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ByteDance vs Alibaba
Seedance 2.5 vs Wan 3.0
Two models line by line: prices from the official rates this site has confirmed, capabilities from the vendor's own page. Generation quality is not compared — we have no same-prompt samples we can publish, so anything said about it would be a guess.
The short answer
50 seconds of generation a month: 10 videos × 5 seconds each × 1 (average attempts per video).
- At this volume Wan 3.0 costs less: $2.50 a month through Replicate, against ¥75.50 for Seedance 2.5 through Volcengine Ark.
- Clip length: Seedance 2.5 4–30 seconds, Wan 3.0 2–30 seconds.
- Seedance 2.5 can also do: Edit video, Extend video.
- Channels this site can price: 16 for Seedance 2.5, 21 for Wan 3.0.
Line by line
| Item | Seedance 2.5ByteDance | Wan 3.0Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Developer | ByteDance | Alibaba |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Last confirmed | Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| At your usage | ||
| Cheapest per month | approx.¥75.50/mo Volcengine Ark · Pay as you go | $2.50/mo Replicate · Pay as you go |
| Pricing | ||
| Lowest subscription cost per second | $0.122/s Luma · 480p | $0.043/s Higgsfield · 480p |
| Lowest API price per second | approx.$0.100/s Volcengine Ark · 480p · Not specified | $0.025/s Replicate · 480p · Not specified |
| Official specs | ||
| Clip length | 4–30 seconds | 2–30 seconds |
| What it can do | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video, Edit video, Extend video | Text to video, Image to video, First/last frame, Reference to video |
| Highest resolution | 1080p | 1080p |
| Audio | Generates its own audio | Generates its own audio |
| Specs (from the price lists) | ||
| Resolution | 480p · 720p · 1080p | 480p · 720p · 1080p |
| Audio | With audio | Not stated in the price lists |
| Billing | Per second, Per 5s clip | Per second, Per 5s clip |
| Where to buy | ||
| Subscription tools | Luma, Runway, InVideo AI, Pika, PixVerse, Krea, Magnific | Pika, Krea, Higgsfield, Magnific |
| With an exact published rate | Luma, Pika | Pika, Higgsfield |
| API | Runway API, fal, Volcengine Ark | Runway API, fal, Replicate, Alibaba Cloud Bailian, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio |
| Source | ||
| Official page | Official source page | Official source page |
The "at your usage" row uses this site's default volume; with your own numbers the answer can change. Compare at your own usage ↗