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Wan 2.1 VACE (1.3B and 14B)

An all-in-one video creation and editing model built on the Wan 2.1 backbone.

An editing tool by Alibaba Tongyi Lab (Wan) · read 2026-08-14 · sourcing medium

Up to
5 seconds
Resolution
720P (14B); 480P (1.3B)
Weights
Downloadable
API
Yes
Commercial use
Vendor states commercial use is permitted

It handles reference-to-video, video-to-video restyling, masked inpainting and outpainting, and extension within a single checkpoint. Released in 1.3B (480P) and 14B (480P/720P) sizes.

Commercial use — Vendor states commercial use is permitted

Apache-2.0, same terms as the rest of the Wan 2.1 repository, with no revenue, MAU or territorial restrictions.

The licence notes recorded during research were read for a commercial-use position and did not state one. Read the licence before you rely on any of this. Nothing on this page is legal advice, and this site does not tell you a model is cleared for commercial use.

Specification

Vendor figures, read 2026-08-14Read from Alibaba Tongyi Lab (Wan)'s own documentation on 2026-08-14. Vendors change these between model versions without announcing it, so check theirs before you commit a shot to a number. Sourcing for this entry is mixed. Some fields came from pages we retrieved, others could not be confirmed and are left blank. Check the vendor's current documentation

What it takes in
text, image, video, mask
What it makes
video
Maximum duration
5 seconds
Maximum resolution
720P (14B); 480P (1.3B)
Aspect ratios
not established
Controls
text prompt, reference images, source video, masks for inpainting/outpainting, depth/pose/flow control conditions, resolution selection, seed
Weights
Downloadable
API
Yes
Pricing
Free open weights (Apache-2.0). VACE-1.3B runs in roughly 8.19GB VRAM; VACE-14B needs roughly 40GB on a single GPU. Hosted access via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
Released or updated
2025-05-14

Supported aspect ratios is not established here. That means no page we could retrieve stated it, not that the model lacks one.

Strengths

  • Single checkpoint covering inpainting, outpainting, restyling and reference-to-video
  • 1.3B variant is genuinely consumer-GPU friendly
  • Apache-2.0
  • Well-supported in ComfyUI

Weaknesses

  • Short 5-second working window makes real editing jobs stitch-heavy
  • 16 fps native
  • 480P for the small variant
  • Superseded in quality by Wan 2.2 era models

Best for

What to understand before using it

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Sources

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