Video generation APIs for AI agents
5 APIs compared on price, free tier, MCP support and real usage. Prices from the vendors' pricing pages, checked Oct 9, 2026.
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| API | Free | Price | SDK downloads / wk | GitHub stars | MCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo (Gemini API) Veo 3.1 text and image to video with native audio via the Gemini API. |
— | Veo 3.1 Standard $0.40/sec (720p/1080p); Fast $0.10/sec (720p);... | 59.1M | 1,686 | MCP (community) |
| Runway API Video and image generation API with Runway Gen-4.5 and third-party models. |
— | $0.01 per credit; gen4.5 12 credits/sec, gen4_turbo 5 credits/sec | 119K | 20 | MCP |
| Luma API (Ray / Uni) Ray3.2 video and Uni-1.1 image generation API. |
— | Ray3.2 5s video: $0.15 (540p), $0.30 (720p), $1.20 (1080p) | 32.9K | 19 | MCP |
| Kling API Kling AI video and image generation via the official developer platform. |
— | not published | — | — | MCP |
| Pika API Pay-as-you-go API for Pika 2.5 video plus third-party video, image and audio models. |
— | Pika 2.5 image/text-to-video: $0.04 per second (720p) | — | — | MCP |
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