{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "fal-video", "name": "fal video models", "vendor": "fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)", "vendorUrl": "https://fal.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "video-generation", "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.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-video.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://queue.fal.run", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@fal-ai/client" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "fal-client" } ], "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": [] }, "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" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "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" ], "area": "content", "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 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.json", "live": { "slug": "fal-video", "probe": { "target": "https://queue.fal.run", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:28.523135116Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 100, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 118, "p95ms24h": 238, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:28.523135116Z" } }, "answer": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Replicate video models's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Replicate video models leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "replicate-video", "name": "Replicate video models", "vendor": "Replicate (Cloudflare)", "vendorUrl": "https://replicate.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "video-generation", "summary": "Replicate runs third-party and open video models, among them Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Runway Gen-4.5, Seedance 2.0 and Wan, through one predictions API with Python and JavaScript clients and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-video.json", "repo": "https://github.com/replicate/replicate-python", "license": "Proprietary service under Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence", "transports": [ "http", "sse", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "replicate" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate-mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A person signs up in a browser and creates a bearer API token (40 characters, prefix `r8_`) at replicate.com/account/api-tokens. An account can hold several named tokens and disable any of them. Tokens have no scopes or expiry. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.replicate.com/sse takes the token in a browser flow, and the local `replicate-mcp` package reads `REPLICATE_API_TOKEN`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from prepaid credit (valid one year, not refundable) or monthly in arrears. Official video models bill per second of output video, with tiers by resolution, mode and audio shown on each model page. Community models bill per second of hardware time. Failed runs aren't charged, and a cancelled official-model run may be. The try-for-free collection lets a new account run `minimax/video-01` a limited number of times before buying credit (https://replicate.com/collections/try-for-free).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the HTTP API reference or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 917, "npmWeekly": 704939, "pypiWeekly": 356876, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://replicate.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.replicate.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "video.generate", "video.image-to-video", "video.audio", "video.edit", "video.extend" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model-platform", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "open-weights", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 402, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 86, "security": 41, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice.", "bestFor": "An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones.", "strengths": [ "Official video models bill per second of output at prices shown on each model page, from $0.10 for Wan 2.7 to $0.40 for Veo 3.1 with audio", "Every model publishes a typed input schema, and the four we read require only `prompt`", "Failed runs aren't charged, and a `Cancel-After` header ends a job after a set time", "API inputs, outputs, files and logs are deleted after one hour by default", "Public OpenAPI document with 36 operations, llms.txt and Markdown docs pages" ], "weaknesses": [ "Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources", "No SLA is published and the terms disclaim service levels. Replicate may withdraw a model without notice", "No idempotency key on prediction creates, and a 429 carries a wait time in the body with no `Retry-After` header documented", "The public changelog's newest entry is 21 April 2026, and the stable npm and PyPI clients date from November and May 2025", "No security.txt, and no certification is named on the pages we read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call official models at `POST /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` with no version, then poll `GET /v1/predictions/{id}` or pass `webhook`. Video jobs usually outlast the 60-second `Prefer: wait` window", "Download the output file within the hour. API predictions lose inputs, outputs and logs after 60 minutes", "Read the model's price tiers before setting `resolution`, `mode` or `generate_audio`. Kling 3.0 runs from $0.168 to $0.42 a second and Veo 3.1 doubles with audio", "Send `Cancel-After` on every create. There is no idempotency key, so a blind retry is a second paid video", "Keep credit above $20 or enable auto-reload. Low balances are throttled, and granted credit with no card is held to 6 requests a minute" ], "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": 62.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 86, "security": 41, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.replicate.com/v1/models/google/veo-3.1/predictions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $REPLICATE_API_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"input\":{\"prompt\":\"a red fox running through fresh snow\",\"duration\":4,\"resolution\":\"720p\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add replicate https://mcp.replicate.com/sse --transport sse --scope user", "config": { "mcpServers": { "replicate": { "args": [ "-y", "replicate-mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "REPLICATE_API_TOKEN": "${REPLICATE_API_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/replicate-video" }, "sameCompany": [ "replicate-deploy", "replicate-image", "replicate-musicgen" ], "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Veo 3.1 with audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.4, "note": "$0.20 without audio" }, { "item": "Veo 3.1 Fast with audio", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.15, "note": "$0.10 without audio" }, { "item": "Kling 3.0 pro (1080p)", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.224, "note": "$0.336 with audio, standard 720p $0.168, 4K $0.42" }, { "item": "Runway Gen-4.5", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.12 }, { "item": "Seedance 2.0 720p", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.18, "note": "without video input. 480p $0.08, 1080p $0.45, 4K $1.00, more with video input" }, { "item": "Wan 2.7 text-to-video", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.1 }, { "item": "Wan 3.0 1080p", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.1, "note": "billing table on 8 October 2026 during a promotion. README lists $0.20" }, { "item": "Hailuo 2.3 768p", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.0467, "note": "$0.28 per 6-second video, $0.56 for 10 seconds, $0.49 for 6 seconds at 1080p" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Replicate, LLC", "domain": "replicate.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-05-26", "domainNote": "replicate.com was registered in 1998, long before Replicate the company existed.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://replicate.com/terms", "privacy": "https://replicate.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://replicatestatus.com", "changelog": "https://replicate.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last update 1 April 2026) name Replicate, LLC, 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, as the contracting party and govern use of the API and the models.", "The privacy policy was last updated on 1 April 2026.", "replicatestatus.com redirects to https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/services?search=replicate, where Replicate is one component of Cloudflare's status page.", "https://replicate.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 1998-05-26 for replicate.com.", "Replicate's image and music models and its deployments are listed separately." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.json", "live": { "slug": "replicate-video", "probe": { "target": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:38.810659165Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 96, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 246, "p95ms24h": 279, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:38.810659165Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model platform", "b": "Model platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)", "b": "Replicate (Cloudflare)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://queue.fal.run", "b": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-21", "b": "2026-09-15", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-08", "b": "2026-04-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-07-22", "b": "2026-04-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "187 stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 738k PyPI/wk", "b": "917 stars, 705k npm/wk, 357k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Replicate video models's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Replicate video models leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, fal video models or Replicate video models?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 81 against 72", "Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 41", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 48" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "fal-video", "watchFor": "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 60" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones.", "slug": "replicate-video", "watchFor": "Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources" } ], "job": { "capability": "video.generate", "name": "Video generate" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-fal-video.json", "title": "Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs fal video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-fal-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "Alibaba Wan (Model Studio) vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-google-veo.json", "title": "fal video models vs Google Veo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-google-veo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-higgsfield.json", "title": "fal video models vs Higgsfield API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-higgsfield" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-kling.json", "title": "fal video models vs Kling AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-kling" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-luma.json", "title": "fal video models vs Luma AI API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-luma" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-minimax-video.json", "title": "fal video models vs MiniMax Video API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-minimax-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-openai-sora.json", "title": "fal video models vs OpenAI Sora API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-openai-sora" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pika.json", "title": "fal video models vs Pika API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pika" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pixverse.json", "title": "fal video models vs PixVerse API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pixverse" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-runway.json", "title": "fal video models vs Runway API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-runway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-vidu.json", "title": "fal video models vs Vidu API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-vidu" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "Google Veo vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-sora-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "Pika API vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixverse-vs-replicate-video.json", "title": "PixVerse API vs Replicate video models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixverse-vs-replicate-video" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-runway.json", "title": "Replicate video models vs Runway API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-runway" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-vidu.json", "title": "Replicate video models vs Vidu API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-vidu" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 2, "edge": "fal-video", "fal-video": 77, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "replicate-video": 75, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "fal-video", "fal-video": 89, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "replicate-video": 86, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "fal-video", "fal-video": 81, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "replicate-video": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 22, "edge": "fal-video", "fal-video": 63, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "replicate-video": 41, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "replicate-video", "fal-video": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "replicate-video": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 33, "edge": "fal-video", "fal-video": 81, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "replicate-video": 48, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "replicate-video", "fal-video": 60, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "replicate-video": 72, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Replicate video models's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Replicate video models leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do video generate.", "verdicts": { "fal-video": "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.", "replicate-video": "One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.min.md" }, "markdown": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Replicate video models's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Replicate video models leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do video generate.\n\n- fal video models: grade B, 68.9/100, rank #192 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-video.json\n- Replicate video models: grade B, 62.1/100, rank #402 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-video.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-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- Agent ergonomics, 81 against 72\n- Security \u0026 auth, 63 against 41\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 48\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### Replicate video models (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that wants several vendors' video models behind one token and one request shape, or open models such as Wan next to closed ones.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Tokens have no scopes, expiry or spend cap, and any token can run every model and delete account resources\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | fal video models | Replicate video models | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 75 | fal video models +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 86 | fal video models +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 72 | fal video models +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 41 | fal video models +22 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Replicate video models +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 48 | fal video models +33 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 72 | Replicate video models +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.9 · B** | **62.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal video models | Replicate video models |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model platform |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | Replicate (Cloudflare) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio |\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 Replicate's terms of service. The Python and JavaScript clients and `replicate-mcp` are Apache-2.0, and each model carries its own licence |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-21 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2026-04-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | 2026-04-01 |\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 | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 187 stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 738k PyPI/wk | 917 stars, 705k npm/wk, 357k 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**Replicate video models.** One bearer token reaches more than twenty official video models at published per-second prices, each with a typed input schema, and failed runs aren't charged. Tokens have no scopes or spend cap, no SLA is published, and the terms let Replicate withdraw any model without notice.\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### Replicate video models\n\n1. Call official models at `POST /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` with no version, then poll `GET /v1/predictions/{id}` or pass `webhook`. Video jobs usually outlast the 60-second `Prefer: wait` window\n2. Download the output file within the hour. API predictions lose inputs, outputs and logs after 60 minutes\n3. Read the model's price tiers before setting `resolution`, `mode` or `generate_audio`. Kling 3.0 runs from $0.168 to $0.42 a second and Veo 3.1 doubles with audio\n4. Send `Cancel-After` on every create. There is no idempotency key, so a blind retry is a second paid video\n5. Keep credit above $20 or enable auto-reload. Low balances are throttled, and granted credit with no card is held to 6 requests a minute\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, fal video models or Replicate video models?\n\nfal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Replicate video models's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Replicate video models leads on payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-replicate-video.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fal-video\", \"b\": \"replicate-video\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare fal-video replicate-video`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-video.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-video.json\n\n## Other comparisons with fal video models or Replicate video models\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 Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [fal video models vs Google Veo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-google-veo.md)\n- [fal video models vs Higgsfield API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-higgsfield.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 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 Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Higgsfield API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Kling AI API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kling-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Luma AI API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/luma-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [MiniMax Video API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-video-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [OpenAI Sora API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-sora-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Pika API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pika-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [PixVerse API vs Replicate video models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pixverse-vs-replicate-video.md)\n- [Replicate video models vs Runway API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-runway.md)\n- [Replicate video models vs Vidu API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-video-vs-vidu.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-09", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "fal video models vs Replicate video models", "url": "" } ], "description": "fal video models scores 68.9 (B) on agent readiness against Replicate video models's 62.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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