Google
7.0/10
- Realistic motion and prompt adherence with native synchronized audio
- Strong for cinematic scenes and ambience out of the box
- Availability and pricing vary by platform and SKU
- Generation still limited to relatively short clip lengths
Alibaba
Wan 2.7
7.0/10
- Maker
- Alibaba
- Origin
- China
- Released
- Apr 2026
- Category
- Video Generation
Strengths & weaknesses
- Shares an ecosystem with Alibaba's image models for consistent pipelines
- Solid image-to-video capability at competitive cost
- Clips top out at about 15 seconds
- Rated below the top text-to-video models in independent head-to-head votes
Evaluation
100% of weight measuredScored on Wan 2.7 · sources as of Nov 4, 2026
Confidence band 7.0–7.3 · a model inside this range isn’t meaningfully apart from this one
- Text-to-videow606.0
Rule B1,337 rating (95% 1,330–1,345) from 27,626 votes · Scale 1,000–1,550, 0 to 10 · LMArena text-to-video arena (wan2.7-t2v) · Sep 22, 2026
- Image-to-videow408.6
Rule B1,428 rating (95% 1,423–1,433) from 85,521 votes · Scale 950–1,500, 0 to 10 · LMArena image-to-video arena (wan2.7-i2v) · Sep 22, 2026
w = weight, each criterion’s share of the overall score. Missing marks don’t count for or against. How scoring works
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