Alternatives
Wan 3.0 against Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3 and Wan 2.7 — compared on each vendor’s own published parameter table, not on adjectives.
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Alternatives — Wan 3.0 articles
AlternativesWan 3.0 vs Seedance 2.5: the 4K everyone quotes did not ship
Seedance 2.5 was announced with 4K and ships at 720p on ByteDance's own channel. Wan 3.0 does 1080p. Both reach 30 seconds; only one publishes a price.
Aug 24, 20268 min readEditorial desk
AlternativesWan 3.0 vs Kling 3.0: one of them charges 50% more for the soundtrack
Kling 3.0 prices native audio as a surcharge: 12 credits a second with sound against 8 without, on its own table. Wan 3.0 charges the same either way.
Aug 21, 20268 min readEditorial desk
AlternativesWan 3.0 vs Veo 3.1: one of them has exactly three legal durations
Veo 3.1 gives you 4, 6 or 8 seconds — and above 720p, only 8. Wan 3.0 gives every integer from 2 to 30. That line in Google's own table decides most briefs.
Aug 19, 20268 min readEditorial desk
AlternativesWan 3.0 vs MiniMax H3: one question settles it before the spec table
Both make video with sound; only one you can download and run. If that matters the comparison ends on line one. If not, the numbers are 30 seconds and 30 fps.
Aug 6, 20268 min readEditorial desk
AlternativesWan 3.0 vs Wan 2.7: four models became one, and a cheap tier appeared
The headline upgrade is thirty seconds. The one that changes your monthly bill is 480P, a tier Wan 2.7 never had. Every number here is from Alibaba's own table.
Aug 3, 20268 min readEditorial desk
Wan 3.0 against the five models it loses briefs to
Every cell is a row from the article it links to, and every article cites the vendor document the row came from. Where a rival wins, the article says which brief to take there. Read 2026-08-26.
| Specification | Wan 3.0 | Google Veo 3.1 | Kling 3.0 | Seedance 2.5 | MiniMax H3 | Wan 2.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 2–30 s, any integer | 4, 6 or 8 s — 8 only above 720p | 3–15 s | 4–30 s | 4–15 s | 2–15 s, or 2–10 s with a reference video |
| Frame rate | 30 fps | 24 fps | Not published | Not published | 24 fps | 30 fps |
| Resolutions | 480P / 720P / 1080P | 720p / 1080p / 4K | 720p / 1080p | 480p / 720p — no 4K, despite the announcement | 768P / 2K | 720P / 1080P |
| Aspect ratios | adaptive, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 | 16:9, 9:16 | 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 | adaptive, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 21:9 | 21:9, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 | adaptive, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 3:4, 9:16 |
| Reference inputs | 10 images + 5 videos + 5 audio | Up to 3 asset images | Start frame plus element reference | 30 images + 10 videos + 10 audio | 9 images + 3 videos + 3 audio | Reference images and video, on one of four endpoints |
| Document or URL input | Yes — 12 formats, ≤50 pages, or one URL | No | No | No | No | No |
| Edit an existing clip | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes, on a separate endpoint |
| Native audio | Same price on or off | Included | +50% per second | Included | Included | Included |
| Open weights | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Sources, in column order: Wan 3.0 · Google Veo 3.1 · Kling 3.0 · Seedance 2.5 · MiniMax H3 · Wan 2.7. The full Wan 3.0 parameter table is on its own page.