Automated daily checks · last run Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:01:04 GMT
AI video API status board
Which models you can actually call, on which channel, right now. "Available" means we personally confirmed the live listing on the date shown — not that a provider claims it. Context on why this matters: ByteDance's global video API access has been interrupted before over copyright disputes.
Seedance 2.5
Volcano Ark (ByteDance, official) ↗
doubao-seedance-2-5 is listed in the Ark model catalog. Our monitor first recorded it appearing there on 2026-08-07 — that, not the reported July dates, is when the API opened.
480p $0.2205/s · 720p $0.473/s · 1080p $1.164/s — live catalog, re-checked daily
480p $0.14/s · 720p $0.315/s · 1080p $0.79/s — live catalog, re-checked daily
BytePlus ModelArk (international) ↗
The international catalog still stops at the 1.x and 2.0 families — no 2.5 entry yet.
Seedance 2.0
MiniMax H3
480p $0.05/s · 768p $0.06/s · 2K $0.13/s · 4K $0.16/s — live catalog, re-checked daily
MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 and MiniMax-H3-Turbo-Lora are published. The 'within days' promise from the launch post landed in early August.
FLUX 3
Still gated early access: the model page carries no public pricing and no self-serve API. Video remains application-only.
Kling (v3 / o3)
Line-up has moved past 3.0: v3 turbo and o3 tiers are public, from about $0.084/s on standard to $0.42/s for the 4K endpoints.
Kling official API
Kuaishou's direct API; not independently checked yet.
Veo 3.1
720p $0.4/s · 480p $0.1/s — live catalog, re-checked daily
Sora 2
The Videos API and every sora-2 snapshot are removed on Sep 24, 2026, and OpenAI's deprecation table lists no replacement model. The consumer app closed separately on Apr 26, 2026.
Automated monitor
Our bot checks fifteen sources every day — the official Volcano Ark and BytePlus catalogs, fal.ai and kie.ai listings, Black Forest Labs, Hugging Face weights, and the consumer apps that Chinese models ship into first. Detected changes appear here automatically, and the resulting per-channel price board lives at video API pricing.
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:24 GMT
Seedance 2.5 on kie.ai (launch tripwire)
Seedance 2.5 API Now Available - 30s 4K AI Video on Kie.ai | rates: 158 credits/s, 17 credits/s, 28 credits/s, 38 credits/s, 63 credits/s, 95 credits/s → Seedance 2.5 API Now Available - 30s 1080p AI Video on Kie.ai | rates: 158 credits/s, 17 credits/s, 28 credits/s, 38 credits/s, 63 credits/s, 95 credits/s
Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:01:51 GMT
MiniMax H3 on fal.ai (ids + per-second price)
40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/insert-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/recast (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.015, $0.03, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88 → 40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/insert-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/recast (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/relight (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.015, $0.03, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88
Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:01:16 GMT
fal.ai raised MiniMax H3 Max Turbo 1080p from $0.0400/s to $0.0480/s
→ fal.ai raised MiniMax H3 Max Turbo 1080p from $0.0400/s to $0.0480/s
Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:01:16 GMT
fal.ai raised MiniMax H3 Max Turbo 768p from $0.0200/s to $0.0240/s
→ fal.ai raised MiniMax H3 Max Turbo 768p from $0.0200/s to $0.0240/s
Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:01:16 GMT
fal.ai raised MiniMax H3 Max Turbo 480p from $0.0125/s to $0.0150/s
→ fal.ai raised MiniMax H3 Max Turbo 480p from $0.0125/s to $0.0150/s
Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:00:57 GMT
MiniMax H3 on fal.ai (ids + per-second price)
40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/insert-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/recast (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.0125, $0.025, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88 → 40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/insert-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/recast (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.015, $0.03, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88
Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:35 GMT
FLUX 3 on fal.ai (launch tripwire)
40 results | match: blackforestlabs/flux-3/draft-enhance (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/edit-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/extend-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/extend-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/first-last-frame-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/first-last-frame-to-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/image-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/image-to-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/keyframes-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/keyframes-to-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/text-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/text-to-video/draft (public), fal-ai/flux-3-action/so101 (public) → 40 results | match: blackforestlabs/flux-3/draft-enhance (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/edit-image (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/edit-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/extend-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/extend-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/first-last-frame-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/first-last-frame-to-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/image-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/image-to-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/keyframes-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/keyframes-to-video/draft (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/text-to-image (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/text-to-video (public), blackforestlabs/flux-3/text-to-video/draft (public), fal-ai/flux-3-action/so101 (public)
Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:31 GMT
MiniMax H3 on fal.ai (ids + per-second price)
40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/insert-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.0125, $0.025, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88 → 40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/insert-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/recast (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.0125, $0.025, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:28 GMT
MiniMax H3 on fal.ai (ids + per-second price)
40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.0125, $0.025, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88 → 40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/insert-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.0125, $0.025, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:01:28 GMT
MiniMax H3 on fal.ai (ids + per-second price)
40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.0125, $0.025, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20 → 40 results | match: minimax/h3-max-turbo/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max-turbo/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/3d-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/camera-controls (public), minimax/h3-max/director (public), minimax/h3-max/extend-video (public), minimax/h3-max/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/lip-sync/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/16bit-pixel (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/hand-drawn (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/low-poly (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/retro-toon-70s (public), minimax/h3-max/styles/vhs (public), minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/flf2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/i2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video (public), minimax/h3/image-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/ref2va/trainer (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video (public), minimax/h3/reference-to-video/lora (public), minimax/h3/t2v/trainer (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video (public), minimax/h3/text-to-video/lora (public) | rates: $0.0125, $0.025, $0.05, $0.0625, $0.08, $0.40, $1.20, $2.88
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:01:26 GMT
Seedance model IDs in BytePlus ModelArk (international)
seedance-1-0-lite, seedance-1-0-pro, seedance-1-0-pro-fast, seedance-1-0-pro-pro-fast, seedance-1-5-pro, seedance-2-0-fast, seedance-2-0-mini, seedance-2-0-mini-fast-limited-time-discount, seedance-2-0-model-resource-pack-rules, seedance-2-0-prompt-guide, seedance-2-0-purchase-guide, seedance-contact, seedance-model-activation-usage-and-refund, seedance-portrait-asset-guide → seedance-1-0-lite, seedance-1-0-pro, seedance-1-0-pro-fast, seedance-1-0-pro-pro-fast, seedance-1-5-pro, seedance-2-0-fast, seedance-2-0-mini, seedance-2-0-mini-fast-limited-time-discount, seedance-2-0-model-resource-pack-rules, seedance-2-0-prompt-guide, seedance-2-0-purchase-guide, seedance-2-5-prompt-guide, seedance-contact, seedance-model-activation-usage-and-refund, seedance-portrait-asset-guide
Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:37 GMT
Seedance model IDs in BytePlus ModelArk (international)
seedance-1-0-pro, seedance-1-0-pro-fast, seedance-1-5-pro, seedance-2-0-fast, seedance-2-0-mini, seedance-contact → seedance-1-0-lite, seedance-1-0-pro, seedance-1-0-pro-fast, seedance-1-0-pro-pro-fast, seedance-1-5-pro, seedance-2-0-fast, seedance-2-0-mini, seedance-2-0-mini-fast-limited-time-discount, seedance-2-0-model-resource-pack-rules, seedance-2-0-prompt-guide, seedance-2-0-purchase-guide, seedance-contact, seedance-model-activation-usage-and-refund, seedance-portrait-asset-guide
Change log
Full re-check of every channel. Seedance 2.5 is live on Volcano Ark, fal.ai (3 endpoints) and kie.ai; the same model costs about $0.2205/s at 480p on fal versus roughly $0.1028/s on the official channel — a 2x spread for identical output.
kie.ai's Seedance 2.5 page flipped from 'Coming Soon' to 'Now Available' with published credit rates.
doubao-seedance-2-5 appeared in the Volcano Ark model catalog — the actual opening of the Seedance 2.5 API, five weeks after the launch announcement and well after the three reported dates that never happened.
MiniMax H3 open weights landed on Hugging Face (MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3), making good on the 'within days' promise from the July 31 launch post.
fal.ai renamed its H3 endpoints from minimax/hailuo-03/* to minimax/h3/* and doubled the 2K rate from $0.13 to $0.26 per second on launch day. It has since expanded H3 into a family and cut rates well below the launch price.
Launch infrastructure spotted: both fal.ai and kie.ai have pre-staged Seedance 2.5 endpoint pages (fal shows status 'Unknown' with no pricing; kie shows 'Coming Soon'). Our automated monitor now watches both — prices appearing = launch.
Ran our first real billed generation through kie.ai (Seedance 2.0 Mini, 480p/4s): 38 credits charged, 90-second generation time. Published rates confirmed accurate.
Initial availability audit: Seedance 2.0 (fal.ai ✓, kie.ai listing ✓), Kling 3.0 (fal.ai ✓), Veo 3.1 (Gemini API ✓).
Seedance 2.5 officially previewed at Volcano Engine's developer conference — 30s single-shot generation demonstrated.
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