Files that were never held against files handed over
Neither entry has anything to say about deleting material and both have a structural reason. On one, generation happens on hardware the customer controls, so nothing was ever held. On the other, each output unit is delivered and billed, so the relationship ends at delivery. As of 2026-09-22.
| On this point | Wan-AI | fal |
|---|---|---|
| Where generation happens | On hardware the customer runs | On the platform, per request |
| What the customer receives | Output, on their own storage | An output unit, then billed |
| Is a library offered | No; there is nothing to offer | Not on the priced page |
| What a withdrawal reaches | Nothing already downloaded | A purchasable line, not past output |
| Who keeps the files | The production, from the start | The production, after delivery |
Inclusion rule. Both cells on a row come from the entry's own published pages: a repository listing for the publisher, a priced page for the platform. Order. Where generation happens first, then who ends up holding the files.
1Two structurally empty cells, and one filled cell elsewhere
Most blanks in this column mean nobody was asked. These two mean nobody holds anything. That distinction matters because a reader comparing cells would otherwise treat the most settled arrangements here as the least informative.
The one filled cell in the column belongs to a shutdown that deleted material after an export window. Neither of these arrangements could produce that outcome.
2Per-output billing records the engine as a side effect
Because each model carries its own price, the invoice already says which engine produced what. On the download arrangement the record has to be kept deliberately, because nothing bills anybody.
So one of the two produces the bookkeeping this register keeps recommending, and the other requires the discipline to do it unprompted.
3Retention becomes the production's job either way
Neither entry keeps a copy to fall back on. Backups, retention periods and storage costs belong to the customer from the first delivered second.
That is the correct arrangement and it is not free. The reading for the publisher sets out the chores that replace a retention policy.
- Models publishedWan2.2-T2V-A14B, Wan2.2-I2V-A14B, Wan2.2-TI2V-5B, Wan2.2-S2V-14B and the Animate variantsweights rather than an endpoint
- How the meter worksVideo models are billed by output unit, per second or per video depending on the modelquoted from the page
4Sources
Both readings come from the pages the entries publish themselves: Wan-AI and fal, read 2026-09-22. The column being compared is Stored work. Other pairs: Foundry and Bedrock, Foundry and the Gemini API.