Wan 3.0 30-second 1080p clip: $6.00 at Alibaba, $7.50 on Sume

A 30-second 1080p Wan 3.0 clip costs $7.50 on Sume. Alibaba's launch post puts the same length and resolution at $6.00. The $1.50 difference is the 25 percent Sume adds to the provider list price, which is $0.20 per second at 1080p.

At 720p the same 30 seconds is $3.75 on Sume and at 480p it is $1.88.

Where does the $6.00 figure come from?

Alibaba's August 13, 2026 launch post states the rates as $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 per second for 480p, 720p and 1080p, and gives a 30-second 1080p video at $6.00 (read 2026-10-04). That matches 30 seconds times $0.20.

Sume's catalog stores the same list rate and applies its billing multiplier of 1.25 on top. The result is rounded up to the cent for each job.

Is a 30-second Wan clip cheaper than a Seedance 2.5 one?

On Sume, yes. Seedance 2.5 also reaches 30 seconds but is priced per video token; the repo's estimate for a 16:9 30-second clip is $8.07 at 480p, $17.34 at 720p and $42.65 at 1080p. The Wan clip is a small fraction of that at every tier. What Seedance buys is its own reference and editing features, not a lower price.

How do you keep a test cheap?

Draft the idea in 480p at 5 seconds ($0.32), pick the take that works, then spend the $7.50 once. Wan 3.0 accepts a first frame, so the draft's best frame can seed the 1080p job.

A 30-second job is one request and one charge.

• Duration: 2 to 30 seconds per job.
• Resolutions: 480p, 720p, 1080p.
• Modes: text-to-video, image-to-video with optional end frame, reference-to-video.

What does the request look like?

Pin wan-3.0, set duration to 30 and resolution to 1080p.

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.sume.com/v1/videos",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SUME_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "model": "wan-3.0",
        "prompt": "A single continuous shot through a night market",
        "duration": 30,
        "resolution": "1080p",
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    },
)
print(r.status_code, r.json()["id"])