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# What Is the Best AI Video API Platform in 2026?

Makernice Team · 2026-11-11 · Updated 2026-11-12

Prices as of November 12, 2026 (price list v15).

## Key takeaways

-   Of the 24 API platforms we track, 23 sell at least one Makernice model, and 22 of those post prices in US dollars; Runway is the one that prices its API only in credits (pages checked November 11, 2026).
-   Atlas Cloud and MuAPI each match 17 Makernice models, and PoYo, reAPI and WaveSpeedAI match 16; WaveSpeedAI posts the most same-spec dollar tiers, 30.
-   Seedance 2.5 at 480p and 720p is the most widely listed tier, with a same-spec dollar price on 17 platforms; MiniMax H3 at 4K has one.
-   Choose on price format first, then on the model you run, then on each platform's rules for failed runs and file retention; a credit price has to be converted before it can be compared.

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The best AI video API for a project is one that sells your model at your resolution in a price format you can compare, and by model coverage the platforms sharing the most models with Makernice are Atlas Cloud, MuAPI, PoYo, reAPI and WaveSpeedAI, followed by fal, APIMart and EvoLink. We track 24 API platforms, and 23 of them sell at least one of the same Seedance, Kling, Wan, MiniMax, Happy Horse, Seedream or Qwen models. The table below shows how each one lists prices, how many models it shares, and how many of its prices line up with a Makernice tier at the same resolution. Every figure comes from the platform's public pages, checked on November 11, 2026.

## Every API platform we track, by billing and coverage

The 23 AI video API platforms below are sorted by Makernice models matched, highest first, with ties in alphabetical order. The order measures catalog overlap only and is not a ranking of output quality, speed or price. Each row links to the page the figures came from and gives the date it was checked.

| Platform | How prices are listed | Makernice models matched | Same-spec dollar tiers | Source checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atlas Cloud | US dollars | 17  | 17  | [atlascloud.ai](https://www.atlascloud.ai/pricing/models) · 2026-11-11 |
| MuAPI | US dollars | 17  | 13  | [muapi.ai](https://muapi.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| PoYo | US dollars, plus credits at a stated rate | 16  | 29  | [poyo.ai](https://poyo.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| reAPI | US dollars, plus credits at a stated rate | 16  | 28  | [reapi.ai](https://reapi.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| WaveSpeedAI | US dollars | 16  | 30  | [wavespeed.ai](https://wavespeed.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| fal | US dollars | 15  | 27  | [fal.ai](https://fal.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| APIMart | US dollars | 14  | 7   | [apimart.ai](https://apimart.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| EvoLink | US dollars, plus credits at a stated rate | 14  | 8   | [evolink.ai](https://evolink.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| CometAPI | US dollars | 12  | 14  | [cometapi.com](https://www.cometapi.com/pricing/) · 2026-11-11 |
| Crun | US dollars | 12  | 22  | [crun.ai](https://crun.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| Kie.ai | US dollars, plus credits at a stated rate | 12  | 24  | [kie.ai](https://kie.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| Runway | Credits at a fixed per-credit price | 12  | 0   | [runwayml.com](https://docs.dev.runwayml.com/guides/pricing/) · 2026-11-11 |
| BeatAPI | US dollars | 11  | 24  | [beatapi.io](https://beatapi.io/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| yir.ai | US dollars | 11  | 12  | [yir.ai](https://yir.ai/models/seedream-5-5) · 2026-11-11 |
| Flaq AI | US dollars | 10  | 10  | [flaq.ai](https://flaq.ai/pricing/) · 2026-11-11 |
| Varo | US dollars | 9   | 0   | [varo.cloud](https://varo.cloud/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| LinkModel | US dollars | 7   | 4   | [linkmodel.ai](https://www.linkmodel.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| SeeGen AI | US dollars, plus credit packs | 7   | 14  | [seegen.ai](https://seegen.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| SnapGen | US dollars | 6   | 10  | [snapgen.org](https://snapgen.org/models/seedream-5-5) · 2026-11-11 |
| I2V | US dollars, plus credit packs | 4   | 2   | [i2v.ai](https://i2v.ai/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| NanoAPI | US dollars | 3   | 7   | [nanoapi.ai](https://nanoapi.ai/pricing?category=image) · 2026-11-11 |
| PixStag | US dollars | 3   | 5   | [pixstag.com](https://pixstag.com/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |
| RelayDance | US dollars | 1   | 2   | [relaydance.com](https://relaydance.com/pricing) · 2026-11-11 |

Makernice models matched counts the distinct models from the Makernice catalog that a platform sells under the same name and version; guessed matches don't count. Same-spec dollar tiers counts the model and resolution pairs where the platform posts a plain US-dollar price per second or per image, outside a promotion, for a resolution Makernice also sells. Credit-only prices, from-prices, video-input variants and input-image fees are left out. Runway and Varo show 0 for that reason, not because their prices are missing: Runway lists its API only in credits at a fixed per-credit price, and Varo lists its dollar prices as from-prices with no resolution attached (both checked November 11, 2026). Replicate and OpenRouter have their own [alternative pages](https://makernice.com/alternatives/) but are not in this dataset; what OpenRouter's separate video endpoint lists is covered in [OpenRouter for video generation](https://makernice.com/blog/openrouter-for-video-generation/).

## Which AI video API platforms are pay-as-you-go with many models?

Of the 23 AI video API platforms in the table, 21 state on their own pages that API use is pay-as-you-go, prepaid or free of a subscription (checked November 11, 2026). We didn't find a statement either way in Runway's API docs or on PixStag's pages. The multi-model side is the matched column: Atlas Cloud and MuAPI each sell 17 Makernice models, and PoYo, reAPI and WaveSpeedAI sell 16. Makernice itself is prepaid with no subscription and runs a catalog of video and image models.

## Four ways these platforms list their prices

AI video API platforms list prices in four ways, and the format decides whether a price can be read against another one without conversion.

-   **US dollars:** 16 platforms post a dollar price per second of video or per image, which can be read against another platform's price without any conversion.
-   **US dollars, plus credits at a stated rate:** Kie.ai, PoYo, reAPI and EvoLink sell credits at a fixed rate printed on their pages and show the dollar figure next to each price, so the two always agree.
-   **US dollars, plus credit packs:** SeeGen AI and I2V post dollar prices for some models but sell credits in packs, so what a credit is worth depends on the pack you buy.
-   **Credits at a fixed per-credit price:** Runway prices its API in credits bought per project. The per-credit price is fixed, so the conversion is exact arithmetic, but the list price itself is in credits and we treat it as an estimate.

## Same-spec dollar listings by model and resolution

This table counts, for each Makernice video model and resolution, how many AI video API platforms post a plain dollar price for the same tier, next to the Makernice per-second price.

| Model · resolution | Makernice | API platforms with a same-spec dollar price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Seedance 2.5](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-5/) · 480p | $0.1152/s | 17  |
| [Seedance 2.5](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-5/) · 720p | $0.2592/s | 17  |
| [Seedance 2.5](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-5/) · 1080p | $0.6415/s | 15  |
| [Seedance 2.5](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-5/) · 4K | $1.955/s | 4   |
| [Seedance 2.0](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-0/) · 720p | $0.1704/s | 15  |
| [Seedance 2.0](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-0/) · 1080p | $0.4252/s | 15  |
| [Seedance 2.0 Fast](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-0-fast/) · 720p | $0.1027/s | 11  |
| [MiniMax H3](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3/) · 480p | $0.06/s | 2   |
| [MiniMax H3](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3/) · 768p | $0.072/s | 9   |
| [MiniMax H3](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3/) · 2K | $0.156/s | 10  |
| [MiniMax H3](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3/) · 4K | $0.192/s | 1   |
| [MiniMax H3 Max](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3-max/) · 480p | $0.0452/s | 5   |
| [MiniMax H3 Max](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3-max/) · 768p | $0.0685/s | 4   |
| [MiniMax H3 Max](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3-max/) · 1080p | $0.1536/s | 3   |
| [MiniMax H3 Max Turbo](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3-max-turbo/) · 480p | $0.03/s | 3   |
| [MiniMax H3 Max Turbo](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3-max-turbo/) · 768p | $0.048/s | 4   |
| [MiniMax H3 Max Turbo](https://makernice.com/models/minimax-h3-max-turbo/) · 1080p | $0.096/s | 3   |
| [Wan 3.0](https://makernice.com/models/wan-3-0/) · 480p | $0.0394/s | 11  |
| [Wan 3.0](https://makernice.com/models/wan-3-0/) · 720p | $0.0789/s | 9   |
| [Wan 3.0](https://makernice.com/models/wan-3-0/) · 1080p | $0.1578/s | 9   |
| [Wan 3.0 Prime](https://makernice.com/models/wan-3-0-prime/) · 480p | $0.0617/s | 8   |
| [Wan 3.0 Prime](https://makernice.com/models/wan-3-0-prime/) · 720p | $0.1234/s | 8   |
| [Wan 3.0 Prime](https://makernice.com/models/wan-3-0-prime/) · 1080p | $0.2468/s | 8   |
| [Kling 3.0 Pro](https://makernice.com/models/kling-3-0-pro/) · 1080p | $0.1612/s | 2   |
| [Kling 3.0 Standard](https://makernice.com/models/kling-3-0-standard/) · 720p | $0.1209/s | 3   |
| [Kling 3.0 4K](https://makernice.com/models/kling-3-0-4k/) · 4K | $0.5142/s | 4   |
| [Kling 4.0](https://makernice.com/models/kling-4-0/) · 720p | $0.168/s | 13  |
| [Kling 4.0](https://makernice.com/models/kling-4-0/) · 1080p | $0.252/s | 11  |
| [Happy Horse 1.1](https://makernice.com/models/happy-horse-1-1/) · 720p | $0.168/s | 8   |
| [Happy Horse 1.1](https://makernice.com/models/happy-horse-1-1/) · 1080p | $0.216/s | 8   |

Makernice prices are from price list v15 (November 12, 2026), per second of output and the same for every mode. The other platforms' per-second figures for each tier sit in the third-party price table on each model page, for example [Seedance 2.5](https://makernice.com/models/seedance-2-5/#third-party-prices) and [Kling 4.0](https://makernice.com/models/kling-4-0/#third-party-prices). A tier with few listings is one where most platforms either don't sell that resolution, list the model without a resolution, or price it in a form that can't be lined up with a per-second rate.

## Starter credits and trials across the platforms

Starter credits, trials or playgrounds appear on 13 of the platforms in the table, and Makernice has no free credits. These platforms state a free credit, trial or playground on their pages: BeatAPI, CometAPI, Crun, EvoLink, fal, I2V, Kie.ai, MuAPI, PoYo, reAPI, SeeGen AI, WaveSpeedAI and yir.ai. Flaq AI and RelayDance show a start-free button without naming a credit. We didn't find a free tier on APIMart, Atlas Cloud, LinkModel, NanoAPI, PixStag, SnapGen or Varo, or in Runway's API docs (all checked November 11, 2026). A Makernice quote returns a price without creating a job or charging your balance. Each platform's free offer, in its own words, is tabled in [free AI video generation API options](https://makernice.com/blog/free-ai-video-generation-api/).

## Where can I compare prices to find a cheap AI video API for my model?

Per-second AI video API prices for the same model and resolution are in the third-party price table on each Makernice model page, worked out from each platform's public price and dated (checked November 11, 2026); this page doesn't rank platforms by price. The list price is only part of the cost, so compare the billing rules too. Atlas Cloud and fal say purchased credits expire 365 days after purchase, while CometAPI, EvoLink, Kie.ai, MuAPI, PoYo, reAPI and WaveSpeedAI say credits or balance don't expire. Atlas Cloud, EvoLink, reAPI and Runway state a minimum top-up, and CometAPI, LinkModel and RelayDance say there is no minimum spend. Makernice balances don't expire, and a single top-up runs from the minimum to the maximum shown on [pricing](https://makernice.com/pricing/).

## How do I choose an AI video API platform?

Choose an AI video API platform by checking five things in order, starting with how its prices are listed.

-   **Start with the price format.** A dollar list price can be compared directly. A credit price has to be converted first, and promotional prices carry end dates, so neither belongs in a long-term budget without a note.
-   **Then check the model and resolution you actually run.** Coverage is uneven: Seedance 2.5 at 720p is listed in dollars on 17 platforms, Kling 3.0 Pro at 1080p on 2. A platform that matches many models may still lack your tier.
-   **Check when the price becomes final.** Atlas Cloud says the exact charge is computed when the task completes, MuAPI documents an estimate endpoint for the exact price of a request, and Makernice quotes every run before it is created.
-   **Check failed-run and moderation rules.** Kie.ai, PoYo, reAPI and Atlas Cloud say failed generations aren't charged; fal never charges server errors but may charge invalid inputs that used GPU time; Runway bills a moderated generation like a successful one.
-   **Check how long files stay.** Runway's output links expire within 24 to 48 hours and PoYo deletes media after 3 days, while fal keeps files at least 7 days, Kie.ai 14 days, and Atlas Cloud 14 days by default. Copy results to your own storage either way.

## Where Makernice fits among these platforms

Makernice is an API for 19 video and image models, with no chat, music or audio models. The balance is prepaid in US dollars, has no subscription or free tier, and doesn't expire. Each run is billed per second of output (images per request) and priced first: a REST quote is locked for 12 minutes, and over MCP the `generate` tool refuses a job above the `max_cost_usd` you approved. Failed, timed-out and input-rejected runs aren't charged; a finished output blocked by output moderation is. Accounts run 2 generations at once by default and there is no batch endpoint. The full price list is on [pricing](https://makernice.com/pricing/).

For a platform-by-platform view, each one in the first table has an alternative page with the same-resolution prices against Makernice, its billing rules quoted from its own pages, and the cases where staying on it makes sense. They are collected on the [AI video API alternatives](https://makernice.com/alternatives/) page.

## Frequently asked questions

#### Which AI video API platform carries the most of the same models?

Atlas Cloud and MuAPI each sell 17 of the models in the Makernice catalog, and PoYo, reAPI and WaveSpeedAI sell 16 of them, checked November 11, 2026.

#### Which AI video API platforms price in credits?

Runway prices its API only in credits at a fixed per-credit price. Kie.ai, PoYo, reAPI and EvoLink sell credits at a stated rate but also show dollar prices, and SeeGen AI and I2V sell credit packs alongside some dollar prices.

#### What counts as a same-spec dollar tier?

A model and resolution pair where the platform posts a plain US-dollar price per second or per image, outside a promotion, for a resolution Makernice also sells. Credit-only prices, from-prices, video-input variants and input-image fees are left out.

#### Is there a free AI video API?

Yes, as starter credit: 13 of the 23 AI video API platforms in the table state a free credit, trial or playground, checked November 11, 2026. Makernice has no free credits; a Makernice quote shows the price without creating a job or charging your balance.

#### Where can I see the per-second prices behind these counts?

Each model page has a third-party price table with the dollar figures and check dates, and each platform's alternative page lines its prices up against Makernice's at the same resolution.