Wan-Animate
alibaba/wan-animateWan-Animate generates an animated video from an input image and a driving video, transferring motion onto the image subject.
- Base price
- $0.05USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 5
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Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.05 / 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/wan-animate
- Execution
- async
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
API README
Wan-Animate
Wan-Animate generates an animated video by transferring motion from a driving video onto a subject in an input image. Supports 480p and 720p output at 5-second or 8-second durations.
Highlights
Motion transfer — Drives animation using a reference video, applying consistent motion patterns onto the input image subject.
Image + driving video input — Combines a still image and a driving video to produce a seamlessly animated result.
Dual resolution support — 480p for cost-efficient output and 720p for higher-quality results.
Flexible durations — Choose 5-second or 8-second clips to match your content format.
Pricing
| Resolution | Price |
|---|---|
| 480p | $0.053 / second |
| 720p | $0.110 / second |
A 5-second 480p clip costs $0.265; a 5-second 720p clip costs $0.55.
When to Use
| ✅ Good fit | ❌ Consider alternatives |
|---|---|
| Animating portraits with dance or gesture motion | Prompt-guided animation without driving video (use Wan 2.2 Exp0622) |
| Fashion and product showcase animations | Premium 1080p output (use Wan 2.7 Exp0622) |
| Social media short-form video content | Native audio generation |
| Character motion transfer for creative projects | Static image generation |
Technical Specs
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Input | Image (URL or Base64, max 50 MB) + driving video (URL) |
| Output | MP4 animated video |
| Resolution | 480p, 720p |
| Duration | 5s, 8s |
| Execution | Async (submit → poll for result) |
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Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "alibaba/wan-animate",
"resolution": "720p"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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"Choose your model
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Questions
FAQ
How do I call Alibaba Wan-Animate through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/wan-animate" 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 Wan-Animate and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.
