Wan image-to-video animates a supplied first frame instead of inventing the entire composition from text. On WanVideoFree, the current starting charges are 15 credits for Wan 2.2, 25 for Wan 2.5, and 50 for Wan 2.7. The first-party comparison below used one public-domain whale image and one unchanged prompt for all three models.
One whale image, one prompt, three real Wan outputs
All three runs used the same public-domain input and motion prompt. Each row below is a successful owner/internal production task. Credits are actual site deductions; dollar figures are current provider catalog anchors, not invoice-reconciled cost.
Ed Lyman / NOAA, permit #14097 · U.S. public domain (NOAA official-duty work) · 1280 × 853 JPEG
Locked prompt
The humpback whale glides slowly upward and toward camera-left, banking gently so the near pectoral fin lowers and the tail completes one restrained stroke. Fine particles drift in the blue water. The camera makes one slow pull-back. Preserve the whale’s white markings, body proportions, and empty blue background. No cuts, no added animals, no text, no logo, no watermark.
Use a single public HTTPS image whose source, dimensions and file hash can be checked.
2. Select a Wan image-to-video tier
Confirm the model, locked resolution or frame settings, and visible credit charge before submitting.
3. Keep the motion prompt identical
Use the same subject motion, camera move and preservation constraints for every compared model.
4. Inspect each returned file
Check the subject, motion direction, deformation, background, streams, playback, charge and terminal task receipt separately.
Three successful submissions consumed 90 site credits in total. No refund was observed and no retry was used. Provider invoice reconciliation remains unavailable, so the $0.90 total is a catalog-based cost anchor rather than booked COGS.
cost matters; the verified comparison file has no audio stream
Wan 2.5
5s, 480p
25
a simple first-frame workflow matters; inspect returned audio
Wan 2.7
5s, 720p
50
you need its newer I2V contract or continuation inputs
All three rows now have a successful owner/internal production task from August 19, 2026. That verifies availability and the files shown here; it does not establish an external-user success rate or prove that a more expensive tier is always better.
Audio is an observed-output check, not a blanket capability promise. Provider examples and schemas may expose audio inputs or return an audio stream, but each generated file still needs an actual track and listening check before it is described as having audio.
In plain terms: animating an image costs 15 credits on Wan 2.2, 25 credits on Wan 2.5, or 50 credits on Wan 2.7. A new account's 25 starter credits cover one Wan 2.2 animation with 10 credits left over — not a Wan 2.7 one. The exact charge is shown before you submit and is read from the server-owned catalog, not from this page.
Prepare the image
Use a clear subject, enough space in the direction of movement, and a crop close to the final aspect ratio. Avoid tiny faces, unreadable product labels, crowded overlapping limbs, and images whose ownership or consent is uncertain.
Write motion, not a caption
Weak: A beautiful bottle on a table.
Better: The camera makes a slow 20-degree clockwise orbit. A narrow band of warm light moves across the bottle from left to right. Preserve label geometry and background composition.
One camera move and one subject action are easier to control than a list of competing movements.
Input safety
Uploads must resolve to a public HTTPS URL that the inference provider can fetch. WanVideoFree rejects localhost, private-network, non-HTTPS, and credential-bearing URLs before any paid call. Provider safety checks remain enabled. Only animate people and media you have the right and consent to use.
It is one controlled input, not a model-wide benchmark or success-rate study. All three tasks succeeded, so no provider failure was observed in this run. Credits were actually deducted by WanVideoFree and no refund appeared; the dollar figures remain current catalog anchors because provider invoice reconciliation is not available. Audio-stream presence is reported separately from whether its content is useful or well synchronized.
Frequently asked questions
Can Wan use a first and last frame?
Wan 2.7 image-to-video accepts a first-frame image and an optional last-frame image. The low-cost Wan 2.2 and current Wan 2.5 contracts on this site are simpler single-image workflows.
Can Wan continue a video from the image-to-video endpoint?
The hosted Wan 2.7 image-to-video endpoint accepts a 2–10 second video for continuation. It cannot combine that video input with a first-frame image in the same request.
How are failures refunded?
Eligible credits return once for submission failure, provider-reported failure, or a server-settled timeout. The task record keeps the failure state so repeated polling cannot refund twice.
Is this the official Wan image-to-video site?
No. WanVideoFree is an independent hosted tool. Official repositories and provider schemas are linked on the relevant model pages.
