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      "category": "video-generation",
      "summary": "HyperFrames turns HTML compositions into videos through a local CLI and preview studio. Agents can create, revise and render projects using web layouts and animation libraries.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperframes.json",
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "hyperframes"
        }
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      "authNotes": "Local npm CLI with Node.js 22 or later and FFmpeg. A separate hosted MCP connector at https://mcp.heygen.com/mcp/hyperframes/ is beta and requires HeyGen authorisation.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The local Apache-2.0 CLI has no rendering fee. Compute and any external model or asset services cost separately. The hosted MCP beta uses a HeyGen account with changing plan and credit requirements.",
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      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No machine payment protocol established in the reviewed project documentation.",
        "endpoints": []
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "Use the local CLI when project access and repeatable rendering matter.",
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          "measured": false
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        "http"
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      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in llms.txt, the OpenAPI spec or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "video.edit",
        "video.audio",
        "video.extend"
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        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "card-required",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "model-platform"
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        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 43
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          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
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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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          "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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          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
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              "performance",
              "tasks"
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          "maintenance": 20,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 35,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 35
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        "provenanceScore": 50
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        "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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        "tool": "https://letme.dev/pika"
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          "item": "Pika 2.5 720p",
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          "usd": 0.04
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        {
          "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",
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          "Mellis, Inc. of Palo Alto trades as Pika. The homepage claims 99.9 per cent uptime but links no status page"
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        "score": 50
      },
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
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              "date": "2026-10-03",
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              "date": "2026-10-04",
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              "date": "2026-10-09",
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        "a": "HeyGen",
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        "a": "no (local only)",
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        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
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        "a": "",
        "b": "HTTP",
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      {
        "a": "None",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
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      {
        "a": "Freemium",
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
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      {
        "a": "Apache-2.0 local project; hosted HeyGen connector has separate terms.",
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        "name": "Licence"
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
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      {
        "a": "2026-10-19",
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        "name": "Last release"
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        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
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      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "no date given",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
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        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
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        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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        "a": "67k stars",
        "b": "none",
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        "a": "3.5/5 (4)",
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        "answer": "Pika API scores 47.3 (D) on agent readiness against HyperFrames's 39.1 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. HyperFrames leads on maintenance \u0026 community.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, HyperFrames or Pika API?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for HyperFrames. Pika API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.dev.pika.art.",
        "question": "Can an agent call HyperFrames and Pika API without installing anything?"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-hyperframes.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alibaba-wan-vs-pika.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-hyperframes.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-hyperframes"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pika.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-video-vs-pika"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-hyperframes.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-pika.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-veo-vs-pika"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-hyperframes.json",
        "title": "Higgsfield API vs HyperFrames",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/higgsfield-vs-pika.json",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-kling.json",
        "title": "HyperFrames vs Kling AI API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-kling"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-luma.json",
        "title": "HyperFrames vs Luma AI API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-luma"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-minimax-video.json",
        "title": "HyperFrames vs MiniMax Video API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-minimax-video"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-openai-sora.json",
        "title": "HyperFrames vs OpenAI Sora API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-openai-sora"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-pixverse.json",
        "title": "HyperFrames vs PixVerse API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-pixverse"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-popcraft-mcp.json",
        "title": "HyperFrames vs Popcraft MCP",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperframes-vs-popcraft-mcp"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pika.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pika.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### HyperFrames (E)\n\nGood for: HyperFrames turns HTML compositions into videos through a local CLI and preview studio.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 50 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: Hosted MCP remains beta\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- Reliability, 35 against 30\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 33 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 43 against 28\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.5 out of 5\n\nWatch for: $10 a month membership before any usage, and no free generation\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | HyperFrames | Pika API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 35 | Pika API +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 83 | Pika API +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 80 | Pika API +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 20 | 33 | Pika API +13 |\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) | 50 | 20 | HyperFrames +30 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 43 | Pika API +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **39.1 · E** | **47.3 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | HyperFrames | Pika API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent framework | Model API |\n| Vendor | HeyGen | Pika (Mellis, Inc.) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.dev.pika.art` |\n| Transports |  | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 local project; hosted HeyGen connector has separate terms. | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-19 | none |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 67k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 4/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**HyperFrames.** Local CLI with editable HTML project files. Hosted MCP remains beta.\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### HyperFrames\n\n1. Use the local CLI when project access and repeatable rendering matter.\n2. Preview the composition and check assets before rendering.\n3. Confirm account eligibility and credit cost before using the hosted beta.\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. 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