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  "markdown": "framefields scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Vidu API's 40.2 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Vidu API leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do video generation.\n\n- framefields: grade C, 61.3/100, rank #532 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/framefields.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/framefields.json\n- Vidu API: grade E, 40.2/100, rank #1073 of 1184. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vidu.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vidu.json\n- Best video generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/video-generation/index.md\n- All 148 video comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/video-generation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### framefields (C)\n\nGood for: Coding agents that write motion graphics, data stories, title cards and 3D product shots as code and render them locally or on their own GPU.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 61 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 48\n- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 45 against 28\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 89 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: First published on 5 October 2026 and declared beta\n\n### Vidu API (E)\n\nGood for: Batch jobs that can wait for off-peak prices and want reference-to-video or start-end frames with sound.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 46 against 39\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No llms.txt, OpenAPI file or error-code reference\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | framefields | Vidu API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 61 | 35 | framefields +26 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 48 | framefields +29 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 55 | framefields +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 28 | framefields +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | framefields +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 89 | 57 | framefields +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 46 | Vidu API +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **61.3 · C** | **40.2 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | framefields | Vidu API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | Model API |\n| Vendor | Gatewai | ShengShu Technology |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.vidu.com/ent/v2` |\n| Transports |  | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Terms last updated |  | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 445 stars, 1.1k npm/wk | 5 stars, 25 PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**framefields.** A free Apache-2.0 library that renders video from TypeScript on the GPU, with lint and QA codes an agent can act on. It is fifteen days old, called beta, and its Claude Code install command names a plugin directory entry that was not found on 20 October 2026.\n\n**Vidu API.** Q3 Turbo from $0.035 a second at 540p, about half that off-peak. No llms.txt, OpenAPI file or error-code reference.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### framefields\n\n1. Add the plugin with `/plugin marketplace add gatewai-dev/framefields` first; the official-directory install was not found on 20 October 2026.\n2. Approve only the skia-canvas install script, as the getting-started page shows, or imports fail with a missing `skia.node`.\n3. Check with `comp.lint()` and `renderFrameGrid` before a full `renderVideo` encode.\n4. Call `process.exit()` after rendering; native GPU threads keep the script alive.\n5. Preload vision models into `FRAMEFIELDS_MODELS_DIR` for offline or CI renders.\n\n### Vidu API\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Token $VIDU_API_KEY`. The scheme is Token, not Bearer\n2. 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