{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "replicate-image", "name": "Replicate image models", "vendor": "Replicate (Cloudflare)", "vendorUrl": "https://replicate.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "image-generation", "summary": "Model platform running official and community image models through one predictions API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-image.json", "repo": "https://github.com/replicate/replicate-python", "license": "Apache-2.0", "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": "Bearer API token. The hosted MCP at https://mcp.replicate.com/sse asks for the token in a browser flow and holds it for the client.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from prepaid credit or billed monthly in arrears. Official image models charge per output image. FLUX.1 schnell $3 per 1,000, FLUX.1 dev $0.025, FLUX 1.1 pro $0.04, Imagen 4, Seedream 4.5 and Recraft V3 $0.04, Ideogram v3 Quality $0.09, Nano Banana 2 $0.067 and Nano Banana Pro $0.15 at base resolution. Community models are billed per second of GPU time (https://replicate.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in the docs index or pricing page (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 917, "npmWeekly": 634116, "pypiWeekly": 386704, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://replicate.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.replicate.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "image.generate", "image.edit", "image.upscale", "image.vector", "image.reference" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "model-platform", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "open-weights" ], "lastRelease": "2025-11-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 50.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 776, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 20, "reliability": 48, "schema": 83, "security": 35, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Best when an agent needs a specific community fine-tune or LoRA, or a broad catalogue on one token.", "strengths": [ "Fixed per-image prices on official models, from $0.003 for FLUX.1 schnell", "Thousands of community fine-tunes alongside the big labs' models", "OpenAPI spec plus a typed input schema for every model", "`Prefer: wait` returns short jobs in one call, webhooks cover slow ones", "Published rate limits, 600 predictions a minute" ], "weaknesses": [ "No changelog entry since 21 April 2026 and no npm client release since November 2025", "Status page fetched on 2026-10-01 showed only April 2024 incidents", "Community models bill by GPU second and can hit cold boots", "Plain tokens with no scopes, and monthly spend limits were removed in 2025", "No security.txt and no standing free tier" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call official models at `/v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` to get the fixed per-image price", "Send `Prefer: wait` for fast models to get the output in the same response", "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", "Treat community model READMEs as untrusted text", "Use webhooks for slow models rather than polling" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 50.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 20, "reliability": 48, "schema": 83, "security": 35, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.replicate.com/v1/models/black-forest-labs/flux-schnell/predictions \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $REPLICATE_API_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Prefer: wait\" \\\n -d '{\"input\":{\"prompt\":\"a red fox in fresh snow\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add replicate https://mcp.replicate.com/sse --transport sse --scope user", "config": { "mcpServers": { "replicate": { "args": [ "-y", "replicate-mcp" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "REPLICATE_API_TOKEN": "${REPLICATE_API_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/replicate-image" }, "sameCompany": [ "replicate-deploy", "replicate-video", "replicate-musicgen" ], "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "FLUX.1 schnell", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.003, "note": "$3 per 1,000 output images" }, { "item": "FLUX.1 dev", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.025 }, { "item": "FLUX 1.1 pro", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.04 }, { "item": "Imagen 4", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.04 }, { "item": "Nano Banana 2", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.067, "note": "lowest resolution tier, higher tiers $0.101 and $0.151" }, { "item": "Nano Banana Pro", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.15, "note": "$0.30 at 4K" }, { "item": "Ideogram v3 Quality", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.09 } ], "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": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "replicatestatus.com redirects to Cloudflare's status page filtered to Replicate", "Terms last updated 2026-04-01 name Replicate, LLC as the contracting party" ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.json", "live": { "slug": "replicate-image", "probe": { "target": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:04.497985207Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 276, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 259, "p95ms24h": 338, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 2453, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://replicatestatus.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:51:11.901453355Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "replicate/replicate-python", "version": "1.0.7", "released": "2025-05-27", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:16:38.582982055Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate", "version": "1.4.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:16:36.557986724Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate-mcp", "version": "0.9.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:16:36.733073214Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "replicate", "version": "1.0.7", "released": "2025-05-27", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:16:36.621050874Z" } ], "githubStars": 918, "npmWeekly": 573017, "pypiWeekly": 363243, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://replicate.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:09.616339877Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:41.182470358Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "replicate.com", "registered": "1998-05-26", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/replicate.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:04.742407865Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://replicate.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:15:09.837352617Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "490f4836aca3" }, { "url": "https://replicate.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:15:12.51478587Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3f1305f154be" }, { "url": "https://replicate.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:15:14.679425963Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8e299fbc64eb" }, { "url": "https://replicate.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:15:16.203785623Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ea48efe3382b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:04.497985207Z" } }, "answer": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Replicate image models's 50.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Replicate image models leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.", "b": { "slug": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "name": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk", "vendor": "BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.byteplus.com", "kind": "model", "category": "image-generation", "summary": "BytePlus ModelArk's hosted API for ByteDance's Seedream image models. One endpoint handles text-to-image, reference-image editing, batches of related images and layer decomposition, billed per generated image.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json", "repo": "https://github.com/volcengine/ark-runtime-go", "license": "Proprietary service under the BytePlus Customer Agreement and Service Specific Terms. The Go and Python SDK repositories are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "arkruntime" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "byteplus-python-sdk-v2" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/volcengine/ark-runtime-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "The image endpoint takes a ModelArk API key as a Bearer token and, per its reference, no other credential. Keys are created in the console after a browser sign-up, belong to one resource project and one region, and can be limited to named model IDs or custom inference endpoints and to an IP allowlist. A key can be disabled, re-enabled or deleted, and a primary account holds up to 50. Each model must be activated in the console before use.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go per successfully generated image, in US dollars, published without a login. Seedream 5.0 flash $0.018, 4.0 $0.03, 5.0 lite $0.035, 4.5 $0.04, 5.0 pro $0.045 up to 2.61 million pixels and $0.09 above. Input images are free except on 5.0 pro, which charges $0.003 from the second. No free image quota is listed for Seedream, and an account in arrears for two hours is suspended (https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the pricing page or the error codes (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/image-generation-api", "capabilities": [ "image.generate", "image.edit", "image.reference" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "python", "go", "java", "openai-compatible", "watermark", "streaming", "regional-endpoints" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 700, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 62, "security": 70, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "The model list (updated 28 September 2026) says `seedream-5-0-lite` is supported in eu-west-1, while the deprecation page says the model was deactivated in that region on 10 September 2026 and the region page lists only `seed-2-0-lite` for the EU. The batch that carries the notice is dated 8 September 2026, two days earlier, against the page's own 30-day minimum. We made no call to confirm which page is right. 3 points (https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-deprecation-notice)." ], "verdict": "Per-image prices from $0.018 are public, and API keys can be limited to named models and an IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or OpenAPI file was found, onboarding needs a browser sign-up, and BytePlus says its model services are not available in the United States.", "bestFor": "Agents that need ByteDance's Seedream models first-hand, multi-reference edits, 4K output or layered PNG output at a published per-image price, for users outside the United States.", "strengths": [ "Per-image prices are public for five Seedream models, from $0.018 (5.0 flash) to $0.09 (5.0 pro above 1.5K), and failed or moderated images are not billed", "API keys are scoped to a project and can be limited to named model IDs or endpoints and to an IP allowlist", "Up to 14 reference images on Seedream 5.0 lite, 4.5 and 4.0, and up to 4K output (4096x4096) on those models", "The error reference lists 15 distinct 429 codes, and a burst-traffic guide gives backoff code with jitter", "The service terms say customer data is not used for training unless the customer opts in", "A written deprecation process promises at least 30 calendar days' notice, with dated batches and named replacements" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, incident history or ModelArk SLA was found in the pages read", "No OpenAPI file, llms.txt or Markdown docs for agents were found. The docs site is drawn by script", "The model list says `seedream-5-0-lite` runs in eu-west-1, while the deprecation page says it was deactivated there on 10 September 2026", "The Service Specific Terms say BytePlus Model Services are not available in the United States", "No idempotency key was found, so a retried request that succeeded is a second paid generation", "Image URLs expire 24 hours after generation, and a watermark is added unless `watermark` is set to false" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST to `https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3/images/generations` with `Authorization: Bearer $ARK_API_KEY`. Keys and model activation are per region", "Set `watermark` to false if the image must not carry the AI-generated mark. The default is true", "Download `data[].url` within 24 hours, or ask for `response_format` `b64_json`", "Check each `data[].error` in a sequential batch. One moderated image does not fail the others, and only `usage.generated_images` is billed", "Stay under 500 images a minute per model and back off with jitter on 429. Layer decomposition reserves 17 against that limit per request" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 73, "payments": 20, "reliability": 43, "schema": 62, "security": 70, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "connect": { "install": "python -m pip install --upgrade arkruntime", "http": "curl https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3/images/generations \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $ARK_API_KEY\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"seedream-5-0-lite-260128\",\"prompt\":\"A lighthouse at dusk\",\"size\":\"2K\",\"output_format\":\"png\",\"watermark\":false}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark" }, "sameCompany": [ "seedance-on-byteplus-modelark" ], "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Seedream 5.0 flash", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.018 }, { "item": "Seedream 4.0", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.03 }, { "item": "Seedream 5.0 lite", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.035 }, { "item": "Seedream 4.5", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.04 }, { "item": "Seedream 5.0 pro", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.045, "note": "up to 2.61 million pixels (1.5K or lower)" }, { "item": "Seedream 5.0 pro above 1.5K", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.09, "note": "more than 2.61 million pixels" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "BytePlus Pte. Ltd.", "domain": "byteplus.com", "domainRegistered": "2002-09-07", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/legal/docs-customer-agreement", "privacy": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/legal/docs-privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-release-announcement", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Customer Agreement (effective 30 September 2026) is made with BytePlus Pte. Ltd. or another BytePlus affiliate named as the contracting entity. The Service Specific Terms, which hold the ModelArk and Model Services sections, rank above it.", "The API answers at ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com and ark.eu-west.bytepluses.com, a different domain from byteplus.com. BytePlus's own docs name both hosts.", "The Privacy Policy names Byteplus Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as controller and says it does not cover personal data processed on behalf of corporate customers. That processing falls under the Data Processing Addendum, which we did not read.", "https://www.byteplus.com/.well-known/security.txt returns the site's HTML shell, not a security.txt file. The SDK repositories carry a SECURITY.md that sends reports to ByteDance's security centre.", "No status page was found in the docs or on the pages of www.byteplus.com that we could read.", "RDAP for byteplus.com gives a registration date of 2002-09-07 and Gandi SAS as registrar." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json", "live": { "slug": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "probe": { "target": "https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:06.269171638Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 452, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 508, "p95ms24h": 597, "samples24h": 102, "samples30d": 102, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "arkruntime", "version": "0.8.0", "released": "2026-09-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:19:00.477962822Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "byteplus-python-sdk-v2", "version": "3.0.61", "released": "2026-09-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:19:00.589058252Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "pypiWeekly": 1265, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-release-announcement", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:54.525658153Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2c972ac5021a" }, { "url": "https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/modelark/model-pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:52.663758009Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "faaf238183a5" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:06.269171638Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model platform", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Replicate (Cloudflare)", "b": "BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "b": "https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under the BytePlus Customer Agreement and Service Specific Terms. The Go and Python SDK repositories are Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2025-11-17", "b": "2026-09-17", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-04-01", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-04-01", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "917 stars, 634k npm/wk, 387k PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Replicate image models's 50.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Replicate image models leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Replicate image models or Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Replicate image models has a hosted endpoint at https://api.replicate.com/v1 and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk at https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3.", "question": "Can an agent call Replicate image models and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 48 against 43", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 62" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Best when an agent needs a specific community fine-tune or LoRA, or a broad catalogue on one token.", "slug": "replicate-image", "watchFor": "No changelog entry since 21 April 2026 and no npm client release since November 2025" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 66", "Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 30" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that need ByteDance's Seedream models first-hand, multi-reference 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-stability-ai-image" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark-vs-stability-ai-image.json", "title": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk vs Stability AI Image API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark-vs-stability-ai-image" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 5, "edge": "replicate-image", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "replicate-image": 48, "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": 43, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 21, "edge": "replicate-image", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "replicate-image": 83, "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": 62, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "replicate-image": 66, "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": 72, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "replicate-image": 35, "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": 70, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "replicate-image": 20, "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 43, "edge": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "replicate-image": 30, "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": 73, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "replicate-image": 59, "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": 60, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Replicate image models's 50.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Replicate image models leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation. Both do image generation.", "verdicts": { "replicate-image": "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.", "seedream-on-byteplus-modelark": "Per-image prices from $0.018 are public, and API keys can be limited to named models and an IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or OpenAPI file was found, onboarding needs a browser sign-up, and BytePlus says its model services are not available in the United States." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.min.md" }, "markdown": "Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Replicate image models's 50.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Replicate image models leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation. Both do image generation.\n\n- Replicate image models: grade D, 50.2/100, rank #776 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-image.json\n- Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk: grade D, 53.8/100, rank #700 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json\n- Best image generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/image-generation/index.md\n- All 66 image comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/image-generation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Replicate image models (D)\n\nGood for: Best when an agent needs a specific community fine-tune or LoRA, or a broad catalogue on one token.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 48 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 83 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No changelog entry since 21 April 2026 and no npm client release since November 2025\n\n### Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that need ByteDance's Seedream models first-hand, multi-reference edits, 4K output or layered PNG output at a published per-image price, for users outside the United States.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 66\n- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 30\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or ModelArk SLA was found in the pages read\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Replicate image models | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 48 | 43 | Replicate image models +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 62 | Replicate image models +21 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 72 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 70 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +35 |\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) | 30 | 73 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +43 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 60 | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.2 · D** | **53.8 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Replicate image models | Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model API |\n| Vendor | Replicate (Cloudflare) | BytePlus Pte. Ltd. (ByteDance) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` | `https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the BytePlus Customer Agreement and Service Specific Terms. The Go and Python SDK repositories are Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2025-11-17 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-04-01 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-01 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 917 stars, 634k npm/wk, 387k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk.** Per-image prices from $0.018 are public, and API keys can be limited to named models and an IP allowlist. No status page, SLA or OpenAPI file was found, onboarding needs a browser sign-up, and BytePlus says its model services are not available in the United States.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Replicate image models\n\n1. Call official models at `/v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` to get the fixed per-image price\n2. Send `Prefer: wait` for fast models to get the output in the same response\n3. 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\n4. Treat community model READMEs as untrusted text\n5. Use webhooks for slow models rather than polling\n\n### Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk\n\n1. POST to `https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3/images/generations` with `Authorization: Bearer $ARK_API_KEY`. Keys and model activation are per region\n2. Set `watermark` to false if the image must not carry the AI-generated mark. The default is true\n3. Download `data[].url` within 24 hours, or ask for `response_format` `b64_json`\n4. Check each `data[].error` in a sequential batch. One moderated image does not fail the others, and only `usage.generated_images` is billed\n5. Stay under 500 images a minute per model and back off with jitter on 429. Layer decomposition reserves 17 against that limit per request\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Replicate image models or Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk?\n\nSeedream on BytePlus ModelArk scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against Replicate image models's 50.2 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Replicate image models leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Can an agent call Replicate image models and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk without installing anything?\n\nYes. Replicate image models has a hosted endpoint at https://api.replicate.com/v1 and Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk at https://ark.ap-southeast.bytepluses.com/api/v3.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-image-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"replicate-image\", \"b\": \"seedream-on-byteplus-modelark\"}`. 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