Wan 2.1 Turbo API

alibaba/wan2.1-t2v-turbo
Wan2.1-T2V-Turbo is efficient text-to-video AI model designed for fast, high-quality video generation from textual input.
Output
$0.234 / gen
Released
Nov 20, 2025

How to use Wan 2.1 Turbo API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to alibaba/wan2.1-t2v-turbo.
import requests, time

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY}
job = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations",
    headers=headers,
    json={
      "model": "alibaba/wan2.1-t2v-turbo",
      "prompt": "A serene timelapse of clouds over a mountain range"
    },
).json()
gid = job["id"]

while True:
    res = requests.get(f"https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations?generation_id={gid}", headers=headers).json()
    if res.get("status") in ("completed", "error"):
        break
    time.sleep(5)
print(res["video"]["url"])
const headers = {
  Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
};
const job = await (await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations", {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "alibaba/wan2.1-t2v-turbo",
    "prompt": "A serene timelapse of clouds over a mountain range"
  }),
})).json();

let res;
do {
  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000));
  res = await (await fetch(`https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations?generation_id=${job.id}`, { headers })).json();
} while (!["completed", "error"].includes(res.status));
console.log(res.video.url);
# submit the generation — the response contains the job "id"
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"alibaba/wan2.1-t2v-turbo","prompt":"A serene timelapse of clouds over a mountain range"}'

# then poll until status is "completed" — video.url holds the result
curl "https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations?generation_id={id}" -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY"

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

Wan 2.1 Turbo API Pricing

TypePrice
Output
$0.234 / gen

Wan 2.1 Turbo vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
Wan 2.1 Turbo
This page
$0.234 / gen
Video generation
$0.26 / sec (variable)
Video generation
$0.13 / sec (variable)
Video generation
$1.95 / 1M tokens
$22.75 / 1M tokens
Video generation
$0.09243–$1.014 / sec (by resolution)
Cinematic video + native audio

Frequently asked questions

Wan 2.1 Turbo takes image, text, video as input and returns video.

Wan 2.1 Turbo became available on November 20, 2025.

Wan 2.1 Turbo is priced at $0.234 / gen.

Wan 2.1 Turbo is billed per generation — a fixed charge per output rather than by prompt length.

Yes, Wan 2.1 Turbo accepts image input as well as a text prompt.

Wan 2.1 Turbo was built by Alibaba Cloud.

Send a request to v2/generate/video/alibaba/generation with alibaba/wan2.1-t2v-turbo as the model id.

Yes. Wan 2.1 Turbo is served through AI/ML API, so the same key and endpoint format used for other models applies.

It is a video generation model that turns text and image inputs into video output.

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