Wan
Open-weight video generation family from Alibaba.
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Wan vs Runway
Wan (Alibaba) and Runway (Runway) both sit in Video. Wan is the cheaper entry point at Open weights; API usage-based. Runway shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (10 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Wan Alibaba | Runway Runway |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Video | Video |
| Version | Wan 2.5 | Gen-4.5 |
| Entry cost | Open weights; API usage-based | Free tier · from $15 one-time |
| Pricing tiers | — | Free free · Standard $15 · Pro $35 · Max $95 |
| Model stack | Wan 2.5 | Aleph · Aleph 2.0 · Banana Pro · Gen-4 · Gen-4 Image · Gen-4 Image Turbo · Gen-4 Turbo · Gen-4.5 · Kling 3.0 · Kling 3.0 Nano · Lyria 3 · Lyria 3 Clip · Lyria 3 Pro · Nano Banana Pro · Nano Banana Pro 2 · Nano Banana Pro 2 2K · Nano Banana Pro 2K · Seed Audio 1.0 · Seedance 2.0 · Seedance 2.0 Fast · Seedance 2.0 Pro · Seedance 2.0 Pro 1080p · Seedance 2.5 · Veo 3.1 |
| Context window | — | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 10 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Text-to-video, Image-to-video, Audio sync | Text to video, Video to video, Act-Two performance capture, Aleph editing, Frames, AI Video Generation, AI Image Generation, AI Audio Generation |
Runway
Generation plus a full editing toolkit aimed at film and advertising production.
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