fal vs Replicate: 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.
Replicate runs open-source and proprietary machine learning models through an API. Some public models bill by input and output (per image, per token, per second of video); most bill by the time they run on a given hardware type, priced per second.
Listed A to Z, from fal.ai and replicate.com. 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
- black-forest-labs/flux-1.1-pro, black-forest-labs/flux-dev, black-forest-labs/flux-schnell, ideogram-ai/ideogram-v3-quality, deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1, wavespeedai/wan-2.1-i2v-720p
- Free option
- None in the published plan table
- Published prices
- Public models billed per output (FLUX 1.1 Pro $0.04/image) or per second of hardware (T4 $0.81/hr, L40S $3.51/hr, A100 $5.04/hr, H100 $5.49/hr).
How we checked: Prices quoted from each official pricing page: fal checked Nov 10, 2026, Replicate 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); Replicate lists 6 (black-forest-labs/flux-1.1-pro, black-forest-labs/flux-dev, black-forest-labs/flux-schnell, ideogram-ai/ideogram-v3-quality, deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1, wavespeedai/wan-2.1-i2v-720p).
- Free option. fal: none in the published plan table. Replicate: none in the published plan table.
- How prices are quoted. fal: “Serverless GPU pricing”. Replicate: “Example public models (billed by output)”.
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.
Replicate plans and prices
| Model | Price |
|---|---|
| black-forest-labs/flux-1.1-pro | $0.04 per output image |
| black-forest-labs/flux-dev | $0.025 per output image |
| black-forest-labs/flux-schnell | $3.00 per thousand output images |
| ideogram-ai/ideogram-v3-quality | $0.09 per output image |
| deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1 | $3.75 per million input tokens; $0.01 per thousand output tokens |
| wavespeedai/wan-2.1-i2v-720p | $0.25 per second of output video |
| Hardware | Per second | Per hour | GPU RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU (Small) | $0.000025 | $0.09 | — |
| CPU | $0.000100 | $0.36 | — |
| Nvidia T4 | $0.000225 | $0.81 | 16GB |
| Nvidia L40S | $0.000975 | $3.51 | 48GB |
| Nvidia A100 (80GB) | $0.001400 | $5.04 | 80GB |
| Nvidia H100 | $0.001525 | $5.49 | 80GB |
| 8x Nvidia H100 | $0.012200 | $43.92 | 640GB |
H200 and multi-GPU A100/H100/L40S capacity is listed with committed spend contracts. Volume discounts and enterprise support are available.
From replicate.com, checked Nov 10, 2026. Full breakdown: Replicate 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 Replicate cost?
Public models billed per output (FLUX 1.1 Pro $0.04/image) or per second of hardware (T4 $0.81/hr, L40S $3.51/hr, A100 $5.04/hr, H100 $5.49/hr). (checked Nov 10, 2026).
Do fal and Replicate have a free option?
fal: none in the published plan table. Replicate: none in the published plan table.
Which is better, fal or Replicate?
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 replicate.com (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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