AI API price comparison · 6 platforms · USD
Same model, up to 8.6× apart in price.
We price the actual job — one 8-second clip, one 1K image, a million tokens — across kie.ai, APIMart, fal, Replicate, WaveSpeed and OpenRouter, route by route. Then we tell you what the cheap one can’t do.
Price a jobExample
Veo 3.1 Fast8 s · 720p · With audio
7 routes · Ranked on price only. We have not measured success rate or speed yet.
CheapestApproximate matchReference price● Official ◐ Official partner ○ Third-party ◌ Not disclosed
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The cheapest and the most expensive way to buy the same job.
Video · per clip
Veo 3.1 Fast8 s · 720p · With audio$0.14APIMart · Ext$1.20WaveSpeed8.6×Kling 4.05 s · 720p$0.667WaveSpeed$0.785Replicate1.2×Seedance 2.05 s · 720p$0.90Replicate$1.51fal1.7×How we compare
The job, not the list price. Per second, per clip, per megapixel, per token, in credits worth $0.005 or $0.10 — we turn it all into the dollar cost of one concrete job.
Can it do the job? A route that only makes 8-second clips is not a cheaper 4-second clip. Approximate matches are listed separately, with the difference spelled out.
The route is the unit. The same model name can be an official endpoint, a partner, a third-party pool, or an fp4 quantization. Each is priced on its own row.
The six platforms
- kie.aiCredit-based aggregator for video, image and chat models.Credits, 1 credit ≈ $0.0058 routes
- APIMartUnified gateway that labels official and third-party ("Ext") routes.Credits, 1 credit ≈ $0.10 (prices shown in USD)10 routes
- falMedia inference platform with official partner endpoints.Prepaid USD6 routes
- ReplicateRun models by API; official models maintained with their authors.Prepaid USD, expires after 1 year, non-refundable6 routes
- WaveSpeedFast inference for image and video models, often with promo prices.Prepaid USD, never expires, non-refundable10 routes
- OpenRouterRoutes each model to many providers, each listed with its own price.Prepaid USD, model prices at cost13 routes