Wan 2.7 vs Grok Imagine Video

Alibaba against xAI. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • Grok Imagine Video costs 50% less on price per second ($0.075 against $0.15 per second at the cheapest setting).
  • People prefer Grok Imagine Video in blind votes on LMArena's text-to-video arena: rated 1,341 against 1,337 Elo, a gap within the arena's usual margin.
  • On the 2 benchmarks both have scores on, Wan 2.7 leads on 1 and Grok Imagine Video on 1.
  • Grok Imagine Video is newer: listed May 18, 2026, against Apr 15, 2026.

Side by side

Wan 2.7Grok Imagine Video
LabAlibabaxAI
ListedApr 15, 2026May 18, 2026
Per second, cheapest setting$0.15$0.075
Per second, top setting-$0.10
A typical clip$0.75$0.38
Resolutions720p, 1080p480p, 720p
Clip length2 to 10 s1 to 15 s
Opens on your imageYesYes
Follows reference imagesYesYes
Arena rating (LMArena)1,337 Elo1,341 Elo

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

BenchmarkWan 2.7Grok Imagine Video
LMArena: Image to Video1428 EloLMArena1412 EloLMArena
LMArena: Text to Video1337 EloLMArena1341 EloLMArena

In our tests and guides

Where Wan 2.7 or Grok Imagine Video ran on a real brief, or shows in a live table.

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The ratings are LMArena's blind human votes, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See Alibaba models, xAI models, every video model's price and our sources.