Video Gen · Model Guide · 5 min read

Wan 2.2 (Alibaba)

The strongest open-weights video model — Apache-licensed text-to-video you can run on your own GPUs.

Basic Information

Wan 2.2 is Alibaba's open-weights video generation family and, as of 2026, the leading choice for generating video on your own hardware. It ships text-to-video and image-to-video models at multiple sizes (a compact ~14B tier and larger flagship tiers), with Apache 2.0 licensing — meaning commercial use of both the models and the clips they generate is permitted outright.

Quality sits below the frontier hosted models (Sora, Veo) but the gap has narrowed with each release, and the value proposition is unique: no per-second fees, no content policy beyond the license, full offline operation, and fine-tune-ability.

Best use cases

• Private, unlimited local video generation on your own GPUs
• Automated/batch pipelines — no API terms to navigate, no per-second billing
• Fine-tuning on your own footage for consistent brand or product styles
• Research and custom pipelines in ComfyUI and diffusion frameworks

Computational Requirements

The compact tier targets 24 GB-class GPUs at 720p with offloading tricks; larger tiers want 48 GB+ or aggressive quantization. CPU+RAM offloading works but slowly.

• Check whether your card clears the bar in the compatibility panel (context slider plays less of a role here than for LLMs; weights dominate).

Commercial license

Apache 2.0 — commercial use, modification, and redistribution of outputs and derivatives are permitted. For businesses that need video generation without hosted-service terms, this license is the headline feature.