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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",
          "name": "fal-client"
        }
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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",
      "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": []
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        "githubStars": 187,
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      },
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      "openapi": "https://fal.ai/api/openapi/queue/openapi.json?endpoint_id=fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video",
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        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
        "video.edit",
        "video.audio"
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        "hosted",
        "model-platform",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "card-required",
        "python",
        "typescript",
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        "openapi",
        "status-page"
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      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
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        "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
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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"
        ],
        "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
        },
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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",
            "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"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "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."
        ],
        "score": 66
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.json",
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          "p95ms24h": 240,
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:00:23.517881163Z"
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    },
    "answer": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax Video API's 60 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Video API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.",
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      "summary": "MiniMax's API for generating video.",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-video.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3",
      "license": "MiniMax H3 Community License (weights)",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "stdio"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.minimax.io",
      "packages": [
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          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "minimax-mcp"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "minimax-mcp-js"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Bearer key from platform.minimax.io. Mainland China accounts use api.minimaxi.com with a separate key.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go per second of output. MiniMax-H3 $0.08 a second at 768P, $0.13 at 2K. H3-Max $0.05 at 480P, $0.08 at 768P. Reference images beyond the first 5 (H3) or 2 (H3-Max) cost extra, reference video is billed per second, audio is free. Upscaling a 768P result to 2K costs $0.05 a second. Legacy Hailuo 2.3 is $0.28 for a 768P 6 second clip. Monthly video packages from $1,000 cover Hailuo only, not H3 (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in docs or llms.txt. Prepaid balance top-up (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "docsUrl": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/video-generation",
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        "video.audio"
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        "bestFor": "Agents that want cheap 2K with sound and a spec-first API, or teams that want weights they can inspect.",
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          "2K with stereo audio at $0.13 a second, 768P at $0.08",
          "OpenAPI 3.1 file with enums, typed errors and examples for the V2 video API",
          "Callbacks, a paginated task list and a delete call",
          "Status page with its own Video Generation component, no video incidents since 13 September",
          "H3 weights published on Hugging Face"
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        "weaknesses": [
          "No statement found on whether API inputs train models, and the privacy policy needs a browser",
          "No free tier, no SLA and no security.txt",
          "Pay-as-you-go rate limits aren't published",
          "Video packages from $1,000 cover Hailuo only, so H3 is pay as you go",
          "No official SDK, and the MCP server's video tool documents only Hailuo models"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use POST /v2/video_generation for H3 and poll GET /v2/query/video_generation/{task_id}. Tasks stay queryable for 7 days",
          "Set `ratio` for text-to-video. `adaptive` isn't allowed there",
          "Pass `callback_url` to skip polling. Your endpoint must echo the `challenge` within 3 seconds",
          "A 402 means the balance is empty and a 422 means moderation blocked the content. Don't retry either unchanged"
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        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.minimax.io/v2/video_generation \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MINIMAX_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"model\":\"MiniMax-H3\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"a paper boat drifting down a rainy street\"}],\"duration\":5,\"resolution\":\"768P\",\"ratio\":\"16:9\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add minimax -e MINIMAX_API_KEY=$MINIMAX_API_KEY -e MINIMAX_API_HOST=https://api.minimax.io -- uvx minimax-mcp -y",
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          "mcpServers": {
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                "-y"
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              "command": "uvx",
              "env": {
                "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimax.io",
                "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e"
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            }
          }
        }
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          "note": "with audio"
        },
        {
          "item": "MiniMax-H3 2K",
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          "note": "with audio"
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        {
          "item": "MiniMax-H3-Max 480P",
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        {
          "item": "MiniMax-H3-Max 768P",
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          "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore entity, 152 Beach Road, operating MiniMax's international services",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-video.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- Reliability, 77 against 70\n- Agent ergonomics, 81 against 76\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 38\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 47\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 55\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### MiniMax Video API (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that want cheap 2K with sound and a spec-first API, or teams that want weights they can inspect.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 96 against 89\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No statement found on whether API inputs train models, and the privacy policy needs a browser\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | fal video models | MiniMax Video API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 70 | fal video models +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 96 | MiniMax Video API +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 76 | fal video models +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 38 | fal video models +25 |\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 | 47 | fal video models +34 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 55 | fal video models +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.9 · B** | **60 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal video models | MiniMax Video API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model API |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | MiniMax |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://api.minimax.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | MiniMax H3 Community License (weights) |\n| Tools exposed | none | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-21 | 2026-08-21 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-08 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 187 stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 738k PyPI/wk | 9.4k stars, 334 npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |\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**MiniMax Video API.** 2K with stereo audio at $0.13 a second, 768P at $0.08. No statement found on whether API inputs train models, and the privacy policy needs a browser.\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### MiniMax Video API\n\n1. Use POST /v2/video_generation for H3 and poll GET /v2/query/video_generation/{task_id}. Tasks stay queryable for 7 days\n2. Set `ratio` for text-to-video. `adaptive` isn't allowed there\n3. Pass `callback_url` to skip polling. Your endpoint must echo the `challenge` within 3 seconds\n4. A 402 means the balance is empty and a 422 means moderation blocked the content. Don't retry either unchanged\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, fal video models or MiniMax Video API?\n\nfal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against MiniMax Video API's 60 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Video API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Can an agent call fal video models and MiniMax Video API without installing anything?\n\nYes. fal video models has a hosted endpoint at https://queue.fal.run and MiniMax Video API at https://api.minimax.io.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-minimax-video.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-minimax-video.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fal-video\", \"b\": \"minimax-video\"}`. 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