Wan 2.6 Text to Video API

alibaba/wan2.6-t2v
Wan 2.
Output
$0.13 / sec (variable)
Released
Dec 18, 2025

How to use Wan 2.6 Text to Video API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to alibaba/wan2.6-t2v.
import requests, time

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY}
job = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v2/video/generations",
    headers=headers,
    json={
      "model": "alibaba/wan2.6-t2v",
      "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/wan2.6-t2v",
    "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/wan2.6-t2v","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 2.6 Text to Video API Pricing

TypePrice
Output
$0.13 / sec (variable)

Wan 2.6 Text to Video Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measuresSourceRetrieved
Text-to-Video Arena
1191 (Elo)
Human preference Elo from blind pairwise comparisons of generated videos, measured independently by Artificial AnalysisSourceJuly 16, 2026

Wan 2.6 Text to Video vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
$0.13 / sec (variable)
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 2.6 Text to Video takes text as input and returns video.

Wan 2.6 Text to Video became available on December 18, 2025.

Wan 2.6 Text to Video is priced at $0.13 / sec (variable).

Wan 2.6 Text to Video is billed per generation — a fixed charge per output rather than by prompt length.

Wan 2.6 Text to Video was built by Alibaba Cloud.

Use alibaba/wan2.6-t2v as the model id on AI/ML API.

Yes. Wan 2.6 Text to Video is served through AI/ML API, so the same key and endpoint format used for other models applies.

Yes. It generates videos from text descriptions using motion modeling to represent movement and action.

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