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Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video

alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/text-to-video

Happy Horse 1.1 is Alibaba's text-to-video AI model. Turn written scripts and prompts into professional-quality video clips with realistic motion, lighting, and scene composition.

Base price
$0.70USD / run
Execution
async
Model type
video
Input fields
5
Production route

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Playground

Open playground
Input
Text prompt describing the desired video. Max 2500 characters.
The aspect ratio of the generated image. Allowed values: 21:9, 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 9:16.
Output video resolution tier. Allowed values: 480p, 720p, 1080p.
Output video duration in seconds (3-15). Allowed values: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Random seed for reproducibility (0-2147483647).
OutputExample

Examples

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Model card

Specifications

Pricing

Base price
$0.70 / run

Context & modalities

Input
Schema-defined
Output
video

Capabilities

Chat
Not supported
Vision
Not supported
Reasoning
Not supported
Structured output
Not supported
Function calling
Not supported
Audio input
Not supported

Access

Provider
Alibaba
Model ID
alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/text-to-video
Execution
async
Base URL
https://api.sandbase.ai
API
Unified Run API
Endpoint
/v1/run

Human preference

Arena

Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.

Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena

Leaderboard
Text to Video
Rank
#10 of 32
Elo
1041 ±18
Gap to #1
−93

Text-to-video arena (silent): people pick the better of two clips from the same prompt, without seeing the model names; audio is not judged.

  1. #5FLUX 3Black Forest Labs1095±19
  2. #6Dreamina Seedance 2.0ByteDance SeedOn SandBase1084±19
  3. #7SkyReels V4Skywork AI1083±19
  4. #8Gemini Omni Flash 1.1GoogleOn SandBase1072±18
  5. #9Agnes-Video-2.5Sapiens AI1053±19
  6. #10HappyHorse-1.1Alibaba-ATHThis model1041±18
  7. #11HappyHorse-1.0Alibaba-ATHOn SandBase1037±19
  8. #12Grok Imagine Video 1.5SpaceXAIOn SandBase1036±19
  9. #13Wan2.7-260612AlibabaOn SandBase1023±18
  10. #14MAGI-2 PreviewSand.ai1011±17

API README

Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video

Happy Horse 1.1 turns a written script into a 3–15 second cinematic clip with realistic motion, lighting, and fine detail. Version 1.1 adds a 480p draft tier and lowers the 1080p rate compared with 1.0.

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultNotes
promptstring, required—Text instruction.
aspect_ratio21:9 / 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 / 5:4 / 1:1 / 4:5 / 3:4 / 2:3 / 9:1616:9Output frame shape.
resolution480p / 720p / 1080p720pSets the per-second rate.
duration3–155Output length in seconds.
seedintegerrandomFix it to compare prompt changes.

Billing

You pay for output seconds: $0.07 at 480p, $0.14 at 720p, and $0.18 at 1080p, Alibaba's list price.

Output480p720p1080p
3s$0.21$0.42$0.54
5s (default)$0.35$0.70$0.90
10s$0.70$1.40$1.80
15s$1.05$2.10$2.70

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • Describe the shot in order: subject, action, setting, camera move, light, and sound.
  • Give camera timing explicitly, e.g. “holds for two seconds, then pushes in slowly”.
  • Put spoken lines in quotes and say who speaks them.

Limits

  • Text only; to start from a picture use alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/image-to-video.

Also on SandBase

Other Happy Horse endpoints: alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/image-to-video, alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/reference-to-video, alibaba/happy-horse/video-edit (edit an existing clip).

Start building

Send your first request

OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.

Production API
Unified Run API endpoint
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model ID
alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/text-to-video
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/text-to-video",
  "prompt": "A little girl walking on the road at sunset, cinematic lighting, smooth camera movement.",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "720p",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
  status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
  case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
  sleep 2
  result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
    "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"

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Questions

FAQ

How do I call Alibaba Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/happy-horse/1.1/text-to-video" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.

Do I need a separate Alibaba account?

No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Alibaba Happy Horse 1.1 Text to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.