Wan 2.6

Wan 2.6 is Alibaba's AI video model series, announced on 16 December 2025. It includes upgraded text-to-video and image-to-video models, a new reference-to-video model (Wan2.6-R2V) that puts a person, animal or object from your references into new scenes, and two image models. Clips run up to 15 seconds with multi-shot storytelling and improved audio-visual sync.

No. Some reseller pages call it open, but only Wan 2.1 and Wan 2.2 have open weights under Apache 2.0. Wan 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 3.0 are hosted models available through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, wan.video and API platforms. You can't download Wan 2.6 for ComfyUI; you run it online, for example in Kenerate's video studio.

It's billed per second by resolution: 30 credits a second at 720p and 45 at 1080p. A 5-second clip costs 150 or 225 credits and a 15-second 1080p clip 675. Reference to video adds a fixed 150 credits at 720p or 225 at 1080p. Credits come in one-time packs that never expire, starting at $15 for 1,300 credits.

Up to 15 seconds per clip: text and image to video take 5, 10 or 15 seconds, reference to video 5 or 10. To go longer, use video extend, which adds another 5, 10 or 15 seconds to an existing clip, or start a new clip from the last frame of the previous one.

It's the mode Alibaba launched as Wan2.6-R2V. You give the model references of a subject — a person, a pet, a product, or several subjects — and a prompt, and it generates a new scene with that subject looking the same. On Kenerate you can attach up to 5 references per clip, mixing images and up to 3 short videos.

Alibaba says Wan 2.6 improved audio-visual sync and audio-to-video generation. On Kenerate you can attach your own wav or mp3 track for the clip to follow; there's no sound on/off switch for Wan 2.6, so if you want sound written from the prompt alone, Wan 3.0 is the more predictable pick.

Yes. Upload a start image in /app/video, choose 5, 10 or 15 seconds and describe the motion. Wan 2.6 keeps the image as the first frame, which is the most reliable way to keep a product, character or layout exactly as designed. It doesn't take an end frame; Wan 2.7 does.

Not on Kenerate's free plan: video needs a paid plan, which means buying any one-time credit pack. New accounts get starter credits for images on free-plan models such as Qwen Image 3.0. The Wan 2.6 image model costs 9 credits an image and is not a free-plan model either.

It's Alibaba's image model from the same release, listed in Kenerate's image studio as Wan 2.6. Alibaba highlights style control and more realistic portraits. On Kenerate it makes images up to 1440 px a side, supports a seed and edits with up to 3 reference images, for 9 credits per image and 10.5 per edit. The examples on this page are its real outputs.

Wan 2.6 is the pick for 15-second clips and for casting the same subject from references. Wan 2.5 is cheaper for drafts (480p at 15 credits a second, which 2.6 doesn't offer) but stops at 10 seconds. Wan 2.7 costs the same as 2.6 and adds end frames and video editing, and Wan 3.0 makes up to 30 seconds with generated sound.