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Wan 2.1 I2V Plus is a closed-weights video model from Alibaba, released January 2025. Licence: proprietary.

Catalogue identity notes

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio API model wan2.1-i2v-plus (formerly wanx2.1-i2v-plus) (image-to-video; 720P, fixed 5 s per the image-to-video API reference; released 2025-01-20); international release date from Model Studio's 'newly released models' page (https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/newly-released-models, observed 2026-09-29). Commercial API tier; not assumed identical to any open Wan checkpoint. No price recorded (no approved price_source read for this tier).

58.4±5.3#30 of 93 video modelsfrom 1 benchmark result across 1 source* thinly tested, treat the rank as provisional

$ how it compares

The video models ranked either side of Wan 2.1 I2V Plus, out of 139 with a score, then more from Alibaba.

#modelscorewhereRAMreleased
35PixVerse V5.6 PixVerse59±2api $0.045/sec2026-02
36Runway Gen-4.5 Runway58±2api $0.12/sec2025-12
37Wan 2.1 I2V Plus Alibaba58±5api price unknown2025-01
38Cosmos3-Super NVIDIA58±4local~160GB2026-05
39Seedance 1.5 Pro ByteDance Seed58±2api $0.052/sec2025-12
more from Alibaba
2Wan 3.0 Prime Alibaba80±7api $0.14/sec2026-08
4Wan 3.0 Alibaba79±2api $0.10/sec2026-08
9HappyHorse 1.1 Alibaba76±3api $0.14/sec2026-06

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$ what it's good at

image to video▁▂·▂▅█▅▄▅▆▃▄ #25 of 50 * · 88% of its score · 1 test
testresultvs the others in its rundifficultycountswhy
Target-Bench v2 (VGGT planning score, I2V)15.7% ✎▃·▃···▃▃█·▃▃ beats 2/8very hard · avg 9.6%▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 88%typical

$ where to run it

Through an API

api · Alibaba Cloud Model Studio · price unknown · www.alibabacloud.com ↗

$ how the score was worked out · Target-Bench: Can Video World… 88%

Each result implies a score on its own, after adjusting for how hard its test is and who ran it. The score is their weighted average, with a small pull toward the middle for thinly tested models. Each test's weight is its counts column above; here it's added up by who ran the tests. How it works

sourceresultsshare of the scorelicence
Target-Bench: Can Video World Models Achieve Mapless Path Planning with Semantic Targets?1▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 88%CC-BY-4.0
prior · pull toward the middle▇▇▇▇ 12%
weighted average= 58.4

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