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      "slug": "higgsfield",
      "name": "Higgsfield API",
      "vendor": "Higgsfield Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://higgsfield.ai",
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      "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"
      ],
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "higgsfield-client"
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        {
          "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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      "openapi": "https://docs.higgsfield.ai/docs/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
        "video.edit",
        "video.audio",
        "image.generate",
        "image.edit"
      ],
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        "official",
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "model-platform",
        "card-required",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "idempotency",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "status-page"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 63.5,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 356,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 842,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "ergonomics": 77,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 85,
          "schema": 69,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "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"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "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": 63.5
          }
        ],
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          "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."
        ],
        "score": 77
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/higgsfield.json",
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          "target": "https://api.higgsfield.ai",
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:30.376819325Z"
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      "vendor": "Pika (Mellis, Inc.)",
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      "summary": "Pika's self-serve API for its video generation models.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pika.json",
      "transports": [
        "http"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.dev.pika.art",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "API key from dev.pika.art/keys, sent as X-API-Key or Authorization: Bearer. The public catalogue and price quotes need no key.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Membership $10 a month, with a $10 usage credit in the first month, then prepaid pay-as-you-go at member rates (prices include a 5 per cent platform fee). Pika 2.5 is $0.04 a second at 720p and $0.09 a second at 1080p for 5 second clips. Resold models are priced per model, for example MiniMax H3 2K at $0.13 a second. No free generation tier. Enterprise plans add volume discounts and higher concurrency (https://dev.pika.art/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$10 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in llms.txt, the OpenAPI spec or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
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      "docsUrl": "https://dev.pika.art/llms.txt",
      "llmsTxt": "https://dev.pika.art/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://dev.pika.art/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "video.generate",
        "video.image-to-video",
        "video.edit",
        "video.audio",
        "video.extend"
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        "official",
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "card-required",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "model-platform"
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        "agentReady": false,
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        "ranked": true,
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          "payments": 20,
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          "performance",
          "tasks"
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        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "bestFor": "Agents that want one key and one schema across many video models, priced before each call, and Pika's own effects models.",
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          "Keyless catalogue with live prices and JSON input schemas for 162 operations",
          "Free price quotes before you submit",
          "Idempotency keys, signed webhooks and job deletion that erases media and prompts",
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          "OpenAPI 3.1 and a detailed llms.txt"
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          "$10 a month membership before any usage, and no free generation",
          "No status page, changelog or official SDK",
          "Terms allow training on anonymised or aggregated inputs and outputs",
          "Rate limits described but no numbers published",
          "Launched on 2026-08-04, so there's little track record"
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          "Call `GET /catalog/apis/{api_id}?expand=inputs` first. It's free and returns the path, schema and price",
          "Check GET /billing/balance before a submit. A 403 can mean an inactive key or an empty balance",
          "Send an Idempotency-Key on every submit, and a fresh one only when you change the body",
          "Record cost from `billing.charge_micro_usd` only once `billing.state` is settled"
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          "measured": false
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          "maintenance": 20,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 35
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        "provenanceScore": 50
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.dev.pika.art/v1/media/pika/pika-2.5/text-to-video \\\n  -H \"X-API-Key: $PIKA_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"prompt\":\"a paper boat drifting down a rainy street\",\"resolution\":\"720p\",\"duration_s\":5}'"
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/video.generate",
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          "item": "Pika 2.5 720p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.04
        },
        {
          "item": "Pika 2.5 1080p",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.09,
          "note": "5 second clip. Image-to-video at 1080p lists $0.06 for other durations"
        },
        {
          "item": "MiniMax H3 2K text-to-video",
          "unit": "video-second",
          "usd": 0.13,
          "note": "resold model, member price"
        },
        {
          "item": "API Club membership",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 10,
          "note": "$10 usage credit in the first month"
        }
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        "legalEntity": "Mellis, Inc.",
        "domain": "pika.art",
        "domainRegistered": "2023-06-29",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://dev.pika.art/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://dev.pika.art/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Mellis, Inc. of Palo Alto trades as Pika. The homepage claims 99.9 per cent uptime but links no status page"
        ],
        "score": 50
      },
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          "url": "https://dev.pika.art/llms.txt",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:45.164936989Z"
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        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "Model API",
        "name": "Kind"
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        "a": "Higgsfield Inc.",
        "b": "Pika (Mellis, Inc.)",
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        "a": "API key",
        "b": "API key",
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      {
        "a": "Pay per use",
        "b": "Paid",
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      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "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",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Licence"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "a": "2026-09-17",
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        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-02",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-07-26",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes, with an opt-out",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
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      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
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        "a": "not found in the text",
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  "markdown": "Higgsfield API scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Pika API's 47.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pika API leads on schema \u0026 documentation. Both do video generate.\n\n- Higgsfield API: grade B, 63.5/100, rank #356 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/higgsfield.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/higgsfield.json\n- Pika API: grade D, 47.3/100, rank #742 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pika.json\n\n## Which one, for what\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 35\n- Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 33\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 61 against 43\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### Pika API (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that want one key and one schema across many video models, priced before each call, and Pika's own effects models.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 69\n\nWatch for: $10 a month membership before any usage, and no free generation\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Higgsfield API | Pika API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 35 | Higgsfield API +50 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 83 | Pika API +14 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 80 | Pika API +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 33 | Higgsfield API +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) | 75 | 20 | Higgsfield API +55 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 43 | Higgsfield API +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.5 · B** | **47.3 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Higgsfield API | Pika API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Higgsfield Inc. | Pika (Mellis, Inc.) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.higgsfield.ai` | `https://api.dev.pika.art` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | 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 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-17 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-02 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-26 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 126 stars, 197k npm/wk, 28k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Pika API.** Keyless catalogue with live prices and JSON input schemas for 162 operations. $10 a month membership before any usage, and no free generation.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Pika API\n\n1. Call `GET /catalog/apis/{api_id}?expand=inputs` first. It's free and returns the path, schema and price\n2. Check GET /billing/balance before a submit. A 403 can mean an inactive key or an empty balance\n3. Send an Idempotency-Key on every submit, and a fresh one only when you change the body\n4. Record cost from `billing.charge_micro_usd` only once `billing.state` is settled\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Higgsfield API or Pika API?\n\nHiggsfield API scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Pika API's 47.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Pika API leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do Higgsfield API and Pika API need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Higgsfield API and Pika API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Higgsfield API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.higgsfield.ai and Pika API at https://api.dev.pika.art.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-pika.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-pika.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"higgsfield\", \"b\": \"pika\"}`. 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