Hunyuan vs Wan (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Hunyuan if

• Fits if you follow Tencent's model releases and read Chinese
• Makes sense if you want to look at the open-source models rather than make pictures

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want an image generator you can sign up for today
• Not for you if you need English documentation, because the portal is Chinese
• Watch out: Hy Image3.5 is labelled preview and no prices are shown
• Watch out: this is a research portal with several models, not a single image product

Pick Wan if

• Fits if you want long 1080p clips on a small monthly budget
• Works for people who'll check in daily to earn free credits

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: one video at a time and 6 image styles
• Watch out: the first month or year is non-refundable after activation
• Watch out: the '50% off' is for yearly billing, and monthly is double
• Not for you if you need the API, as it's bought separately from the membership
• Watch out: the pages don't name the company behind Wan

Hunyuan

• The portal is in Chinese, with a prompt to switch to an international site, so English documentation was not read.
• No prices are shown on the portal; the image model is labelled preview and access terms were not confirmed.
• This is a model family and research portal, not a single image app; the image model is one of several.

Wan

• The listed prices carry a '50% off' label for yearly billing; monthly-billed prices are double.
• The first month or year is non-refundable after activation, per the page.
• The membership covers create.wan.video only; the API and other products are bought separately.
• The pages read do not name the company behind Wan.

Hunyuan

Hy Image3.5 preview

A visual generation model in preview that Tencent describes as strong at rendering text, varied styles and consistent layouts.

Hy3 language model

A mixture-of-experts language model of 295B total and 21B active parameters, with a 256K context window and three thinking modes.

Hy Vision 2.0

A vision-language model for understanding images, built on Tencent's HY-2.0 language model and aimed at image-to-text tasks.

Hy ASR 3.0 preview

A speech recognition model built on Hy3 that Tencent says covers dialects and varied settings.

Open-source models and products

The portal links Tencent's open-source models and consumer products such as WorkBuddy, Yuanbao and ima.

Wan

Video generation up to 1080p

Paid plans create high-resolution 1080p video and longer clips of 10 to 30 seconds.

Image generation with styles

Free accounts get 6 image styles; paid plans unlock all of them.

Concurrent submissions

Plans differ in how many jobs run at once: 1 video on Free, 3 on Pro and 8 on Premium.

Accelerate mode

The page says credits stretch to up to 1,200 images or 60 videos on Pro, and 4,800 images or 240 videos on Premium.

Canvas, skills and CLI

The studio menu lists a Canvas, Skills, a Playground and a CLI/API area alongside the generator.

Hunyuan

Pricing could not be confirmed. See hunyuan.tencent.com.

Wan

• Free$0

  One video and one image at a time, 6 image styles, daily check-in credits.

• Pro$5

  per month for 300 credits, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly)

  3 videos and 3 images at a time, watermark-free downloads, 1080p, videos of 10 to 30 seconds.

• Premium$20

  per month for 1,200 credits, billed yearly ($40 billed monthly)

  8 videos and 5 images at a time, plus the Pro features and all image styles.

Hunyuan

No public discounts listed.

Wan

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing, 50% off

  The membership page lists Pro at $5 a month billed yearly against $10 billed monthly, and Premium at $20 against $40.