Wan 2.5 Text to Video
alibaba/wan/2.5/text-to-videoWan 2.5 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
- $0.50USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 6
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Playground
Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.50 / 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/2.5/text-to-video
- Execution
- async
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
API README
Wan 2.5 Text to Video
Wan 2.5 text-to-video: a 5 or 10 second clip from a written scene, with optional driving audio. Newer Wan versions are listed below.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Text instruction. |
aspect_ratio | 16:9 / 9:16 / 1:1 / 4:3 / 3:4 | 16:9 | Output frame shape. |
audio | audio URL | — | Optional WAV/MP3 URL that drives speech or rhythm. |
resolution | 480p / 720p / 1080p | 720p | Sets the per-second rate. |
duration | 5 / 10 | 5 | Output length in seconds. |
seed | integer | random | Fix it to compare prompt changes. |
Billing
You pay for output seconds: $0.05 at 480p, $0.10 at 720p, and $0.15 at 1080p.
| Output | 480p | 720p | 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5s (default) | $0.25 | $0.50 | $0.75 |
| 10s | $0.50 | $1.00 | $1.50 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Describe the shot in order: subject, action, setting, camera move, light, and sound.
- Give camera timing explicitly, e.g. “holds for two seconds, then pushes in slowly”.
Limits
- Durations are 5 or 10 seconds only.
Also on SandBase
Other Wan 2.5 endpoints: alibaba/wan/2.5/image-to-video, alibaba/wan/2.5/text-to-image, alibaba/wan/2.5/image-to-image, alibaba/wan/2.7/text-to-video (newer).
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "alibaba/wan/2.5/text-to-video",
"prompt": "The white dragon warrior stands still, eyes full of determination and strength. The camera slowly moves closer or circles around the warrior, highlighting the powerful presence and heroic spirit of the character.",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "720p",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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"Choose your model
Compare models
| Model | Type | Default price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
Wan 2.5 Text to VideoThis model Alibaba | Video | $0.50 / run | Sep 24, 2025 |
Alibaba | Video | $1.40 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $2.80 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $1.00 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $2.00 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $0.70 / run | Aug 24, 2026 |
Questions
FAQ
How do I call Alibaba Wan 2.5 Text to Video through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/wan/2.5/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 Wan 2.5 Text to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.
