ComparisonsWhat Are the Best yir.ai Alternatives for Video APIs in 2026?
Makernice Team · ·
Key takeaways
- APIMart, Atlas Cloud, reAPI, Makernice and CometAPI each carry ten or eleven of the eleven yir.ai models we match to our catalog, and none requires a subscription.
- yir.ai charges every attempt a channel billed, even a failed one; the five alternatives say failed or errored runs are not charged or are refunded.
- yir.ai keeps result files downloadable for 7 days after job creation; Atlas Cloud keeps outputs 14 days by default, Makernice's docs example shows 30 days, and CometAPI says it stores no outputs at all.
- Stay on yir.ai if you want channel routing with failover and a view of several channels' public prices for the same model in one place.
The closest yir.ai alternatives for the same Seedance, Kling, Wan, MiniMax and Seedream models are APIMart, Atlas Cloud, reAPI, Makernice and CometAPI. yir.ai is a router: it bills each job at the public price of the channel that ran it, while these five publish their own rate for each model. They also differ on failed runs, file windows and how results come back. We checked every platform's pages on November 11, 2026.
How does yir.ai's channel routing change what you pay?
yir.ai describes itself plainly: "Yir is an Image & Video API Router for developers." One API key reaches several channels per model, and its terms say "Each channel is charged at its own public price." The figure on a public page is a guide only, since "Price estimates on public pages are for reference." and the actual charge follows the quote at submission and the final settlement.
Routing also shapes the bill when something goes wrong. yir.ai's rule is "Every attempt the channel billed is charged after your discount, even if it failed", while attempts the channel never billed cost nothing. Result files can be downloaded for 7 days after job creation and job records are hidden after 90 days. The wallet is prepaid in US dollars, small top-ups carry a flat fee, and results arrive by webhook or by polling a job endpoint.
Five yir.ai alternatives at a glance
APIMart, Atlas Cloud, reAPI, Makernice and CometAPI carry the Seedance, Kling, Wan, MiniMax and Seedream models yir.ai routes. Each sets one published rate per model instead of a per-channel price.
| Platform | Best for | How it bills | Source checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| APIMart | Developers who want a task-completion webhook and a short refund window on top-ups | Pay-as-you-go balance; separate membership tiers add discounts | apimart.ai · 2026-11-11 |
| Atlas Cloud | Teams that buy chat models from the same balance as media | Cash balance with a per-transaction minimum; the exact charge is set when the task completes | atlascloud.ai · 2026-11-11 |
| reAPI | Media pipelines that need many concurrent tasks | Credits at a fixed US-dollar rate, charged per completed generation | reapi.ai · 2026-11-11 |
| Makernice | Teams that want one listed price per model and a quote before each job | Prepaid US-dollar balance, per output second or per image; the balance does not expire | Makernice pricing · live price list |
| CometAPI | Teams that want written rules for upstream errors and interrupted requests | Prepaid credits, per image or per second for media; no minimum spend | cometapi.com · 2026-11-11 |
Per-second rates for the same model and resolution, set next to yir.ai's, are on the yir.ai alternative page, recomputed from each platform's published rates. This article sticks to who each platform suits and how it bills.
Which yir.ai alternative fits which kind of workload?
For yir.ai workloads, APIMart fits apps that want a completion webhook, Atlas Cloud fits products that mix chat and media on one balance, reAPI fits high-concurrency media jobs, Makernice fits code that needs a fixed price per job, and CometAPI fits text and media on one key.
APIMart calls itself "a unified AI API platform" and says "Pay-as-you-go with no plan tiers." for usage, though it also lists Gold, Platinum and Diamond membership tiers with discounts. Its billing rule is short: "you only pay for successful requests." Tasks report back through a completion webhook, and a task-status endpoint is listed in the docs. Unused balance can be refunded on request within 7 days after a top-up, and it takes Antom (Visa, Mastercard, Alipay), crypto, PayPal and Creem. We found no stated number of days for output storage.
Atlas Cloud puts image, video, audio and chat models behind one key and one balance, which suits a product that mixes text and media calls. It states "Failed tasks are not charged", and because the final cost depends on the output, the exact charge is computed at completion. Purchased credits expire 365 days after purchase, each top-up has a minimum, purchases are final, and outputs are kept for 14 days when no retention is set. Until November 13 it is also returning part of MCP and CLI spend as credits.
reAPI charges "per completed generation", per token, image or video second depending on the model, and refunds failed generations in full. Its default limits per account are 50 requests per second and 100 concurrent media tasks. Results are fetched by polling a task by id. Credits do not expire while the account is active, new accounts get free credits without a card, and payment runs from cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay to WeChat Pay, Alipay, BTC, USDT and USDC.
Makernice lists one price per model and resolution across 19 video and image models in its model directory, so there is no channel to choose and no routing to audit. A REST quote is locked for 12 minutes and the job is created from that quote id; over MCP, generate refuses a job priced above the max_cost_usd you approved. Failed, timed-out and input-rejected runs are not charged, while an output blocked by moderation is. The balance is prepaid in US dollars with no subscription, no free credits and no top-up fee from Makernice (local tax may apply at checkout). Results come back by polling, a per-job callback_url or an account webhook, and each output carries an expiresAt, 30 days after completion in the docs example.
CometAPI bills per token for text and per image or second for media, with "no monthly fee, no minimum spend, and no subscription." Its error rules are specific: a request forwarded upstream that returns a 5xx error is not billed, while a request interrupted mid-stream is billed for the tokens generated. Credits last while the account stays in good standing and new accounts get trial credits. It says it does not store model outputs, so files have to be saved on your side as soon as a job finishes.
What to check before moving a yir.ai integration
yir.ai charges failed attempts that a channel billed, keeps result files for 7 days and adds a flat fee to small top-ups. Check those three points on any alternative before you move an integration.
- Failed attempts: on yir.ai a failed attempt the channel billed still costs money. APIMart, Atlas Cloud, reAPI and Makernice do not charge failed runs (Makernice still charges an output blocked by output moderation), and CometAPI does not bill upstream 5xx errors. Makernice's full rules are on failed generations.
- Result delivery: yir.ai offers a webhook or a job lookup. APIMart has a completion webhook, Makernice takes a
callback_urlor an account webhook, and reAPI documents polling. - File window: yir.ai gives 7 days to download. Atlas Cloud keeps 14 days by default, Makernice 30 days in its docs example, and CometAPI keeps nothing, so plan your own storage first.
- Top-ups: yir.ai adds a flat fee to small top-ups. Atlas Cloud has a minimum per transaction, CometAPI has no minimum spend, and Makernice charges no top-up fee.
When does staying on yir.ai make sense?
Stay if routing is the point: yir.ai compares the public prices of several channels for the same model and fails over between them, which none of the five above does for you. Stay if your discount on yir.ai already brings the channel price where you want it, or if the signup trial credit and the webhook flow cover your tests. To compare one specific model and resolution before you move, use the yir.ai alternative page.