Side by side
Standard-tier prices in effect today. The better value in each row is highlighted.
| Fact | grok-imagine-video | Wan 3.0 Video |
|---|---|---|
| Price per video second | $0.05 (better) | $0.10 |
| Arena Text-to-Video | 1342 Elo (#2 of 3) | Not measured |
| Arena Image-to-Video | 1415 Elo (#1 of 2) | Not measured |
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba Qwen |
| Release date | Not reported | August 6, 2026 |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | Not reported | Not reported |
| Max output | Not reported | Not reported |
| Input | text, image, video | text, image, video, audio |
| Output | video | video |
Scores:Arena · 2026-10-12
When to choose each
grok-imagine-video
Best for
- Grok Imagine video generation and editing
Watch out for
- No exact compatible public benchmark snapshot is recorded
Wan 3.0 Video
Best for
- Long single-shot clips
- Reference-driven video mixing images, video and audio
Watch out for
- Alibaba labels it a preview
- Billing counts input video seconds as well as output, so reference clips add cost
- The independent leaderboards list a Wan 3.0 with a later date than this API model, so no score is matched to it
grok-imagine-video vs Wan 3.0 Video FAQ
Which is cheaper, grok-imagine-video or Wan 3.0 Video?
grok-imagine-video is 50% cheaper per video second than Wan 3.0 Video, $0.05 vs $0.10.
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Production evaluation
Choosing between grok-imagine-video and Wan 3.0 Video?
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- A head-to-head evaluation on your real workload
- Routing between models by cost and difficulty