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          "Two incidents in 90 days, the longer 30 minutes"
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          "Billing units vary by model, per image, per megapixel or per token",
          "New accounts limited to 2 concurrent requests",
          "No security.txt, no bug bounty found and no subprocessor list",
          "No deprecation policy or dated notices for hosted models",
          "Client errors can be billed if a runner spent GPU time before failing"
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          "Fetch `https://fal.ai/models/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e/llms.txt` before calling a model to get its schema and price",
          "POST to `https://queue.fal.run/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e` and poll or pass a webhook, rather than holding a call open on fal.run",
          "Use an API-scoped key for agents. ADMIN keys can deploy and manage apps",
          "Download outputs you need to keep. CDN retention defaults to at least 7 days, set `X-Fal-Object-Lifecycle-Preference` to change it",
          "Validate inputs before submitting, a malformed request can still be billed"
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          "item": "FLUX.1 schnell",
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          "item": "FLUX.2 pro",
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          "item": "Nano Banana 2",
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          "item": "Nano Banana Pro",
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          "item": "Seedream 4.5",
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          "item": "Recraft V3",
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      "name": "Recraft API",
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      "category": "image-generation",
      "summary": "Recraft's own image models (V2, V3, V4, V4.1, V4.1 Flash and V4 Styles) behind an OpenAI-compatible REST API.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/recraft.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Bearer API token for the REST API, created in the Recraft profile. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.recraft.ai/mcp uses OAuth 2.0 and bills the Studio subscription credits, not API units.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid API units at $1 per 1,000 units, non-refundable and non-expiring. V4.1 Flash $0.007 an image, V4.1 and V4.1 Utility $0.035, V4.1 Pro $0.21, V4 $0.04, V4 Pro $0.25, V3 $0.04, V2 $0.022. Vector output costs more (V4.1 Vector $0.08, V4.1 Pro Vector $0.30). Vectorise and background removal $0.01 a request, crisp upscale $0.004, creative upscale $0.25 (https://www.recraft.ai/docs/api-reference/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.004 / call",
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      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in the API docs or pricing page (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
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      "docsUrl": "https://www.recraft.ai/docs/api-reference/getting-started",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.recraft.ai/docs/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "image.generate",
        "image.edit",
        "image.upscale",
        "image.vector",
        "image.reference"
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        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "commercial-licence"
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      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 338,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 48,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 30,
          "transparency": 61
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Native SVG vector generation, not traced raster. No changelog and no error reference.",
        "strengths": [
          "Native SVG vector generation, not traced raster",
          "Per-image prices published for every model and operation, from $0.007",
          "OpenAI-compatible endpoints, so OpenAI SDKs work with a new base URL",
          "`response_format` choice of URL, base64 or multipart",
          "No incidents on the status page in August or September 2026"
        ],
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          "No changelog and no error reference",
          "security.txt expired on 2025-11-11, no bug bounty or certification found",
          "Result URLs are public to anyone holding the link for about 24 hours",
          "No free API allowance, and the hosted MCP bills Studio credits, not API units",
          "No 429 or backoff guidance"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use `/v1/images/generations/vector` when the task must return SVG, so the server rejects raster models",
          "Ask for `b64_json` or `multipart` if you can't fetch the URL within a day",
          "Name `recraftv4_1_flash` for drafts at $0.007. The default `recraftv4_1` costs $0.035",
          "Stay under 100 images a minute and 5 requests a second per user",
          "Point the OpenAI SDK at `https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1`, but expect some parameters to be ignored"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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            "grade": "D",
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              "tasks"
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          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 64,
          "security": 30,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 77
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1/images/generations \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $RECRAFT_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"prompt\":\"race car on a track\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http recraft https://mcp.recraft.ai/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "recraft": {
              "url": "https://mcp.recraft.ai/mcp"
            }
          }
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      "area": "content",
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          "item": "Recraft V4.1",
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          "usd": 0.035,
          "note": "default model, 1024x1024 raster"
        },
        {
          "item": "Recraft V4.1 Flash",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.007,
          "note": "raster only, no styles"
        },
        {
          "item": "Recraft V4.1 Pro",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.21,
          "note": "4 MP raster"
        },
        {
          "item": "Recraft V4.1 Vector",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.08,
          "note": "SVG output"
        },
        {
          "item": "Recraft V3",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.04
        },
        {
          "item": "Crisp upscale",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.004
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      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Recraft Inc.",
        "domain": "recraft.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2022-06-27",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.recraft.ai/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.recraft.ai/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.recraft.ai",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "expired",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
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          "status.recraft.ai redirects to recraft.instatus.com",
          "The Swagger UI at https://external.api.recraft.ai/doc/ didn't expose a spec URL we could fetch"
        ],
        "score": 77
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "recraft",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1",
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              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
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          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.recraft.ai",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:25.838092749Z"
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://recraft.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "expired",
          "expires": "2025-11-11T00:00:00.000Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:38.787551716Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://www.recraft.ai/docs/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:09.367946989Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "recraft.ai",
          "registered": "2022-06-27",
          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/recraft.ai",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:06.493219184Z"
        },
        "pages": [
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            "url": "https://www.recraft.ai/docs/api-reference/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:50.621345511Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "2dbd643c6b9a"
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            "url": "https://www.recraft.ai/legal/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:52.782834338Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "71fcfb72fa3b"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.recraft.ai/legal/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:54.76952122Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "11bab9ec8acb"
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    "summary": "fal image models has a score of 65.5 (B) against Recraft API's 53 (D). Both do image generate. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 35 points."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/recraft.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick fal image models for schema \u0026 documentation (+21), agent ergonomics (+10), security \u0026 auth (+35), maintenance \u0026 community (+31).\n\nPick Recraft API for payments \u0026 pricing (+10), transparency \u0026 trust (+9).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | fal image models | Recraft API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 73 | 70 | fal image models +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 64 | fal image models +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 62 | fal image models +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 65 | 30 | fal image models +35 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Recraft API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 48 | fal image models +31 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 61 | Recraft API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **65.5 · B** | **53 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal image models | Recraft API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model API |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | Recraft |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 9 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-21 | none |\n| Popularity | 186 stars, 1.7M npm/wk, 825k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**fal image models.** Hundreds of image models, including FLUX, Nano Banana, GPT Image, Seedream, Recraft and Ideogram, on one key. Billing units vary by model, per image, per megapixel or per token.\n\n**Recraft API.** Native SVG vector generation, not traced raster. No changelog and no error reference.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### fal image models\n\n1. Fetch `https://fal.ai/models/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e/llms.txt` before calling a model to get its schema and price\n2. POST to `https://queue.fal.run/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e` and poll or pass a webhook, rather than holding a call open on fal.run\n3. Use an API-scoped key for agents. ADMIN keys can deploy and manage apps\n4. Download outputs you need to keep. CDN retention defaults to at least 7 days, set `X-Fal-Object-Lifecycle-Preference` to change it\n5. Validate inputs before submitting, a malformed request can still be billed\n\n### Recraft API\n\n1. Use `/v1/images/generations/vector` when the task must return SVG, so the server rejects raster models\n2. Ask for `b64_json` or `multipart` if you can't fetch the URL within a day\n3. Name `recraftv4_1_flash` for drafts at $0.007. The default `recraftv4_1` costs $0.035\n4. Stay under 100 images a minute and 5 requests a second per user\n5. Point the OpenAI SDK at `https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1`, but expect some parameters to be ignored\n\n## Other comparisons with fal image models or Recraft API\n\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs fal image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-fal-image.md)\n- [Adobe Firefly API vs Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-recraft.md)\n- [Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs fal image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-fal-image.md)\n- [Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-recraft.md)\n- [fal image models vs Google Imagen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-google-imagen.md)\n- [fal image models vs Ideogram API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-ideogram.md)\n- [fal image models vs Leonardo.Ai API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-leonardo-ai.md)\n- [fal image models vs OpenAI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-openai-image-api.md)\n- [fal image models vs Replicate image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-replicate-image.md)\n- [fal image models vs Stability AI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-stability-ai-image.md)\n- [Google Imagen vs Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-recraft.md)\n- [Ideogram API vs Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ideogram-vs-recraft.md)\n- [Leonardo.Ai API vs Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leonardo-ai-vs-recraft.md)\n- [OpenAI Image API vs Recraft API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-image-api-vs-recraft.md)\n- [Recraft API vs Replicate image models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/recraft-vs-replicate-image.md)\n- [Recraft API vs Stability AI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/recraft-vs-stability-ai-image.md)\n",
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