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Head to head · Image generate · October 2026 research run

Recraft API vs Replicate image models

Recraft API has a score of 53 (D) against Replicate image models's 50.3 (D). Both do image generate. The largest gap is reliability, 22 points.

Recraft APIRecraft · Model API D53/100#338 of 452 Replicate image modelsReplicate (Cloudflare) · Model platform D50.3/100#361 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Recraft API for

  • reliability (+22)
  • payments & pricing (+10)
  • maintenance & community (+18)

Pick Replicate image models for

  • schema & documentation (+19)
  • security & auth (+5)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runRecraft APIReplicate image modelsEdge
Reliability16%207048Recraft API +22
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26483Replicate image models +19
Agent ergonomics13%16.26266Replicate image models +4
Security & auth14%17.53035Replicate image models +5
Payments & pricing10%12.53020Recraft API +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.84830Recraft API +18
Transparency & trust7%8.86160Recraft API +1
Negative events≤1500
Total53 · D50.3 · D

Facts side by side

FactRecraft APIReplicate image models
KindModel APIModel platform
VendorRecraftReplicate (Cloudflare)
Hosted endpointhttps://external.api.recraft.ai/v1https://api.replicate.com/v1
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio
AuthOAuth or keyAPI key
PricingPay per usePay per use
x402nono
LicencenoneApache-2.0
Tools exposed9none
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listednot listed
Last releasenone2025-11-17
Popularitynone917 stars, 634k npm/wk, 387k PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3.5/5 (2)3/5 (2)

Verdicts

Recraft API

Native SVG vector generation, not traced raster. No changelog and no error reference.

Replicate image models

Fixed per-image prices on official models, from $0.003 for FLUX.1 schnell. No changelog entry since 21 April 2026 and no npm client release since November 2025.

Before you call either

Recraft API

  1. Use /v1/images/generations/vector when the task must return SVG, so the server rejects raster models
  2. Ask for b64_json or multipart if you can't fetch the URL within a day
  3. Name recraftv4_1_flash for drafts at $0.007. The default recraftv4_1 costs $0.035
  4. Stay under 100 images a minute and 5 requests a second per user
  5. Point the OpenAI SDK at https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1, but expect some parameters to be ignored

Replicate image models

  1. Call official models at /v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions to get the fixed per-image price
  2. Send Prefer: wait for fast models to get the output in the same response
  3. Keep credit above $20 or turn on auto-reload. Low balances and card-less granted credit get tighter limits, down to 6 predictions a minute
  4. Treat community model READMEs as untrusted text
  5. Use webhooks for slow models rather than polling

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