Is Wan Free? Wan 3.0's Free Plan, Paid Plans, Alibaba Cloud, and Pay Per Clip Without a Subscription (November 2026)
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Alibaba sells Wan in its own app, create.wan.video, through a free plan with daily check-in credits, monthly plans from $6.50 and one-time credit packs from $1.50. For developers it sells Wan 3.0 per second on Alibaba Cloud. If you want neither an app plan nor a cloud account, you can pay per clip on a platform that runs Wan 3.0 for you, at a price you see before you generate.
This guide covers the Wan app's plans and packs, Alibaba Cloud for people who are not developers, paying per clip with no subscription, what a typical clip costs, and which route fits which kind of maker.
A note on who wrote this: GenMagic is one of the routes compared here, and its prices come from its live catalog. The Wan app's plans and packs were read on its pricing page on November 9, 2026. Alibaba Cloud's prices come from our Wan 3.0 API guide, which cites Alibaba's documentation.
Table of contents
- The short answer
- The Wan app: plans and credit packs
- Alibaba Cloud: per second, for developers
- Paying per clip, with no subscription
- Which route to pick
- Questions
The short answer
- The Wan app has a free plan with daily check-in credits, Pro at $6.50 a month for 300 credits and Premium at $26 a month for 1,200 credits, less when billed yearly.
- It also sells one-time credit packs, from 30 credits for $1.50 to 3,900 credits for $100, valid for 2 years.
- The pricing page does not say how many credits a video uses, so the price of a clip shows only inside the app.
- Alibaba Cloud charges $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 a second at 480p, 720p and 1080p in its Singapore region, before a limited-time 30% discount, sound included. It needs a cloud account and code.
- Per clip on GenMagic, Wan 3.0 costs $0.064 a second at 480p and $0.13 at 720p, up to 30 seconds in one take with sound. Top-ups start at $5, and top-up credit never expires.
The Wan app: plans and credit packs
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Credits a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | Daily check-in credits |
| Pro | $6.50 a month | $5 a month | 300 |
| Premium | $26 a month | $20 a month | 1,200 |
Pro lists up to 3 videos at once, 1080p and videos of 10 to 30 seconds; Premium lists up to 8 videos at once. The monthly prices are shown against a struck-through list price ($10 and $40), so they may be an offer.
The one-time packs on the Credits tab:
| Pack | Price |
|---|---|
| 30 credits | $1.50 |
| 150 credits | $5 |
| 300 credits | $10 |
| 660 credits (600 + 60 bonus) | $20 |
| 1,800 credits (1,500 + 300 bonus) | $50 |
| 3,900 credits (3,000 + 900 bonus) | $100 |
The three largest packs were marked "Flash Sale". Pack credits "cannot be exchanged for memberships, nor refunded, transferred or withdrawn" and are valid for 2 years. Before you buy a pack, check in the app how many credits the length and resolution you want use.
Alibaba Cloud: per second, for developers
Alibaba sells Wan 3.0 to developers through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, billed by the second: $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 a second at 480p, 720p and 1080p in Singapore, about 17% less in its US, European and Asian "Global" regions, all currently marked "Limited-time 30% off". New users get 30 free seconds of Wan 3.0 in Singapore. It needs an Alibaba Cloud account with a phone number and a payment method (virtual cards are not accepted), an API key and code. Every detail is in our Wan 3.0 API guide.
Older Wan models (Wan 2.2) are also published as open weights, which you can run on your own GPU; Wan 3.0 is not.
Paying per clip, with no subscription
On GenMagic you make a Wan clip in the studio and pay for that clip from a balance you top up once:
- The price before you generate, fixed by the model, the length and the resolution.
- Up to 30 seconds in one take, with dialogue and sound, from a prompt or from a photo you upload as the first frame.
- Top-ups from $5, and top-up credit never expires. Nothing renews.
- $0.50 free when you verify your email.
- Wan beside Seedance, Veo, Kling and more on the same balance, and the same balance from n8n, Make, Zapier, Claude or ChatGPT and code.
What a typical Wan 3.0 clip costs on GenMagic today:
| A clip | Price |
|---|---|
| 5 s at 480p | $0.32 |
| 10 s at 720p | $1.28 |
| 30 s at 720p | $3.83 |
| 10 s at 1080p | $2.55 |
Every Wan model GenMagic runs, with its prices: Wan 3.0 without a subscription. Which one to use: Wan 3.0 vs Prime vs 2.7 vs 2.6. What people make with it: animated old photos and B-roll for client films.
Which route to pick
- You make Wan video every week: a Wan app plan. A fully used monthly allowance is usually the lowest price per clip.
- You want to try Wan for free: the Wan app's daily check-in credits, or GenMagic's starter credit.
- You make a few clips a month, or want to compare Wan with other models: pay per clip. A month with three clips costs three clips.
- You build workflows or apps: Alibaba Cloud, or one API key for every model.
Questions
Can I use Wan 3.0 without a subscription? Yes, in two ways. The Wan app sells one-time credit packs from $1.50. Per-clip platforms such as GenMagic charge each Wan clip from a balance you top up, with no plan and no renewal.
Is Wan 3.0 free? The Wan app's free plan gives daily check-in credits. Alibaba Cloud gives new users 30 free seconds in Singapore. GenMagic gives $0.50 of starter credit when you verify your email, about 7 seconds of Wan 3.0 at 480p.
How long can a Wan 3.0 video be? Up to 30 seconds in one take, with sound.
Can Wan animate a photo? Yes. Upload the photo as the first frame and describe the motion. Wan 3.0 accepts photos of people. See animating old photos with AI.