fal vs Kie.ai: AI media generation pricing compared
Updated 2026-11-10 · listed A to Z, not ranked
fal is a generative media platform: hosted model APIs for video, image, audio and 3D, plus serverless GPUs for your own apps. You pay for what you use.
Kie.ai is an API marketplace for video, image, music and chat models. You buy credits and each model is billed per image, per second, per video or per million tokens.
Listed A to Z, from fal.ai and kie.ai. Every figure below is quoted from those pages.
- Main price table
- B300, GB200, B200, H200, H100, RTX PRO 6000
- Free option
- None in the published plan table
- Published prices
- GPUs as low as $2.49/h for H100 (list $4.50/h); model APIs billed per output, e.g. FLUX.1 schnell $0.003 per megapixel.
- Main price table
- seedream 5.5, text to image, 1K, seedream 5.5, text to image, 2K, KIE Video Upscale, 1080P output, KIE Video Upscale, 4K output, google/gemini-omni-flash-1-2, video, 720p, google/gemini-omni-flash-1-2, video, 1080p, gpt-image-2-6-sunburst, image output
- Free option
- None in the published plan table
- Published prices
- Pay-as-you-go credits (1 credit ≈ $0.005) billed per image, second, video or 1M tokens; failed tasks not charged.
How we checked: Prices quoted from each official pricing page: fal checked Nov 10, 2026, Kie.ai checked Nov 10, 2026. Taxes, usage overages and promotions can change what you pay; confirm with each provider before you buy.
How they compare
- Main price table. fal lists 6 entries (B300, GB200, B200, H200, H100, RTX PRO 6000); Kie.ai lists 7 (seedream 5.5, text to image, 1K, seedream 5.5, text to image, 2K, KIE Video Upscale, 1080P output, KIE Video Upscale, 4K output, google/gemini-omni-flash-1-2, video, 720p, google/gemini-omni-flash-1-2, video, 1080p, gpt-image-2-6-sunburst, image output).
- Free option. fal: none in the published plan table. Kie.ai: none in the published plan table.
- How prices are quoted. fal: “Serverless GPU pricing”. Kie.ai: “Example model prices (USD)”.
fal plans and prices
| GPU | VRAM | List price | As low as |
|---|---|---|---|
| B300 | 288 GB | $12.99/h | $5.99/h |
| GB200 | 192 GB | $9.99/h | $5.89/h |
| B200 | 192 GB | $7.99/h | $5.49/h |
| H200 | 141 GB | $6.00/h | $2.99/h |
| H100 | 80 GB | $4.50/h | $2.49/h |
| RTX PRO 6000 | 96 GB | $4.00/h | $1.99/h |
| Model | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Kling Video v3 Text to Video [Pro] | second | $0.14 |
| Kling Video (v2.5 Turbo Pro, image to video) | second | $0.07 |
| MiniMax H3 Max Text to Video | second | $0.03 |
| Seedance 2 Image to Video | 1000 tokens | $0.014 |
| Nano Banana Pro | image | $0.15 |
| Nano Banana 2 | image | $0.08 |
| FLUX.1 [schnell] | megapixel | $0.003 |
| ElevenLabs TTS Multilingual v2 | 1000 characters | $0.1 |
| xAI Text to Speech | 1000 characters | $0.015 |
fal lists many more models. Image prices are normalized to 1MP and higher resolutions are priced proportionally; some models use GPU-based pricing.
From fal.ai, checked Nov 10, 2026. Full breakdown: fal pricing.
Kie.ai plans and prices
| Model | Unit | Credits | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| seedream 5.5, text to image, 1K | per image | 3.6 | $0.018 |
| seedream 5.5, text to image, 2K | per image | 6.3 | $0.0315 |
| KIE Video Upscale, 1080P output | per second | 1.5 | $0.0075 |
| KIE Video Upscale, 4K output | per second | 6 | $0.03 |
| google/gemini-omni-flash-1-2, video, 720p | per second | 9 | $0.045 |
| google/gemini-omni-flash-1-2, video, 1080p | per second | 10 | $0.05 |
| gpt-image-2-6-sunburst, image output | per million tokens | 5400 | $27 |
Pay as you go with credits (1 credit ≈ $0.005). Failed tasks are never charged. The page lists 654 model prices.
From kie.ai, checked Nov 10, 2026. Full breakdown: Kie.ai pricing.
FAQ
How much does fal cost?
GPUs as low as $2.49/h for H100 (list $4.50/h); model APIs billed per output, e.g. FLUX.1 schnell $0.003 per megapixel. (checked Nov 10, 2026).
How much does Kie.ai cost?
Pay-as-you-go credits (1 credit ≈ $0.005) billed per image, second, video or 1M tokens; failed tasks not charged. (checked Nov 10, 2026).
Do fal and Kie.ai have a free option?
fal: none in the published plan table. Kie.ai: none in the published plan table.
Which is better, fal or Kie.ai?
We do not pick a winner. The two price and package their products differently; the tables above quote each official pricing page so you can match a plan to your own usage.
Where do these prices come from?
Each vendor's own pricing page: fal.ai (checked Nov 10, 2026) and kie.ai (checked Nov 10, 2026). Prices change; confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
Sources (official pages, read 2026-11-10)
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