Happy Horse Image to Video

alibaba/happy-horse/image-to-video

Alibaba's #1-ranked Happy Horse 1.0 generates stunning 1080p videos with synchronized native audio and multilingual lip-sync, transforming text prompts or images into cinematic, true-to-life motion content for next-generation AIGC creation.

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

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Input

PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum

The URL of the source image to animate into a video.
Optional text prompt to guide the video generation.
The duration of the generated video in seconds. Allowed values: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
The resolution of the video to generate. Allowed values: 720p, 1080p.
Random seed for reproducible results. Set to -1 for random seed.
OutputExample

Examples

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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/image-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
Image to Video
Rank
#13 of 29
Elo
1014 ±19
Gap to #1
−116

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

  1. #8Grok Imagine Video 1.5SpaceXAIOn SandBase1054±19
  2. #9FLUX 3Black Forest Labs1036±19
  3. #10HappyHorse-1.1Alibaba-ATHOn SandBase1024±19
  4. #11Gemini Omni Flash 1.1Google1022±19
  5. #12Kling 3.0 Omni 1080p (Pro)KlingAIOn SandBase1020±19
  6. #13HappyHorse-1.0Alibaba-ATHThis model1014±19
  7. #14Grok Imagine Video 1.5 LiteSpaceXAI1003±19
  8. #15Kling 3.0 1080p (Pro)KlingAIOn SandBase1000
  9. #16PixVerse V6PixVerseOn SandBase966±19
  10. #17Veo 3.1GoogleOn SandBase955±19

API README

Happy Horse Image to Video

Happy Horse 1.0 image-to-video: animate a picture over 3–15 seconds. prompt is optional; without it the model brings the scene to life on its own.

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultNotes
imageimage URL, required—First frame. JPEG, PNG, or WebP URL.
promptstringBring the scene in the image to life.Optional direction for motion and camera.
duration3–155Output length in seconds.
resolution720p / 1080p720pSets the per-second rate.
seedintegerrandomFix it to compare prompt changes.

Billing

You pay for output seconds: $0.14 at 720p and $0.24 at 1080p, Alibaba's list price.

Output720p1080p
3s$0.42$0.72
5s (default)$0.70$1.20
10s$1.40$2.40
15s$2.10$3.60

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • Describe the motion and camera, not what is already in the picture.

Limits

  • 720p and 1080p only.

Also on SandBase

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

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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/image-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 $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "alibaba/happy-horse/image-to-video",
  "image": "https://help-static-aliyun-doc.aliyuncs.com/file-manage-files/zh-CN/20250925/wpimhv/rap.png",
  "prompt": "Bring the scene in the image to life.",
  "duration": 5,
  "resolution": "720p"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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 Image to Video through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/happy-horse/image-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 Image to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.