Alibaba
Wan 2.6
alibaba/wan-2.6
Alibaba's most advanced video generation model, supporting over 10 visual creation capabilities in a unified system. Wan 2.6 generates 1080p video at 24fps from text, images, reference videos, or audio,...
RoleGenerates or edits video.
Free
In / M
Free
Out / M
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Context
- AA intelligence index
- Not on listing
- Inputs
- text, image
- Outputs
- video
- Tools
- Not listed
- Structured output
- Not listed
- Reasoning
- Not listed
- Weights
- Not verified
- Listed
- Mar 28, 2026
01 · What it's good at
Use it for this.
Three jobs this model is built for, and the ones to give to something else.
01
Short clips from a prompt or a start frame
Skip it for
- Understanding a video you already have, unless video is an input too
02 · Example tasks
What you'd actually send it.
Real inputs, not a benchmark. Paste one into the snippet below to try it.
You send
A 5-second slow pan across a desk with a laptop and a plant.
Why this model
Text-to-video.
03 · Your stack
Where it sits: Draw, speak, listen.
Video models render frames. They are a different call from a chat model that writes a shot list.
Layer 01
Retrieve
Layer 02
Plan & reason
Layer 03
Do the volume
Layer 04
Gate & route
Layer 05 · this model
Draw, speak, listen
04 · Wire it up
One request. Paste and run.
Uses OpenRouter, so one key works for every model on this site. Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY and swap the prompt for one of the tasks above.
// Video generation is an async job: submit, poll, then download the MP4. Follow OpenRouter's text-to-video guide.
// https://openrouter.ai/docs/cookbook/video-generation/text-to-video
Video generation is an async job: submit, poll, then download the MP4. Follow OpenRouter's text-to-video guide.
05 · Watch out for
Gotchas.
This lesson is generated from the model type and the live listing. It has not been hand-reviewed yet.
Check the listing for supported parameters before you rely on tools or structured output.
Sources
Lessons are written from each model's listing and the linked docs. We don't publish our own benchmark numbers; the index above is Artificial Analysis, as shown on OpenRouter.