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      "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).",
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          "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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          "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",
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          "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"
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          "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",
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          "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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        "install": "pip install fal-client   # or: npm install --save @fal-ai/client",
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          "item": "Kling v3 Standard with audio",
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          "item": "Veo 3.1 with audio, 720p or 1080p",
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          "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"
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        {
          "item": "Seedance 2.5 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Wan 3.0 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.1,
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        },
        {
          "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",
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          "note": "audio included, $0.30 at 4K"
        },
        {
          "item": "Grok Imagine Video 1.5 720p",
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          "usd": 0.14,
          "note": "$0.08 at 480p, $0.25 at 1080p"
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        "legalEntity": "Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.",
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          "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": "Yes. fal video models has a hosted endpoint at https://queue.fal.run and Popcraft MCP at https://popcraft.ai/api/mcp.",
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  "markdown": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Popcraft MCP's 37.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Popcraft MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do video generation.\n\n- fal video models: grade B, 68.9/100, rank #218 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-video.json\n- Popcraft MCP: grade F, 37.9/100, rank #1082 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/popcraft-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/popcraft-mcp.json\n- Best video generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/video-generation/index.md\n- All 131 video comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/video-generation/index.md\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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 40\n- Agent ergonomics, 81 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 55\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 15\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 36\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### Popcraft MCP (F)\n\nGood for: Popcraft’s hosted MCP connector generates and edits video, images and audio through multiple models.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nWatch for: Published tool inventories disagree\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | fal video models | Popcraft MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 15 | fal video models +62 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 40 | fal video models +49 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 65 | fal video models +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 55 | fal video models +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Popcraft MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 15 | fal video models +66 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 36 | fal video models +24 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.9 · B** | **37.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal video models | Popcraft MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | MCP server |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | Popcraft |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://popcraft.ai/api/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.popcraft-ai/popcraft-mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-21 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2026-04-07 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | 2026-04-07 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 187 stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 738k PyPI/wk | 0 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |\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**Popcraft MCP.** OAuth connector without copying API keys. Published tool inventories disagree.\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. 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Popcraft MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call fal video models and Popcraft MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. fal video models has a hosted endpoint at https://queue.fal.run and Popcraft MCP at https://popcraft.ai/api/mcp.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-popcraft-mcp.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-popcraft-mcp.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fal-video\", \"b\": \"popcraft-mcp\"}`. 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