Hedra vs Elyumfor Wan 3.0
Hedra charges Wan 3.0 from 5 cents a second when the job completes, while Elyum returns a free preview and bills only the takes you keep.
Wan 3.0 is Alibaba's flagship video model: one take from 2 to 30 seconds at 1080p, with native sound and dialogue in the same file. Start from a prompt, a still, up to ten reference images and five clips, or an existing edit, and character, product, and motion stay locked without stitching shorter clips. That is the model on both sides. See the Wan 3.0 page for Elyum's rates and modes. The rest of this page is Hedra versus Elyum: price, bad takes, and plan limits.
Hedra's all-models catalog lists Wan 3.0 at up to 30 seconds one-shot from a text prompt, from 5 cents per second. Hedra pricing starts at Basic $15/mo for 1,500 credits that do not roll over. Elyum charges by resolution and seconds, and only when you KEEP a take. Every render is a free preview. A kill refunds in full. A failed generation is never charged. Hedra documents Generation History and Credit Refunds, but the exact terms were not independently confirmed. Trustpilot reviewers have written that credits were charged for artifacted video and that refunds were slow.
Hedra is the better house if you need Character-3 talking avatars in the same login as Wan 3.0, or a Teams path later. Elyum does not ship avatars, a timeline editor, stock footage, or team seats. If the job is lip-sync portraits, stay on Hedra. If the job is burning through 15- and 30-second Wan 3.0 shots, compare Higgsfield vs Elyum for Wan 3.0 the same way: the model is shared, the waste policy is not. Hedra's Trustpilot score is about 2.1/5, from billing and support complaints, not render quality.
Wan 3.0 on Hedra
Hedra offers Wan 3.0 in its studio catalog, up to 30 seconds one-shot from a text prompt, and lists the API floor at 5 cents per second. Hedra does not publish which subscription is required to run Wan 3.0 in the studio, or a studio credit price for this model. Paid plans on the pricing page are Basic $15/mo (1,500 credits, slower), Creator $30/mo (5,400, faster), and Professional or Teams $75/mo (14,400, fastest). Monthly credits expire. A 100-credit free allotment exists; third-party reviews say free output is watermarked and not commercially licensed.
A completed Hedra job spends credits first. Hedra has a Generation History and Credit Refunds page, but the exact refund terms were not independently confirmed. A Trustpilot reviewer wrote that credits were charged even when the resulting video had visible artifacts, and that refund requests went unanswered for a long time. Paid plans list commercial use. Watermark on paid output is reported as off. Hedra also sells API v3 and an MCP server on pay-per-use pricing, separate from the subscription pool.
Wan 3.0 on Elyum
Wan 3.0 on Elyum accepts text, image, reference (up to ten stills and five clips), and in-place edit. Clips run 2 to 30 seconds with native audio. Rates live on the Wan 3.0 page: 3 credits per second at 480p, 5 at 720p, 10 at 1080p. A 5-second keep is 15 credits ($0.15), 25 credits ($0.25), or 50 credits ($0.50). A 15-second 1080p keep is 150 credits ($1.50).
Every take comes back as a free preview. KEEP is the only charge; the file downloads clean, no watermark, commercial use included. KILL refunds in full. Failed generations are never charged. Free allows one kill a month; Plus $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, and Ultra $69/mo kill freely. Free also grants up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. 1 credit equals $0.01. Top-ups are on the pricing page. Elyum has no timeline editor and no avatar model. Same Wan 3.0 weights, different ledger.
What a Wan 3.0 take costs
| Scenario | Hedra | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 5s take you keep | From 5 cents/second on the API (from 25 cents). Studio credit rate not published. | 50 credits ($0.50) at 1080p; 25 credits ($0.25) at 720p |
| Ten 5s takes, keep two | If ten 5s jobs bill at 5 cents/sec, from $2.50. Refunds not independently confirmed. | 2 × 50 credits = 100 credits ($1.00) for two 1080p keeps; killed takes refund |
| A failed generation | Not independently confirmed; reviewers report charges on artifacted output | Never charged |
| Monthly plan needed to access Wan 3.0 | Not published. Paid plans from $15/mo (Basic, 1,500 credits/month). | No. Free plan has up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them). Previews are free. |
| Watermark on the downloaded file | Free tier reported watermarked. Paid plans: no watermark. | None on kept takes |
| Subscription credits at month end | Expire; do not roll over. Add-on packs reportedly persist (not independently confirmed). | Top-ups available. 1 credit = $0.01. |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Hedra figures from its own pricing pages and independent reviews, verified 2026-09-07; sources at the end. Full rate card on the Wan 3.0 page.
Where the two differ
Hedra's catalog lists Wan 3.0 from 5 cents per second on the API. Elyum bills by resolution and duration only when you KEEP, at 10 credits per second for 1080p. Studio credit math on Hedra for this model is not published.
On Elyum a KILL refunds in full and a failed job never bills. Hedra documents Generation History and Credit Refunds, but exact terms were not independently confirmed. A Trustpilot reviewer wrote that artifacted video still spent credits and refunds sat unanswered.
Both list Wan 3.0 up to 30 seconds. Elyum publishes 480p, 720p, and 1080p. Hedra states up to 30 seconds one-shot from a text prompt; a Wan 3.0 studio resolution menu was not published in the research.
Hedra ships API v3 and an MCP server on pay-per-use pricing, separate from monthly credits. Elyum runs the same model from the web studio, the REST API, and the MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor.
Hedra paid plans list commercial use. Free-tier output is reported watermarked and not commercially licensed. Elyum kept takes have no watermark and include commercial use, including on the Free 150-credit grant.
Hedra's own Character-3 avatar model is why many accounts exist. Elyum lists 50+ video, image, and audio models and does not sell talking heads, a timeline, or team seats. House-level notes sit on the Hedra alternative page.
Pick Hedra when
- You want Character-3 talking avatars and Wan 3.0 under one API key.
- You prefer Hedra's published per-second API menu (Wan 3.0 from 5 cents/second) and pay-per-use API v3.
- You need a Teams or Enterprise path (SSO, private deploys) that Elyum does not sell.
- A 100-credit free allotment is enough to test, even if third parties say the files are watermarked.
Pick Elyum when
- Every Wan 3.0 take is a free preview. You pay only KEEP. KILL refunds in full.
- A 15-second 1080p keep is 150 credits ($1.50). Hedra lists from 5 cents per second on the API.
- Plus is $9/mo versus Hedra Basic at $15/mo. Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card.
- Listed rates already sit about 20% under comparable-platform anchors. Kept files have no watermark.
Wan 3.0 in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Wan 3.0
- Name one camera move and hold it. Slow dolly in, 35mm, locked horizon survives a 15- or 30-second take. Two moves in one sentence (dolly plus whip-pan) smear faces late in the clip.
- Write the spoken line and the room in the prompt. Wan 3.0 embeds sound and dialogue in the same file. If she says three words, put those words in quotation marks. Do not plan a second lip-sync pass.
- Spend the ten stills on identity (face three-quarter, wardrobe, product hero, logo) and the five clips on motion you want copied. A second face in the still set will drift the lock.
- Ask for the real duration (8s, 15s, 30s) in the prompt. The model can hold 1080p to 30 seconds. Do not generate five-second fragments you intend to stitch.
- In edit mode, state the freeze list first (face, label, handheld product) and one change (wardrobe color, push-in). Wide make-it-better rewrites break continuity on a 20-second plate.
- Skip quality stacks (masterpiece, 8k, cinematic). Specify time of day, key light, and lens. If you export 9:16, say handheld or locked; long handheld is where feet slide.
Frequently asked questions
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- Hedra Pricing (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra All Models catalog (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Video Generation API (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Veo model page (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Nano Banana model page (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Grok Imagine model page (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Best AI Video Models blog (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Reviews - Trustpilot (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra AI Review 2026: Pricing, Character-3, and Is It Still Worth It? (fluxnote.io) (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra AI Review 2026: What Holds It Back (lovart.ai, June 2026) (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Generation History & Credit Refunds docs (accessed 2026-09-07)
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