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Purchased credits expire after 365 days (https://fal.ai/pricing, https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/pricing.md).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 187, "npmWeekly": 1929970, "pypiWeekly": 738438, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://fal.ai/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://fal.ai/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://fal.ai/api/openapi/queue/openapi.json?endpoint_id=fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video", "capabilities": [ "video.generate", "video.image-to-video", "video.edit", "video.audio" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model-platform", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "mcp", "oauth", "card-required", "python", "typescript", "llms-txt", "openapi", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 192, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 20, "reliability": 77, "schema": 89, "security": 63, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "breakdown": [ { "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "effectiveWeight": 20, "score": 77, "points": 15.4, "reason": "Graded as a hosted service on the queue API. 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The queue API is generally available (10)." }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 89, "points": 14.46, "reason": "Per-endpoint OpenAPI 3.0.4 documents for the queue API, for example `fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video`, and an OpenAPI 3.1 document for the platform APIs (25). A docs llms.txt, Markdown twins of docs pages and an llms.txt per model with schema, defaults and price (10). Model pages state what each model does but rarely when not to use it, and the Seedance 2.5 catalogue text says up to 720p while its schema lists 1080p (12). Inputs are typed with enums, ranges and defaults, but `duration` is a string enum on Kling, a string with a unit on Veo 3.1 and an integer on Wan 3.0, and Kling's rule that one of `prompt` or `multi_prompt` is needed sits in prose with a required example of `{}` (13). Examples in cURL, Python and JavaScript on every model, a model error reference with typed errors such as `content_policy_violation` and `video_duration_too_long`, and a request error reference with 13 types (14). Versioned endpoint IDs and a dated public changelog (15)." }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 81, "points": 13.16, "reason": "Graded on the queue API, with the hosted MCP server noted. Results are small JSON with a file URL, and a model's llms.txt is 6 to 8 KB loaded on demand. The MCP server has 11 tools with schema and pricing lookups (20). The catalogue API takes `category`, `limit` and a cursor, queue status reports position, webhooks replace polling, and most models take duration and resolution, though names and types differ (18). Errors carry a machine-readable `error_type`, the same value in `X-Fal-Error-Type`, and guidance on which to retry (18). No idempotency key. Server-side retries, `X-Fal-No-Retry`, a cancel endpoint and no charge for 5xx failures reduce the cost of a failed call, but a repeated submit is a second billable job, and the MCP docs don't mention readOnlyHint or destructiveHint (10). Few required parameters, and official Python and JavaScript clients plus Swift, Kotlin and Dart (15)." }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 63, "points": 11.03, "reason": "Keys carry one of two scopes, API (call models) or ADMIN (CLI, app management and admin platform APIs), are shown once at creation and are managed in the dashboard. Rotation and expiry aren't documented. The MCP relay uses OAuth with browser sign-in, and its scopes aren't documented (25). The API scope is the least-privilege mode. There is no read-only key, and the MCP docs state that the server has no server-side approval gate before a paid generation (10). Returns generated media and fal's own catalogue text (10). Request payloads are kept 30 days in the dashboard history, and usage and analytics APIs report per-request spend (10). `https://fal.ai/.well-known/security.txt` returned 404 on 8 October 2026 and no disclosure policy or bug bounty was found. The enterprise page claims SOC 2 certification, the DPA of 31 July 2026 has a data security exhibit, and the trust centre at trust.fal.ai renders only in a browser, so the report and its scope were unread (8)." }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 20, "points": 2.5, "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, pricing page or terms (0). Per-model prices are public without a login on fal.ai/pricing and on every model page and llms.txt, and a pricing API returns unit prices by endpoint ID (20). No standing free tier. The terms and FAQ mention promotional credits and grants with their own expiry, and the terms require credit bought in advance (0). A person signs up in a browser and buys credit, and the MCP relay needs browser sign-in (0)." }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 81, "points": 7.09, "reason": "`fal-client` 1.0.3 reached PyPI on 21 September 2026, 17 days before the check, and the catalogue shows video endpoints added on 1 and 5 October (30). Six dated changelog entries from 3 August to 14 September and three Python client releases since 19 August (20). Public changelog, Discord and a support address, with response times not checked (10). Python client current at 1.0.3, JavaScript client at 1.10.1 on npm with the repository pushed on 7 October 2026, and Swift, Kotlin and Dart clients documented (13). `fal-js` has 19 open issues and pull requests, and its CI wasn't read (8)." }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 60, "points": 5.25, "note": "editorial 53, provenance 66", "reason": "Closed platform with published terms (8 September 2026) and API Services supplemental terms. The clients are MIT and the catalogue marks each model's `license_type`. The terms warrant nothing about rights in output, and a clause bars scripts that integrate with the services without written authorisation, which sits oddly with an API product (13). Data handling is documented and mostly agrees. Request payloads are kept 30 days with an opt-out header and a delete API, the API Services terms say client content isn't used to train or develop fal's products except on models marked Pending Enterprise Ready, and the privacy policy of 22 July 2026 deletes account data 30 days after closure. The terms still let fal use usage data to develop AI models, and content sent to a third-party model goes to that third party (22). 22 text-to-video endpoints are marked deprecated in the catalogue, with no removal dates, no written policy and no changelog entries (8). The DPA names a subprocessor list at trust.fal.ai/subprocessors with 15 days' notice of changes, but that page renders only in a browser, and the privacy policy says processing is in the United States and other countries (10)." } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-10-08", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "Graded on the queue API, with the hosted MCP server noted. Results are small JSON with a file URL, and a model's llms.txt is 6 to 8 KB loaded on demand. The MCP server has 11 tools with schema and pricing lookups (20). The catalogue API takes `category`, `limit` and a cursor, queue status reports position, webhooks replace polling, and most models take duration and resolution, though names and types differ (18). Errors carry a machine-readable `error_type`, the same value in `X-Fal-Error-Type`, and guidance on which to retry (18). No idempotency key. Server-side retries, `X-Fal-No-Retry`, a cancel endpoint and no charge for 5xx failures reduce the cost of a failed call, but a repeated submit is a second billable job, and the MCP docs don't mention readOnlyHint or destructiveHint (10). Few required parameters, and official Python and JavaScript clients plus Swift, Kotlin and Dart (15).", "maintenance": "`fal-client` 1.0.3 reached PyPI on 21 September 2026, 17 days before the check, and the catalogue shows video endpoints added on 1 and 5 October (30). Six dated changelog entries from 3 August to 14 September and three Python client releases since 19 August (20). Public changelog, Discord and a support address, with response times not checked (10). Python client current at 1.0.3, JavaScript client at 1.10.1 on npm with the repository pushed on 7 October 2026, and Swift, Kotlin and Dart clients documented (13). `fal-js` has 19 open issues and pull requests, and its CI wasn't read (8).", "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, pricing page or terms (0). Per-model prices are public without a login on fal.ai/pricing and on every model page and llms.txt, and a pricing API returns unit prices by endpoint ID (20). No standing free tier. The terms and FAQ mention promotional credits and grants with their own expiry, and the terms require credit bought in advance (0). A person signs up in a browser and buys credit, and the MCP relay needs browser sign-in (0).", "reliability": "Graded as a hosted service on the queue API. Instatus page at status.fal.ai with components for Model API, Serverless API, Official Models and the dashboards, and monthly uptime figures (20). Two notices from August to 8 October 2026, a 30-minute major outage of synchronous calls to `fal.run` on 4 September and 18 minutes of degraded performance on 29 September. Neither reached an hour, and the page showed nothing before August, so 10 to 31 July is unread (20). Concurrency is published, 2 for a new account rising to 40 self-serve with paid invoices over four weeks, and queued requests are never rejected (15). A 429 carries type `concurrent_requests_limit` and `X-Fal-needs-retry: 1`, the docs give backoff of 1, 2, 4 and 8 seconds, the queue retries 503, 504 and connection errors up to 10 times, and backup domains are documented. There is no idempotency key, and one page says concurrency requeues have no maximum while another says 10 (12). The enterprise page mentions SLA guarantees but no SLA document is published (0). The queue API is generally available (10).", "schema": "Per-endpoint OpenAPI 3.0.4 documents for the queue API, for example `fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video`, and an OpenAPI 3.1 document for the platform APIs (25). A docs llms.txt, Markdown twins of docs pages and an llms.txt per model with schema, defaults and price (10). Model pages state what each model does but rarely when not to use it, and the Seedance 2.5 catalogue text says up to 720p while its schema lists 1080p (12). Inputs are typed with enums, ranges and defaults, but `duration` is a string enum on Kling, a string with a unit on Veo 3.1 and an integer on Wan 3.0, and Kling's rule that one of `prompt` or `multi_prompt` is needed sits in prose with a required example of `{}` (13). Examples in cURL, Python and JavaScript on every model, a model error reference with typed errors such as `content_policy_violation` and `video_duration_too_long`, and a request error reference with 13 types (14). Versioned endpoint IDs and a dated public changelog (15).", "security": "Keys carry one of two scopes, API (call models) or ADMIN (CLI, app management and admin platform APIs), are shown once at creation and are managed in the dashboard. Rotation and expiry aren't documented. The MCP relay uses OAuth with browser sign-in, and its scopes aren't documented (25). The API scope is the least-privilege mode. There is no read-only key, and the MCP docs state that the server has no server-side approval gate before a paid generation (10). Returns generated media and fal's own catalogue text (10). Request payloads are kept 30 days in the dashboard history, and usage and analytics APIs report per-request spend (10). `https://fal.ai/.well-known/security.txt` returned 404 on 8 October 2026 and no disclosure policy or bug bounty was found. The enterprise page claims SOC 2 certification, the DPA of 31 July 2026 has a data security exhibit, and the trust centre at trust.fal.ai renders only in a browser, so the report and its scope were unread (8).", "transparency": "Closed platform with published terms (8 September 2026) and API Services supplemental terms. The clients are MIT and the catalogue marks each model's `license_type`. The terms warrant nothing about rights in output, and a clause bars scripts that integrate with the services without written authorisation, which sits oddly with an API product (13). Data handling is documented and mostly agrees. Request payloads are kept 30 days with an opt-out header and a delete API, the API Services terms say client content isn't used to train or develop fal's products except on models marked Pending Enterprise Ready, and the privacy policy of 22 July 2026 deletes account data 30 days after closure. The terms still let fal use usage data to develop AI models, and content sent to a third-party model goes to that third party (22). 22 text-to-video endpoints are marked deprecated in the catalogue, with no removal dates, no written policy and no changelog entries (8). The DPA names a subprocessor list at trust.fal.ai/subprocessors with 15 days' notice of changes, but that page renders only in a browser, and the privacy policy says processing is in the United States and other countries (10)." }, "sources": [ { "what": "status page and notice history", "url": "https://status.fal.ai/history", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "video model catalogue API, text-to-video (159 endpoints over two pages)", "url": "https://api.fal.ai/v1/models?category=text-to-video\u0026limit=100", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "pricing page", "url": "https://fal.ai/pricing", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Kling v3 Pro model llms.txt, schema and price", "url": "https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Kling v3 Pro queue OpenAPI document", "url": "https://fal.ai/api/openapi/queue/openapi.json?endpoint_id=fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Seedance 2.5 model llms.txt", "url": "https://fal.ai/models/bytedance/seedance-2.5/text-to-video/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Veo 3.1 model llms.txt", "url": "https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/veo3.1/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "MiniMax H3 Max model llms.txt", "url": "https://fal.ai/models/minimax/h3-max/text-to-video/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Wan 3.0 model llms.txt", "url": "https://fal.ai/models/alibaba/wan-3.0/text-to-video/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "docs llms.txt", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/llms.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "MCP server docs and tool list", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/setting-up/mcp.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "MCP setup for Claude Code", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/setting-up/mcp/claude-code.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "concurrency limits and 429 handling", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/concurrency-limits.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "reliability, retries and backup domains", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/inference/reliability.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "queue API, webhooks and headers", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/inference/queue.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "model error reference", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/errors.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "request error types", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/request-errors.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "billing rules and pricing API", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/pricing.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "data retention and storage", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/media-expiration.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "API keys and scopes", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/setting-up/authentication/index.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Model APIs FAQ, credits", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/faq.md", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "changelog", "url": "https://fal.ai/docs/changelog", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "terms of service, 8 September 2026", "url": "https://fal.ai/legal/terms-of-service", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "API Services supplemental terms", "url": "https://fal.ai/legal/api-services", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "data processing addendum, 31 July 2026", "url": "https://fal.ai/legal/data-processing-addendum", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "privacy policy, 22 July 2026", "url": "https://fal.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "enterprise page (SOC 2 and SLA claims)", "url": "https://fal.ai/enterprise", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "security.txt, 404", "url": "https://fal.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "Python client releases", "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/fal-client/json", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "JavaScript client on npm", "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fal-ai/client/latest", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "fal-js repository metadata", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/fal-ai/fal-js", "seen": "2026-10-08" }, { "what": "domain registration", "url": "https://rdap.org/domain/fal.ai", "seen": "2026-10-08" } ], "openQuestions": [ "unchecked: trust.fal.ai and trust.fal.ai/subprocessors render only in a browser, so the SOC 2 report, its scope and the subprocessor list were unread.", "unchecked: the status history showed August to October 2026 only, so 10 to 31 July of the 90-day window is unread.", "unchecked: the MCP relay at `https://mcp.fal.ai/mcp-relay` needs OAuth sign-in, so tool definitions, annotations and scopes are taken from the docs, not the server.", "unchecked: the official MCP registry. A search for fal returned 30 unrelated servers on its first page and no fal entry.", "unchecked: the pricing API at `/v1/models/pricing` needs a key, so prices come from model pages. Nine models were read, not every endpoint.", "The pricing page lists Kling v3 Pro at $0.14 a second while the model page gives $0.112 without audio and $0.168 with audio. Which one is billed wasn't established.", "The catalogue marks 22 text-to-video endpoints deprecated without removal dates, so whether they still answer wasn't established.", "MiniMax H3 Max prices on its model page are promotional until 15 October 2026. The unit price recorded is the stated price after that date.", "The docs llms.txt opens with a block headed Agent Instructions addressed to AI models. It was read as data and not acted on.", "The existing fal-image and fal-music listings record no DPA, no training statement and no error reference. All three exist today and those listings want a recheck.", "Response times of fal's support channels and the release date of `@fal-ai/client` 1.10.1 weren't checked." ] }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One key and one queue API reach 137 active text-to-video endpoints, each with a published price, an OpenAPI document and an llms.txt. Billing units, duration formats and audio pricing differ per model, there is no free tier, and a person must sign up in a browser and buy credit.", "bestFor": "An agent or team that wants to compare or switch between Seedance, Kling, Veo, MiniMax, Wan and open-weights video models with one key and one queue contract.", "strengths": [ "159 text-to-video endpoints in the catalogue API on 8 October 2026, 137 active, plus image-to-video and video-to-video categories of more than 100 each", "Each model has a per-endpoint OpenAPI document and an llms.txt with schema, defaults, examples and price", "Queue with status, cancel, webhooks, server-side retries up to 10 times and backup domains `falrun.com` and `queue.falrun.com`", "5xx failures and queue time aren't billed, and typed errors carry `error_type` and an `X-Fal-Error-Type` header", "API Services terms say client content isn't used for training, and `X-Fal-Store-IO: 0` stops payload storage" ], "weaknesses": [ "Billing differs per model (per second by resolution, per second by audio, per 1,000 tokens), and Kling v3 Pro shows $0.14 on the pricing page against $0.112 or $0.168 on its model page", "No standing free tier, no machine payment protocol, and sign-up and credit purchase need a person in a browser", "22 text-to-video endpoints, Sora 2 and Veo 3 among them, are marked deprecated in the catalogue with no removal date or changelog entry", "No idempotency key, so a repeated submit starts a second billable job", "No security.txt, and the trust centre with the SOC 2 material and subprocessor list renders only in a browser", "The terms of service bar scripts that integrate with the services without written authorisation, and bar robots and data gathering" ], "agentNotes": [ "Submit to `queue.fal.run`, keep the `request_id`, then poll `status_url` or set `fal_webhook`. Never resubmit to check progress, because each submit is a new billable job", "Read `https://fal.ai/models/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e/llms.txt` before a call. `duration` is the string `\"5\"` on Kling, `\"8s\"` on Veo 3.1 and an integer on Wan 3.0", "Set `generate_audio` on purpose. It defaults to true and raises the Kling v3 Pro price from $0.112 to $0.168 a second and Veo 3.1 from $0.20 to $0.40", "Check `metadata.status` in `https://api.fal.ai/v1/models` before pinning an endpoint. Deprecated endpoints carry no removal date", "Use an API-scope key, never an ADMIN key. A new account runs 2 requests at once, so long video jobs queue behind each other", "The MCP relay has no server-side approval gate. Call `get_pricing` and get the owner's approval before `submit_job`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 20, "reliability": 77, "schema": 89, "security": 63, "transparency": 53 }, "provenanceScore": 66 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install fal-client # or: npm install --save @fal-ai/client", "http": "curl -X POST https://queue.fal.run/fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video -H \"Authorization: Key $FAL_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"prompt\":\"ocean waves at sunset, slow dolly in\",\"duration\":\"5\",\"generate_audio\":false}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http --scope user fal https://mcp.fal.ai/mcp-relay" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/fal-video" }, "sameCompany": [ "fal-image", "fal-music" ], "notable": [ "The catalogue API returned 159 text-to-video endpoints on 8 October 2026, 137 active and 22 deprecated, and more than 100 each for image-to-video and video-to-video (https://api.fal.ai/v1/models?category=text-to-video\u0026limit=100)", "Hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.fal.ai/mcp-relay` with 11 tools, among them `search_models`, `get_model_schema`, `get_pricing`, `submit_job` and `cancel_job`. The docs say it has no server-side approval gate (https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/setting-up/mcp.md)", "Sora 2, Veo 3, Veo 2 and Kling 1.x to 2.1 text-to-video endpoints are marked deprecated in the catalogue, with no removal dates (https://api.fal.ai/v1/models?category=text-to-video\u0026limit=100\u0026cursor=Mg)", "The pricing page lists Kling v3 Pro at $0.14 a second. 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