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      "summary": "fal hosts third-party and open-weights video models, including Seedance, Kling, Veo, MiniMax and Wan, behind one queue API, one key and a hosted MCP server.",
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        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@fal-ai/client"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
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      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the fal dashboard, sent as `Authorization: Key $FAL_KEY`, with an API or ADMIN scope. The MCP relay uses OAuth with browser sign-in and no key. No partner or sales approval is needed for the Model APIs.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit, priced per model, with no free tier or sandbox. Most video models bill per second of output by resolution or audio, and Seedance bills per 1,000 tokens. 5xx failures and queue time aren't billed. Purchased credits expire after 365 days (https://fal.ai/pricing, https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/model-apis/pricing.md).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
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      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).",
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        "video.generate",
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        "video.edit",
        "video.audio"
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        "hosted",
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        "methodology": "0.4",
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          "ergonomics": 81,
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          "payments": 20,
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          "schema": 89,
          "security": 63,
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        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
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        "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"
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        "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`"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "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
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        ],
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          "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"
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        "fal-image",
        "fal-music"
      ],
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      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Kling v3 Pro with audio",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.168,
          "note": "$0.112 without audio, $0.196 with voice control"
        },
        {
          "item": "Kling v3 Standard with audio",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.126,
          "note": "$0.084 without audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Veo 3.1 with audio, 720p or 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.4,
          "note": "$0.20 without audio, $0.60 at 4K with audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Veo 3.1 Fast with audio, 720p or 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.15,
          "note": "$0.10 without audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "Seedance 2.5 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.473,
          "note": "approximate, billed at $0.0214 per 1,000 tokens. About $0.2205 at 480p and $1.164 at 1080p"
        },
        {
          "item": "Wan 3.0 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.1,
          "note": "$0.05 at 480p, $0.20 at 1080p"
        },
        {
          "item": "MiniMax H3 Max 768p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.08,
          "note": "$0.048 on promotion until 15 October 2026. $0.05 at 480p and $0.16 at 1080p after"
        },
        {
          "item": "LTX 2.5 Fast 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.09,
          "note": "audio included, $0.30 at 4K"
        },
        {
          "item": "Grok Imagine Video 1.5 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.14,
          "note": "$0.08 at 480p, $0.25 at 1080p"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.",
        "domain": "fal.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2020-11-13",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://fal.ai/legal/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://fal.ai/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.fal.ai",
        "changelog": "https://fal.ai/docs/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The API runs on fal.run and queue.fal.run, a separate domain from fal.ai, with backup domains falrun.com and queue.falrun.com. The catalogue and platform APIs are on api.fal.ai and the MCP relay on mcp.fal.ai.",
          "Legal entity and the address 2261 Market St, Suite 10467, San Francisco, CA 94114 from the terms of service, last updated 8 September 2026.",
          "The terms of service incorporate the API Services Supplemental Terms (https://fal.ai/legal/api-services) and the Data Processing Addendum of 31 July 2026 (https://fal.ai/legal/data-processing-addendum).",
          "The privacy policy, last updated 22 July 2026, says fal is a service provider for enterprise customers under contract.",
          "https://fal.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026.",
          "RDAP for fal.ai gives a registration date of 2020-11-13."
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    "answer": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Higgsfield API's 63.5 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Higgsfield API leads on reliability.",
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      "slug": "higgsfield",
      "name": "Higgsfield API",
      "vendor": "Higgsfield Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://higgsfield.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "video-generation",
      "summary": "Higgsfield's API for generating images and video from its own models (Genjutsu, Soul, Cinema Studio) and hosted ones such as Kling, Seedance and Wan. Requests are asynchronous, with polling or webhooks, and Python and TypeScript SDKs.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/higgsfield",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/higgsfield.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/higgsfield.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/higgsfield.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/higgsfield-ai/higgsfield-client",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the Higgsfield API Terms of Service. The Python SDK repository is Apache-2.0 and the TypeScript SDK is MIT on npm",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.higgsfield.ai",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "higgsfield-client"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@higgsfield/client"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve. A person signs up at open.higgsfield.ai (email and password, or SSO) and creates a key ID and secret in the console. Send them as `Authorization: Key \u003ckey_id\u003e:\u003ckey_secret\u003e`. The legacy `hf-api-key` and `hf-secret` headers still work. Keys belong to a workspace and carry no scopes. Some endpoints that depict a real person's face or voice can need identity or business verification under the API terms.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from a prepaid balance, priced per second of video or per image, with list prices public at open.higgsfield.ai/pricing. No free credits or free tier were found, and no sandbox. Kling 3.0 lists from $0.084 a second and Seedance 2.5 from $0.206. A lower max-discount price is shown beside each, and a cashback scheme starts at $5,000 of spend in 30 days. Credits expire after a year (checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI file, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 126,
        "npmWeekly": 197350,
        "pypiWeekly": 28142,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.higgsfield.ai/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.higgsfield.ai/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.higgsfield.ai/docs/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
        "video.edit",
        "video.audio",
        "image.generate",
        "image.edit"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "model-platform",
        "card-required",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "idempotency",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "status-page"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-09-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 63.5,
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        "ranked": true,
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        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 69,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 61
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "One asynchronous API for 67 video and 17 image catalogue entries, with idempotency keys, per-second list prices public without a login, and failed or moderated jobs not charged. API inputs and outputs train Higgsfield's models unless the workspace opts out, and the docs carry no changelog. The API returns 400 at the concurrency limit, with no Retry-After.",
        "bestFor": "An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one key, one request lifecycle and safe retries, at published per-second prices.",
        "strengths": [
          "Per-second list prices for each model on open.higgsfield.ai/pricing without a login, and an `/estimate/...` call that returns the cost before submitting",
          "`Idempotency-Key` on every generation endpoint, with replays returning the original `request_id` and no second charge",
          "Requests ending `failed` or `nsfw` aren't charged, and a queued request cancelled before it starts is refunded",
          "Each model page carries a full JSON Schema with enums, limits and `additionalProperties: false`, and llms.txt and Markdown twins exist",
          "status.higgsfield.ai shows no notices and 100.0 per cent for the API from August to October 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "API inputs and outputs can train Higgsfield's models by default. The opt-out is a workspace setting, processed within 10 business days",
          "Reaching the concurrency limit returns `400 Bad Request` with a message string, and the docs say no rate-limit headers or `Retry-After` are sent",
          "No changelog was found in the docs, although the API terms name one as the channel for deprecations and removals",
          "Keys have no scopes or read-only mode, and no webhook signature is documented",
          "No free credits were found, and a new account starts at 2 concurrent generations until it adds $25",
          "`/docs/openapi.json` covers 8 paths of an 84-entry catalogue, and llms.txt calls it supplementary"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send `Authorization: Key \u003ckey_id\u003e:\u003ckey_secret\u003e` to https://api.higgsfield.ai. A Bearer token is rejected",
          "Send a fresh `Idempotency-Key` with every generation. After a timeout or 5xx, repeat the same request with the same key, then read `status_url`",
          "Treat a 400 whose `detail` mentions concurrent requests as a limit, not a bad request. Wait for a running job to finish before submitting more",
          "Poll `status_url` from 2 seconds up to 10 with jitter, and stop on `completed`, `failed`, `nsfw` or `canceled`",
          "Download output within seven days. Media files may be deleted after that",
          "Read the model's own docs page for its schema. The OpenAPI file lists only a few models"
        ],
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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 77,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 69,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 77
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install higgsfield-client",
        "http": "curl --request POST \\\n  --url https://api.higgsfield.ai/higgsfield/genjutsu/motion-transfer/v1.0 \\\n  --header \"Authorization: Key ${HF_API_KEY_ID}:${HF_API_KEY_SECRET}\" \\\n  --header \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  --data '{\"video_url\": \"https://example.com/input.mp4\", \"image_urls\": [\"https://example.com/input.jpg\"]}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/higgsfield"
      },
      "area": "content",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Kling 3.0, list price from",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.084,
          "note": "The pricing page also shows a max-discount price from $0.042. The discount's conditions weren't readable"
        },
        {
          "item": "Seedance 2.5, list price from",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.206,
          "note": "Max-discount price from $0.144"
        },
        {
          "item": "Wan 3.0 Prime, list price from",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.068,
          "note": "Max-discount price from $0.041"
        },
        {
          "item": "Genjutsu 480p, list price",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.318,
          "note": "Per second of source video, rounded up. 720p $0.681 and 1080p $1.632 per the docs. Max-discount price from $0.159"
        },
        {
          "item": "Kling 2.5, list price from",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.042,
          "note": "Max-discount price from $0.021"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Higgsfield Inc.",
        "domain": "higgsfield.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2023-06-07",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://open.higgsfield.ai/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://higgsfield.ai/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.higgsfield.ai",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The API Terms of Service (last updated 2 September 2026) name Higgsfield Inc., 535 Mission St, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, and are supplemental to the Terms of Use Agreement of 26 July 2026 at https://higgsfield.ai/terms-of-use-agreement.",
          "The privacy policy (last updated 26 July 2026, effective 27 August 2026) says it covers the website, applications and APIs. The API terms incorporate a DPA where Higgsfield processes personal data on a customer's behalf. We found no public link to it.",
          "The API answers at https://api.higgsfield.ai and the console at https://open.higgsfield.ai (console.higgsfield.ai redirects there).",
          "https://higgsfield.ai/.well-known/security.txt has a contact, a PGP key and an expiry of 12 September 2027. Its comment block is a set of instructions addressed to AI agents and automated security tools about testing scope. We recorded it and did not act on it.",
          "No changelog page is in the docs sitemap. The API terms list a changelog as part of the documentation.",
          "RDAP for higgsfield.ai gives a registration date of 2023-06-07."
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        "score": 77
      },
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/higgsfield.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/higgsfield.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### fal video models (B)\n\nGood for: 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 69\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 48\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 75\n\nWatch for: 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\n\n### Higgsfield API (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one key, one request lifecycle and safe retries, at published per-second prices.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 77\n\nWatch for: API inputs and outputs can train Higgsfield's models by default. The opt-out is a workspace setting, processed within 10 business days\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | fal video models | Higgsfield API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 85 | Higgsfield API +8 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 69 | fal video models +20 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 77 | fal video models +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 48 | fal video models +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 75 | fal video models +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 61 | Higgsfield API +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.9 · B** | **63.5 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal video models | Higgsfield API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | Higgsfield Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://api.higgsfield.ai` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Higgsfield API Terms of Service. The Python SDK repository is Apache-2.0 and the TypeScript SDK is MIT on npm |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-21 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2026-09-02 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | 2026-07-26 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 187 stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 738k PyPI/wk | 126 stars, 197k npm/wk, 28k PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**fal video models.** 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.\n\n**Higgsfield API.** One asynchronous API for 67 video and 17 image catalogue entries, with idempotency keys, per-second list prices public without a login, and failed or moderated jobs not charged. API inputs and outputs train Higgsfield's models unless the workspace opts out, and the docs carry no changelog. The API returns 400 at the concurrency limit, with no Retry-After.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### fal video models\n\n1. 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\n2. 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\n3. 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\n4. Check `metadata.status` in `https://api.fal.ai/v1/models` before pinning an endpoint. Deprecated endpoints carry no removal date\n5. 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\n6. The MCP relay has no server-side approval gate. Call `get_pricing` and get the owner's approval before `submit_job`\n\n### Higgsfield API\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Key \u003ckey_id\u003e:\u003ckey_secret\u003e` to https://api.higgsfield.ai. A Bearer token is rejected\n2. Send a fresh `Idempotency-Key` with every generation. After a timeout or 5xx, repeat the same request with the same key, then read `status_url`\n3. Treat a 400 whose `detail` mentions concurrent requests as a limit, not a bad request. Wait for a running job to finish before submitting more\n4. Poll `status_url` from 2 seconds up to 10 with jitter, and stop on `completed`, `failed`, `nsfw` or `canceled`\n5. Download output within seven days. Media files may be deleted after that\n6. Read the model's own docs page for its schema. The OpenAPI file lists only a few models\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, fal video models or Higgsfield API?\n\nfal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Higgsfield API's 63.5 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Higgsfield API leads on reliability.\n\n### Can an agent call fal video models and Higgsfield API without installing anything?\n\nYes. fal video models has a hosted endpoint at https://queue.fal.run and Higgsfield API at https://api.higgsfield.ai.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-higgsfield.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-higgsfield.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fal-video\", \"b\": \"higgsfield\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare fal-video higgsfield`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-video.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/higgsfield.json\n\n## Other comparisons with fal video models or Higgsfield API\n\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs fal video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-fal-video.md)\n- [Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Higgsfield API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-higgsfield.md)\n- [fal video models vs Google Veo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-google-veo.md)\n- [fal video models vs Kling AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-kling.md)\n- [fal video models vs Luma AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-luma.md)\n- [fal video models vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [fal video models vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [fal video models vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pika.md)\n- [fal video models vs PixVerse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pixverse.md)\n- [fal video models vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [fal video models vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-runway.md)\n- [fal video models vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-vidu.md)\n- [Google Veo vs Higgsfield API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-higgsfield.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Kling AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-kling.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Luma AI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-luma.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs MiniMax Video API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-minimax-video.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-openai-sora.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Pika API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-pika.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs PixVerse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-pixverse.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-runway.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-vidu.md)\n",
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