AI Video APIs
Last checked: 2026-09-28

AI Video & Image Generation API Prices Compared: Official vs Platforms vs Resellers

The same video or image model is sold at very different prices by its developer, by aggregator platforms that host many vendors’ models, and by resellers that relay access, often below list price. We normalize every published price to US dollars per second of video or per image, so the three layers can be compared line by line.

1,535 published USD prices and 68 China (CNY) list prices · 50 providers (21 official, 14 aggregators, 15 resellers) · 92 model pages · last checked 2026-09-28

Published prices — not yet independently tested. Figures are copied from each provider's public pricing page or pricing API on 2026-09-28. We have not run test generations yet, so a listed price says nothing about reliability or output quality. Every price links to its source.

Video generation APIs: flagship models

US dollars per second of generated video. Each row compares one common spec; click a model for every provider and spec.

Model · specOfficialCheapest aggregatorCheapest resellerLowest × official
Veo 3.1 Fast720p · audio$0.100/sGoogle Gemini API, Google Vertex AI$0.0960/sAtlas Cloud0.96× official$0.0375/sKie.ai, Unifically0.38× official0.38×reseller
Veo 3.1 Fast1080p · audio$0.120/sGoogle Gemini API, Google Vertex AI$0.120/sAtlas Cloud, OpenRouter1.00× official$0.0375/sAPIYI0.31× official0.31×reseller
Veo 3.1 Lite720p · audio$0.0500/sGoogle Gemini API, Google Vertex AI$0.0500/sEachlabs, OpenRouter, Replicate +2 more1.00× official$0.01875/sKie.ai, Unifically0.38× official0.38×reseller
Veo 3.1 Standard1080p · audio$0.400/sGoogle Gemini API, Google Vertex AI$0.400/sAtlas Cloud, OpenRouter, Replicate +3 more1.00× official$0.150/sAPIYI0.38× official0.38×reseller
Kling 3.0720p (Standard) · no audio$0.0840/sKling AI$0.0714/sAtlas Cloud~0.85× official$0.0600/sUnifically~0.71× official~0.71×reseller
Kling 3.01080p (Pro) · no audio$0.112/sKling AI$0.0952/sAtlas Cloud~0.85× official$0.0800/sUnifically~0.71× official~0.71×reseller
Seedance 2.0720p$0.152/sBytePlus ModelArkOfficial price under review (token-based billing)$0.1512/sOpenRouter, Segmind1.00× official$0.1216/sCometAPI~0.80× official~0.80׆reseller
Seedance 2.5720p$0.2312/sBytePlus ModelArk$0.2304/sRunware, OpenRouter, Replicate1.00× official$0.231/sCometAPI1.00× official1.00×aggregator
Hailuo 3 (MiniMax H3)768p$0.0800/sMiniMax$0.0600/sfal.ai0.75× official$0.0400/sKie.ai~0.50× official~0.50×reseller
Wan 3.0720p · audio$0.100/sAlibaba Cloud Model Studio$0.0500/sReplicate~0.50× official$0.0750/sEvoLink~0.75× official~0.50×aggregator
Vidu Q3 Pro720p · audio$0.100/sVidu$0.125/sWaveSpeedAI~1.25× official—none listed~1.25×aggregator
PixVerse V6720p · no audio$0.0450/sPixVerse$0.0450/sEachlabs, fal.ai, WaveSpeedAI1.00× official—none listed1.00×aggregator
Grok Imagine Video 1.5720p · audio$0.140/sxAI$0.140/sRunware~1.00× official—none listed~1.00×aggregator
Runway Gen-4.5720p$0.120/sRunway$0.120/sOpenRouter, Replicate, Runware~1.00× official—none listed~1.00×aggregator
Luma Ray 3.2720p · 5 s clip · SDR$0.0600/sLuma AI$0.0600/sReplicate~1.00× official—none listed~1.00×aggregator

† Seedance 2.0: official price under review (token-based billing). BytePlus bills per token, so per-second comparisons are indicative.

Image generation APIs: flagship models

US dollars per generated image.

Model · specOfficialCheapest aggregatorCheapest resellerLowest × official
Nano Banana 21K$0.0670/imageGoogle Gemini API, Google Vertex AI$0.0670/imageDeepInfra, OpenRouter, Replicate~1.00× official$0.0150/imageAPIMart~0.22× official~0.22×reseller
Nano Banana Pro1K$0.134/imageGoogle Gemini API, Google Vertex AI$0.134/imageDeepInfra, OpenRouter1.00× official$0.0700/imageUnifically~0.52× official~0.52×reseller
GPT Image 21K (1024×1024) · medium quality$0.0530/imageOpenAI$0.0470/imageReplicate~0.89× official$0.0320/imagePiAPI~0.60× official~0.60×reseller
Seedream 5.0 Proup to 1.5K (≤2.61 MP)$0.0450/imageBytePlus ModelArk$0.0360/imageAtlas Cloud~0.80× official$0.0350/imageKie.ai~0.78× official~0.78×reseller
FLUX.2 Pro1 MP$0.0300/imageBlack Forest Labs$0.0300/imageAtlas Cloud, DeepInfra, Eachlabs +6 more1.00× official$0.0200/imageInfer~0.67× official~0.67×reseller
Qwen Image1 MP / default size—no official API price listed$0.00580/imageTogether AI$0.0150/imagePiAPI—
Ideogram 4.0Default speed$0.0600/imageIdeogram$0.0600/imageRunware1.00× official—none listed1.00×aggregator
Recraft V4.11K · raster$0.0350/imageRecraft$0.0350/imageOpenRouter, Runware, fal.ai~1.00× official—none listed~1.00×aggregator

How to read these tables. “Official” is the cheapest price the model’s developer lists for that spec. “Cheapest aggregator” and “Cheapest reseller” are the lowest published prices for the same spec, with the provider named (ties are listed together). ~ marks a relaxed match, where the provider leaves tier, resolution or audio unspecified. Separately named variants (for example Fast, Mini, Developer, Beta or Relaxed-queue tiers) and bring-your-own-account estimates are left out of these rows but listed on each model page. Each price links to its source.

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Price lists, affiliate program facts and Trustpilot ratings as reported, with dates.

Methodology

How prices are collected and normalized, and our editorial independence policy.