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WAN VideoReleased on Jan 1, 2026

Wan Animate: Pricing, Performance & Examples

Wan Animate is a video generation model from WAN Video, released in January 2026.

Wan 2.2 Animate: replicates the expressions and movements of a character from a reference driver video onto a target character image.

Input
Video
Output
Video

Wan Animate examples

Recent arena outputs from Wan Animate, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Wan Animate API

POST/v1/generations

Image-to-video start frame.

Run a request to see the response

Use it in your code

OpenAI-compatible endpoint through the LLM Stats gateway.

import requests

# Create the generation. wait="auto" long-polls (up to 60s) so most short
# jobs return as "completed" in a single round-trip.
res = requests.post(
    "https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
        "model": "wan-animate",
        "input": {"prompt": "A timelapse of clouds moving across the sky"},
        "wait": "auto",
    },
)
job = res.json()

# If it didn't finish inside the wait window, poll the same resource.
while job["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
    res = requests.get(
        f"https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations/{job['id']}",
        params={"wait": 60},
        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    )
    job = res.json()

if job["status"] == "completed":
    print("video:", job["output"]["media"][0]["url"])
else:
    print("Failed:", job["error"]["message"])

Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.

Wan Animate pricing

Providers

Wan Animate starts at $0.0800 per second of 1080p video via Fal.

Provider720p $/s1080p $/shigh $/sLatency sModalities in / out
Fal logoFal
$0.0800$0.0800$0.0800
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Wan Animate latency

Wan Animate time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Wan Animate benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Performance by category and language

Where Wan Animate is strongest across prompt themes and languages. Conservative TrueSkill score (μ − 3σ), only axes with 3+ votes.

Quality Tracker

Similar Models

How Wan Animate compares to its closest neighbors on each video arena it competes in.

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Wan Animate license

Wan Animate is released under the Apache 2.0 license, which permits commercial use.

License
Apache 2.0
Commercial use allowed

Apache License 2.0 - allows commercial use

Wan Animate resources

Official sources for Wan Animate: api documentation, official playground.

Models like Wan Animate

Other video models ranked closest to Wan Animate.

FAQ

Common questions about Wan Animate.

Is Wan Animate available via API?

Yes, Wan Animate is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created Wan Animate?

Wan Animate was created by WAN Video.

What is the license for Wan Animate?

Wan Animate is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Is Wan Animate multimodal?

Yes, Wan Animate is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

Where can I use Wan Animate?

Wan Animate is available through 1 provider including Fal.