prompts, reference images, audio and video and produces video with sound. In practice: text to video, image to video, video editing, audio input and native audio.
Is Wan v2.6 open source?
No. Wan v2.6 is proprietary; you use it through an API or partner apps.
Where can I use Wan v2.6?
It is listed by 1 API host we track.
How much does Wan v2.6 cost?
Wan v2.6 costs from $0.10/s (720p), up to $0.15/s (1080p). A 10-second clip at the starting rate is about $1.00. Prices checked Nov 2, 2026.
How long can Wan v2.6 videos be?
Wan v2.6 generates clips of 5–10 s at 720p or 1080p. Sound: optional.
What are the alternatives to Wan v2.6?
The closest video models from other labs, by release date, are Seedance v1.5 Pro (ByteDance Seed, Dec 16, 2025), Kling v2.6 (Kling AI, Dec 3, 2025), Grok Imagine Video (xAI, Jan 28, 2026) and Veo 3.1 (Google, Oct 15, 2025).