Wan 3.0 API: Release Status and a Working Wan 2.7 Alternative

Is There a Wan 3.0 API Yet?

Short answer: no. As of August 2026, hiapi's model catalog does not include a Wan 3.0 endpoint, and there is no verifiable, official Alibaba announcement confirming a shipped Wan 3.0 API. If you've landed here searching for "wan 3.0 api," here's the honest state of things — plus a model that already does the job.

Summary:

• No Wan 3.0 API is live on hiapi (or confirmed by Alibaba) as of August 2026 — third-party reports on an exact release date still conflict with each other.
• hiapi already runs Wan 2.7, Alibaba's current-generation video and image model, through the same task-based API pattern a future Wan 3.0 endpoint would likely use.
• Wan 2.7 Video generates up to 15 seconds of 1080p footage with native audio, from $0.10/second at 720p up to $0.167/second at 1080p.
• Wan 2.7 Image Pro produces up to 4K output for a flat $0.08 per image, with strong prompt adherence in both English and Chinese.
• If you're building against "the Wan 3.0 API" today, Wan 2.7 on hiapi is the closest thing that actually ships.

What We Actually Know About Wan 3.0

Alibaba's Tongyi Wan team has been shipping fast: Wan 2.7 (including the unified Wan2.7-Image model) rolled out earlier in 2026, and the team has continued publishing related work — technical reports and smaller model drops adjacent to the main Wan line — through the summer.

A "Wan 3.0" successor has been rumored and previewed since at least early 2026, with unconfirmed claims ranging from a 60B-parameter model targeting 4K output and much longer generations, to smaller reports suggesting partial weights may already be circulating in some form. As of this writing (August 2026), coverage of Wan 3.0 is inconsistent — some outlets describe it as already available, others treat any specific release date as a rumor still waiting on confirmation from Alibaba's official channels.

We're not going to guess which version is right. What we can tell you with certainty, because it's our own platform data, is this: hiapi does not have a Wan 3.0 endpoint today. When one ships and is verified, we'll add it to the model catalog and update this page.

In the meantime, if your use case is "I want Wan-family text-to-video or text-to-image today," Wan 2.7 is live, stable, and already integrated.

The Real Alternative: Wan 2.7 on hiapi

Wan 2.7 Video — Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video

Wan 2.7 Video generates up to 15 seconds of video at 720p or 1080p, with native ambient audio baked into the output — no separate audio pass needed. It's available in both text-to-video and image-to-video modes on hiapi, so you can animate an existing image as well as generate from a prompt alone.

Pricing is metered per second of output: $0.10/s at 720p, $0.167/s at 1080p (as of August 2026 — check hiapi's pricing page for the current rate before you build cost estimates into a product).

Here's a real sample we generated for this article — a 5-second, 720p clip:

Prompt used:

A small wooden sailboat with a single white sail gliding slowly across a calm
mountain lake at golden hour, gentle ripples trailing behind the hull, soft mist
rising off the water's surface, tall pine-covered hills glowing warm orange in
the background, camera slowly panning to follow the boat, soft ambient wind and
water sounds, warm cinematic color grade, shallow depth of field

Wan 2.7 Image Pro — Text-to-Image

Wan 2.7 Image Pro is a text-to-image model built on the same unified Wan architecture, capable of up to 4K output with solid prompt adherence in both English and Chinese prompts. Pricing is flat — $0.08 per image, regardless of resolution tier.

Sample output:

Prompt used:

A small wooden sailboat with a single white sail drifting on a calm mountain
lake at golden hour, gentle ripples trailing the hull, soft mist hovering above
the water, tall pine-covered hills glowing warm orange in the background, a pair
of birds skimming low over the surface, photorealistic, shallow depth of field,
warm cinematic color grade, high detail

How to Call the API

Both Wan 2.7 models run through hiapi's standard async task pattern: submit a task, poll until it finishes, then pull the output URL. This is the same shape you'd expect a Wan 3.0 endpoint to follow if and when it ships, so the integration code below is a reasonable template either way.

Create a task:

curl -X POST https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HIAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "wan2.7-video/text-to-video",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "A small wooden sailboat gliding across a calm mountain lake at golden hour",
      "duration": 5,
      "ratio": "16:9",
      "resolution": "720P"
    }
  }'

Poll for the result:

curl https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks/{taskId} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HIAPI_API_KEY"

Once status flips to success, the response includes an output array with a time-limited download URL — download and re-host it promptly, since these links expire.

FAQ

Is there a Wan 3.0 API available right now? Not on hiapi, and we haven't found a verifiable official confirmation from Alibaba either, as of August 2026. Treat any service claiming to sell "Wan 3.0 API keys" today with caution until the model shows up in an official channel.

When will Wan 3.0 be released? Unclear. Public reporting on timing conflicts, ranging from "already partially shipped" to "still an unconfirmed rumor." We'd rather not repeat a specific date we can't verify.

What's the difference between Wan 2.7 Video and a future Wan 3.0? We don't know Wan 3.0's real spec yet, so we can't give you a verified comparison. What we can confirm is what Wan 2.7 Video does today: up to 15 seconds, 1080p, native audio, from $0.10/s.

Can I use Wan 2.7 for image-to-video, not just text-to-video? Yes — Wan 2.7 Video supports both text-to-video and image-to-video on hiapi, at the same per-second pricing.

How does Wan 2.7 Video's pricing compare to other video models? It's priced per second like most current video-gen APIs on the platform. If you're comparing options, Kling 3.0 Turbo is another video model worth looking at for short-form clips — worth checking both against your specific use case and budget.

Key Takeaways

• No official Wan 3.0 API exists yet; treat any "Wan 3.0 API key" offer as unverified until Alibaba or hiapi confirms it.
• Wan 2.7 Video (text-to-video and image-to-video) is live on hiapi today: up to 15s, 1080p, native audio, from $0.10/s at 720p.
• Wan 2.7 Image Pro outputs up to 4K resolution for a flat $0.08 per image.
• Both models run through hiapi's async task API (POST /v1/tasks, then poll for status) — a pattern that should carry over cleanly whenever Wan 3.0 actually ships.
• Check hiapi's model list or pricing page for the latest — we'll add Wan 3.0 the moment it's verifiably available.