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Wan 3.0
Alibaba's Wan 3.0. The one clip model here that runs a full thirty seconds at 1080p, from a prompt or one first frame.
What it costs
| 5s · 480p | 21 credits | ≈ $0.50 |
| 5s · 720p | 42 credits | ≈ $1.00 |
| 5s · 1080p | 83.5 credits | ≈ $1.98 |
Dollar figures are approximate, at the Starter plan's rate of $19.00 for 800 credits.
What AI video costs per second: 6 findings
What it takes
| Aspect ratios | 16:9 9:16 1:1 4:3 3:4 |
| Resolutions | 480p 720p 1080p |
| Duration | 2–30 seconds |
| Reference images | Not accepted |
| Last frame | Accepted |
When to reach for it
Thirty seconds at 1080p, in one pass. Nothing else in the catalog does that: Seedance 2.5 also reaches thirty seconds but tops out at 720p, FLUX 3 stops at twenty, and every other clip model here is a fifteen-second tool or shorter. If a shot has to run long and still look finished, this is the one model that will do both, and it is the reason to come here at all.
It takes a prompt and, optionally, a single first frame to animate. There are no reference images, no last frame, and no generated sound: the picture is the whole output, so anything the clip has to match must be in the frame you hand it or described in the prompt. Five aspect ratios plus Auto, and Auto is worth using — the model picks the framing from the prompt, and the ratio you set is ignored anyway the moment a first frame is attached.
Price scales with resolution and with every second, which matters more here than on a model capped at ten seconds: a thirty-second 1080p take costs six times a five-second one. Find the shot at 480p, where the same thirty seconds costs a quarter as much, and move up once the motion is right. It is also one of the slower models in the catalog. If the wait is the problem rather than the price, Prime is the same surface at roughly a third of it.
How to prompt Wan 3.0
Describe what you want in your own words and Kuro writes the prompt for you. If you would rather write it yourself, this is what Wan 3.0 responds to.
Wan 3.0 takes a prompt and, optionally, one first frame. With a frame, the prompt's only job is motion — what moves, how, and where the camera goes — because the picture settles everything else.
Without a frame, describe the scene as what is visible, near to far, then the action in the order it happens, and end on an event rather than a fade.
The prompt is sent as written, with the provider's own negative prompt and prompt expansion left at their defaults, so put every requirement in the prompt itself and phrase exclusions as positive facts.
Block the shot at 480p, then raise the resolution. The low step answers whether the motion works before you pay for the sharp one.
Leave the ratio unset and the model frames adaptively, reading the shape off the prompt; with a first frame, the frame sets the shape. Frame that still for its motion, with everyone who acts in view.
The same advice covers Wan 3.0 Prime. Their pages note what differs.
What it can't do
- No last frame, no reference images, video or audio, and no sound.
- No automatic length: you choose the seconds.
- It is slow. A five-second 1080p take can run about five minutes.
- Ratios are 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3 and 3:4; resolution is 480p, 720p or 1080p.
Use something else when…
- The clip must end on a set picture: P-Video.
- Identity must be held from reference photos: Kling v3 Omni.
- The clip needs native sound: MiniMax H3 Max.
Wan 3.0 is one pick in the composer.
Every model in this catalog runs from the same prompt bar, priced in the same credits.
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