Choose Wan 3.0 Prime when generation speed matters. Its core capabilities align with Wan 3.0 while delivering significantly faster end-to-end generation through three EvoLink model IDs for interactive previews, review loops, and user-facing workflows.
Pick a route, run a real generation against the Wan 3.0 Prime API, and see the exact credits it costs before you write any code. Every run here uses the same endpoint and billing as production.
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Runs against the live API with your own balanceResults are kept for 24 hours — download anything you want to keep.
Live rates use the Alibaba Cloud Singapore/International price basis and bill per second of video. Prime has separate live rates for 480p, 720p, and 1080p; use the table below rather than Standard multipliers. Reference video seconds are added to the output duration; reference images, audio, documents, and web pages are free.
Your first test
Text-to-video, 2s at 480P — the cheapest possible request, no input video2 seconds at 480P
About 87 runs for $10
Credits are reserved when the task is created and settled against the upstream receipt when it finishes. Failed tasks are refunded in full.
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How far a budget goes at default settingsEnough to validate the three routes end to end
Enough for a full round of creative iteration
Enough to run a small production batch
Calculated with the same function the Playground uses, at the rate for your user group. Reference video seconds count towards billing; reference images, audio, documents, and web pages do not.
| Route | 480P | 720P(default) | 1080P | Billed seconds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text-to-videowan3.0-prime-text-to-video | $0.058/s-15% 3.9304 cr/s$0.068 Official price | $0.120/s-15% 8.0967 cr/s$0.140 Official price | $0.239/s-15% 16.1933 cr/s$0.280 Official price | Output seconds only |
| Image-to-videowan3.0-prime-image-to-video | $0.058/s-15% 3.9304 cr/s$0.068 Official price | $0.120/s-15% 8.0967 cr/s$0.140 Official price | $0.239/s-15% 16.1933 cr/s$0.280 Official price | Output seconds only |
| Reference-to-videoWith image, audio, document, or web-page references | $0.058/s-15% 3.9304 cr/s$0.068 Official price | $0.120/s-15% 8.0967 cr/s$0.140 Official price | $0.239/s-15% 16.1933 cr/s$0.280 Official price | Output seconds only |
| Reference-to-videoWith reference video | $0.058/s-15% 3.9304 cr/s$0.068 Official price | $0.120/s-15% 8.0967 cr/s$0.140 Official price | $0.239/s-15% 16.1933 cr/s$0.280 Official price | Reference video seconds + output seconds |
Input frames and reference images are never billed — Wan 3.0 Prime has no per-image surcharge. Turning the audio track off costs the same as leaving it on.
The minimum charge uses the 480p x 2s floor. Use the live table above for the current rate on each route.
Auto duration (duration: -1): the model picks the length, so credits are reserved at the 30s cap — about 242.8988 credits (~$3.57) at 720P. You are only charged for the seconds actually generated; the rest is refunded when the task finishes.
Wan 3.0 Prime is the speed-oriented tier of Alibaba's Wan 3.0 video model. Its core capabilities align with Standard, but significantly faster end-to-end generation reduces waiting in previews, review sessions, and user-facing workflows.
Prime changes turnaround and price—not the supported Wan 3.0 workflow types. Choose it when waiting time has product or review cost, and keep Standard for unattended work.
| Decision | Wan 3.0 Standard | Wan 3.0 Prime |
|---|---|---|
| Primary advantage | Lower per-second price | Significantly faster end-to-end generation |
| Best for | Batch, background, and budget-sensitive workloads | Interactive previews, review loops, and user-facing generation |
| Core workflow | Up to 30s with text, image, or mixed references | Core Wan 3.0 capabilities aligned for the same workflow types |
| Price role | The cost-efficient default | A higher per-second price for faster turnaround |
| Choose when | Cost matters more than turnaround time | Generation time blocks the workflow |
| Speed expectation | Standard turnaround | Faster, with no fixed multiplier or latency SLA |
| Request model IDs | wan3.0-text-to-video / wan3.0-image-to-video / wan3.0-reference-video | wan3.0-prime-text-to-video / wan3.0-prime-image-to-video / wan3.0-prime-reference-video |
The fields that decide how you call it, and what each one means for your integration.
wan3.0-prime-text-to-video / wan3.0-prime-image-to-video / wan3.0-prime-reference-video
All three EvoLink IDs map to Alibaba's upstream wan3.0-video-prime model. Upstream rejects mixing first/last frames with reference material, so pick the ID that matches your input.
720p
Upstream defaults to 1080p. EvoLink defaults to 720p so a request with no quality field does not land on Prime's current highest-priced resolution tier by accident; use the live table for exact rates.
2-30 seconds, or -1 for auto
Auto duration lets the model choose the length. Because the length is unknown up front, credits are reserved at the 30s cap and the unused part is refunded on completion.
Up to 10 images, 5 videos, 5 audio tracks, 1 document, 1 web page
The prompt addresses them as Image 1, Video 1, Audio 1 — each modality numbered independently, in array order. A document and a web page are mutually exclusive.
On by default, switchable
The generate_audio boolean controls whether the generated video has sound. It costs the same either way. Note the field name: a top-level audio key is not part of the request schema and gets dropped, so it must be generate_audio.
Valid for about 24 hours
Result URLs point at upstream storage and are not re-hosted. Download or copy anything you need to keep before they expire.
These fields cover the main integration decisions. Open the API Reference for route-specific request and response examples.
modelstringChoose the text, image, or reference-video EvoLink model ID that matches your input.
Default: route-specific
promptstringDescribe the scene, motion, camera behavior, audio, and how numbered reference assets should be used.
Default: required
qualityenumSelect 480p, 720p, or 1080p. Resolution changes Prime's live per-second price.
Default: 720p
durationintegerSet 2-30 output seconds, or -1 to let the model choose the duration.
Default: 5
aspect_ratioenumUse adaptive, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, or 9:16 for the output frame.
Default: adaptive
generate_audiobooleanTurn the generated audio track on or off without changing the video rate.
Default: true
model_paramsobjectPass first/last frames or numbered image, video, audio, document, and web-page references.
Default: route-specific
callback_urlstringReceive an HTTPS completion notification instead of relying only on task polling.
Default: optional
Prime keeps the same Wan 3.0 generation modes, but is designed for workflows where each wait blocks a creator, reviewer, or product user.
Prime trades a higher per-second price for significantly faster end-to-end generation; no fixed speed multiplier or latency SLA is promised.
Prime is significantly faster, but it remains asynchronous. Design around completion events instead of a fixed response time.
Return the task ID immediately, show a pending state, and finish through polling or an HTTPS callback. Prime does not come with a latency SLA.
Send human-in-the-loop previews and user-facing requests to Prime; keep unattended batches and background jobs on lower-cost Standard.
Prime has its own 480p, 720p, and 1080p price curve. Use the live table instead of reusing Standard multipliers.
Each Prime model ID has a Standard counterpart for the same input type, so background traffic can move back without changing the endpoint or task flow.
Images, videos, and audio are numbered independently and follow array order. Reordering an array changes what "Image 2" refers to in your prompt.
Reference video seconds are added to the output duration. A 5s output with a 3s reference video bills as 8 video seconds at the live per-second rate for the selected resolution.
negative_prompt and prompt_extend exist on Wan 2.7 but not on Wan 3.0 Prime. Sending them returns 400 with the offending field named.
Billed per second of video, with the rate scaling by resolution. Your exact per-second rate is on the pricing page.
The same key and endpoint as every other model on EvoLink — no separate Alibaba Cloud account or workspace setup.
Credits are shared across every model. Failed tasks are refunded in full, automatically.
Poll a single task endpoint or register a callback. Reserved and settled amounts are both visible in your logs.
Supported video models share one generation endpoint and task flow. Model-specific fields still vary, so check each API reference before switching.
The speed-oriented tier for significantly faster previews, review loops, and user-facing generation.
The lower-cost standard tier for batch, background, and budget-sensitive video generation.
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The previous generation. Still the route to take if you need negative prompts, prompt enhancement, or video editing.
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Where to go once you have decided Wan 3.0 Prime fits.
Choose Standard when cost matters more than turnaround time for batch or background jobs.
Every Wan model available through EvoLink, side by side.
Per-second rates for every video model in one table.
One key works across every model on the platform.
Text, image, video, and audio models with live pricing.
Choose between current-generation reach and specialist editing controls.
Review availability, model IDs, pricing, and migration notes.
Wan 3.0 Prime (Tongyi Wanxiang 3.0) is Alibaba's video generation model. EvoLink exposes three request model IDs — text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video — that map to the upstream wan3.0-video-prime model on the standard /v1/videos/generations endpoint.
Upstream refuses to mix first/last frames with reference material in the same request. Splitting that rule into three model IDs means an invalid combination cannot be expressed in the first place, and the error you get names the right alternative.
Billing is per second. Prime has separate live prices for 480p, 720p, and 1080p, so use the table above rather than applying Standard's resolution multipliers. Reference video seconds are added to the output duration.
720p. EvoLink uses this default so a request without a quality field does not silently land on Prime's most expensive resolution. Check the live table for the current price of each tier.
It hands the length choice to the model. Because the output length is unknown when the task is created, credits are reserved at the 30-second cap. You are only charged for the seconds actually generated, and the difference is refunded when the task finishes.
About 24 hours. Result URLs point directly at upstream storage and are not re-hosted, so download or copy anything you want to keep as part of your completion handler.
No. Only video seconds are billed — the output duration plus any reference video seconds. Reference images, reference audio, documents, and web pages are all free.
generate_audio is a boolean that turns the generated video's soundtrack on or off, and it costs the same either way. audio_urls is an array of reference audio files on the reference-to-video route, used as material the prompt can address as Audio 1, Audio 2. Note that a top-level audio key is not accepted — the switch must be sent as generate_audio.
By number, per modality: Image 1..N, Video 1..N, Audio 1..N, each following the order of its own array. Reordering an array changes what a given number points at.
No. Wan 3.0 Prime tasks cannot be cancelled once created. If a task fails, the reserved credits are refunded in full automatically.
No. negative_prompt and prompt_extend exist on Wan 2.7 but were dropped in Wan 3.0 Prime. Sending them returns a 400 naming the unsupported field — use Wan 2.7 if you depend on them.
Prime is significantly faster than Standard, but generation remains asynchronous and completion time varies with duration, resolution, and service load. Poll the task endpoint or register an HTTPS callback; no fixed latency SLA is promised.
Wan 3.0 Prime is the speed-oriented tier. Its core capabilities align with standard Wan 3.0, but it provides significantly faster end-to-end generation at a higher per-second price. Actual completion time varies, and EvoLink does not promise a fixed speed multiplier or latency SLA.