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Van 2.5 API pricing per second

Generate video with Alibaba's Van 2.5 through the Cut.Pro API. You see the price before you generate and pay only for what you use.

  • Pay as you go, no subscription
  • 15 free credits on a new account
  • Free quote before every call
From$0.14per secondR$0.47 · 8 credits5 seconds at 720p: $0.71Updated November 07, 2026

Pricing

Van 2.5 pricing by mode and resolution

ModeResolutionPrice per secondIn reaisCredits
From an image720p$0.14R$0.478 credits
From an image1080p$0.21R$0.7112 credits

Updated November 07, 2026. Prices use the cheapest credit pack: 1 credit costs $0.0179 (R$0.0599).

Limits

What Van 2.5 accepts in each request

Modes
From an image
Duration
5 or 10 seconds
Resolutions
720p, 1080p
Reference images
up to 1

Code

How to call Van 2.5 free quote, generation and result

BODY='{"model":"alibaba/van-2.5","prompt":"a dog surfing at sunset","seconds":5,"resolution":"720p"}'

CREDITS=$(curl -s -X POST https://api.cut.pro/api/v1/generations/quote \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $CUTPRO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "$BODY" | jq .credits)

curl -X POST "https://api.cut.pro/api/v1/generations?wait=60" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $CUTPRO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d "$(jq -c --argjson credits "$CREDITS" '. + {credits: $credits}' <<< "$BODY")"
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Questions

API questions before your first call

At 720p, each second costs $0.14 and a minute comes to $8.49 (R$28.40, 475 credits). Each generation runs 5 or 10 seconds.
Create an account, make a key and send the request to the quote, which charges nothing. The smallest Van 2.5 generation costs 40 credits, more than the 15 free ones: use those to try a cheaper model from the catalog.
No. Buy a credit pack by card, or in reais with Pix from Brazil, and spend it on Van 2.5 and every other model with the same key.
No. The Cut.Pro key calls Van 2.5 without a Alibaba account, with one balance for every model in the catalog.
Yes. With a CPF or CNPJ and full address in your billing details, the nota fiscal is issued after each payment is confirmed.

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