Wan 2.5
Latest video generation model by Alibaba with improved quality and speed.
About
Wan 2.5 is the newest generation in Alibaba's Wan family of large-scale video generation models, following the openly released Wan 2.1 and Wan 2.2. The version advances the line on visual fidelity, motion coherence, and instruction following, and its preview introduced capabilities beyond its predecessors, including native audio generation synchronized with the video track, 1080p output, and clips around ten seconds long, covering both text-to-video and image-to-video workflows. One important difference from earlier releases: while Wan 2.1 and 2.2 shipped Apache 2.0 weights on Hugging Face and ModelScope with self-hosted inference code, Wan 2.5 debuted as a preview served through Alibaba's hosted platforms and partner APIs, and no open weights repository had been published at the time of writing. Creators evaluating it typically access it through those services or through third-party generation platforms that integrated the model, while teams that need self-hosted, license-free deployment generally stay on Wan 2.2 until weights for newer versions appear.
Should you use Wan 2.5?
Pick it when
Use Wan 2.5 when you want to test Alibaba's newest Wan output, with synchronized audio, 1080p, and clips around 10 seconds, through Alibaba's hosted platforms or partner APIs before committing to a pipeline.
Look elsewhere when
Skip it if you must self-host: no open weights had been published as of the listing, so the Apache-2.0 tag reflects earlier Wan releases. Run Wan 2.1 locally, or LTX-2.5 or Ovi for open audio-video.
Alternatives to Wan 2.5
- Wan 2.1
Open Apache-2.0 weights you can run from about 8 GB with Diffusers and ComfyUI, without 2.5's native audio or 1080p output.
- LTX-2.5
Open weights with synchronized audio and multishot consistency for local use, under a community license that charges firms above 10 million dollars in revenue.
- Ovi
Apache-2.0 local video with speech and sound in one pass on a 24 GB card, but capped at 10 seconds and a 960x960 pixel budget.
- MiniMax H3
Open-weight omni-modal model with native stereo audio, but the open release outputs 768p and the 2K stage stays API-only.
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Details
- Category
- Video Generation
- Price
- Free
- Platform
- Local/Desktop
- Difficulty
- Advanced (4/5)
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Minimum VRAM
- 16 GB
- Added
- Apr 3, 2026