Wan 3.0 Text to Video
alibaba/wan/3.0/text-to-videoWan 3.0 by Alibaba turns a text prompt into a video of up to 30 seconds at 30fps, with native dialogue, music, and sound effects.
- Base price
- $0.42
$0.50USD / run - Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 6
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Examples
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Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.42 / 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/3.0/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
- #1 of 32
- Elo
- 1134 ±19
- Gap to #1
- Leader
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.
- #1Wan 3.01134±19
- #2MiniMax H3 (768p)1121±19
- #3MiniMax H3 Max1117±18
- #4Dreamina Seedance 2.51105±19
- #5FLUX 31095±19
- #6Dreamina Seedance 2.01084±19
- #7SkyReels V41083±19
- #8Gemini Omni Flash 1.11072±18
- #9Agnes-Video-2.51053±19
- #10HappyHorse-1.11041±18
API README
Wan 3.0 Text to Video
Write a scene and get back a 2–30 second, 30fps clip with matching dialogue, music, and sound effects. No images or reference media are needed.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 5,000 characters. |
duration | 2–30 or auto | 5 | auto lets the model pick the length. |
resolution | 480p / 720p / 1080p | 720p | Sets the per-second rate. |
aspect_ratio | adaptive / 21:9 / 16:9 / 4:3 / 1:1 / 3:4 / 9:16 | adaptive | adaptive follows the prompt and inputs. |
generate_audio | boolean | true | Native dialogue, music, and effects. Same price on or off. |
seed | integer 0–2147483647 | random | Fix it to compare prompt changes. |
Billing
You pay for output seconds only: $0.05 at 480p, $0.10 at 720p, $0.20 at 1080p. Input images, audio, and video are not metered.
| Output | Billed | 480p | 720p | 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2s | 2s | $0.10 | $0.20 | $0.40 |
| 5s (default) | 5s | $0.25 | $0.50 | $1.00 |
| 10s | 10s | $0.50 | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| 30s | 30s | $1.50 | $3.00 | $6.00 |
With duration: "auto" the run is pre-authorized at 30 seconds, then settled on the length that was actually generated. Failed runs are not charged. Output files are copied to SandBase storage and the returned URL stays valid for 7 days; download anything you need to keep.
Prompting
- Cover subject, action, setting, camera, light, and sound in one or two sentences each.
- Spell out camera timing, e.g. “holds for two seconds, then cranes up over the rooftops”.
- Quote dialogue and say who speaks it.
At night a kitten trots along a wet rooftop; neon signs flicker across the city behind it. Low tracking shot that rises as it leaps a gap, soft rain and distant traffic.
Limits
- This endpoint accepts no media inputs. To animate a picture use image-to-video; to steer with references use reference-to-video.
Also on SandBase
Other Wan 3.0 endpoints: alibaba/wan/3.0/video (all modes in one schema), alibaba/wan/3.0/image-to-video, alibaba/wan/3.0/reference-to-video, alibaba/wan/3.0/video-edit, alibaba/wan/3.0/video-extend.
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "alibaba/wan/3.0/text-to-video",
"prompt": "A red panda walking through a bamboo forest at sunrise",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "720p",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"generate_audio": true
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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 3.0 Text to VideoThis model Alibaba | Video | $0.50 / run | Aug 24, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $1.40 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $0.70 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $1.00 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $0.50 / run | Oct 4, 2026 |
Alibaba | Video | $0.70 / run | Aug 24, 2026 |
Questions
FAQ
How do I call Alibaba Wan 3.0 Text to Video through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "alibaba/wan/3.0/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 3.0 Text to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Alibaba separately.