Best image and video APIs AI tools and models

AI/ML API (AIMLAPI) is a prepaid API service, contracting through Boiler Labs FZ-LLC in the UAE and also listing AIMLAPI OÜ in Estonia, that sells text, image, video and audio models from many makers through one key. Its current prices for OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models sit about 30% above the makers' list prices.

Best for:

Developers who want one prepaid key for text, image, video and audio models; Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode users who want to switch providers without editing config files

Biggest weakness:

Prices above the makers' list prices.

APIMODELS is a pay-as-you-go AI API relay that sells about 150 models through one key at its own prices, mostly below the makers' list prices, and spends the margin on backup channels: 98.62% of requests succeeded over 30 days, moderation rejections excluded. APIMODELS is our own product: it is made by the team behind GenGrades.

Best for:

Indie developers and small teams who want many models on one $10 top-up and one bill; Products that cannot afford a broken generation queue when one upstream has a bad hour

Biggest weakness:

Its headline discount is larger than its own comparisons show.

Atlas Cloud is a New York API service, run by ATLAS CLOUD AI INC., that sells one key and one prepaid balance for 400+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok, open models it hosts, and media models such as Seedance, Kling and Veo. It charges Anthropic's list prices for Claude and takes Alipay, WeChat Pay and crypto.

Best for:

Developers building video and image apps on Seedance, Kling, Wan or Veo; Teams that want Claude, GPT, Gemini and media models on one prepaid balance

Biggest weakness:

Poor tool-call schemas on Kimi K2-0905.

CometAPI is a prepaid API service that sells text, image, video and audio models through one key at, by its own rule, 80% of the makers' list prices. Its terms and privacy pages name no company and use Hong Kong law, and it says it reaches the low prices through bulk credit buying and routing.

Best for:

Price-driven developers who want Claude, GPT and Gemini below list price; Hobby projects mixing chat models with Midjourney, Sora 2 or Kling

Biggest weakness:

No named company.

Eden AI is a Lyon-based API gateway, run by Eden AI SAS, that puts about 500 language models and 250 'expert' models for OCR, speech, translation and image work behind one key and one prepaid balance. It passes provider prices through and, since January 2026, adds a 5.5% platform fee on self-serve credits.

Best for:

EU companies that need a DPA and EU-only processing for AI calls; Teams that need OCR, document parsing, speech or translation alongside LLMs

Biggest weakness:

A 5.5% fee on top of list prices.

fal is a San Francisco API platform, run by Features & Labels, Inc., that sells per-output access to more than 1,000 image, video, audio and 3D models on one prepaid balance. Its open models are cheap, but Google partner models such as Veo 3.1 Fast and Nano Banana Pro cost more on fal than on Google's own API.

Best for:

Developers adding image, video or audio generation who want many models behind one queue API; Teams that need open-weight image models such as FLUX at low per-image prices

Biggest weakness:

Google's models cost more on fal than on Google's API.

Kie.ai is a credit-based API service, run by two Denver LLCs, that sells access to other companies' video, image, music and language models at prices well below the makers' own, such as Veo 3.1 Quality at $1.275 per 1080p clip against Google's $3.20. It does not say how it obtains that access.

Best for:

Indie developers and small studios generating images, video or music by API on a tight budget; Developers comparing several video and image models before choosing one

Biggest weakness:

It does not say how it gets access to the models.

Replicate is an API for running AI models, owned by Cloudflare since a $57.4 million acquisition closed on December 1, 2025. It sells 100+ official models such as Veo 3.1, Nano Banana Pro and Kling 3.0 per output, and 50,000+ community models by the second of GPU time.

Best for:

Developers who want fast access to open image and video models with pay-per-use billing; Teams that fine-tune or package their own models and want them on the same API

Biggest weakness:

Google's models cost more on Replicate than on Google's API.

Vercel AI Gateway is Vercel's hosted API for about 480 text, image, video and speech models behind one key, billed from prepaid credits at the providers' list prices with no markup, including when you bring your own keys. It became generally available on August 21, 2025, and gives each Vercel team 5 USD of free credit a month.

Best for:

Developers already deploying on Vercel or building with the AI SDK; Teams running coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor who want one bill and spend tracking

Biggest weakness:

Billing bugs have blocked paying accounts.

WaveSpeedAI is an API platform, run by a Singapore company and a Hong Kong company named in its terms, that sells 1,000+ image, video, audio and 3D models plus an LLM service on one balance. It matches fal on Kling 3.0, charges above Google's list for Veo 3.1 Fast and accepts Alipay and WeChat Pay.

Best for:

Developers who want Chinese and Western video models (Seedance, Wan, Kling, Veo) on one balance; Buyers who pay with PayPal, Alipay or WeChat Pay rather than a card

Biggest weakness:

Slower than fal and Replicate on most shared image models.