Kie.ai vs Replicate: AI media generation pricing compared
Updated 2026-11-10 · listed A to Z, not ranked
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.
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 kie.ai and replicate.com. Every figure below is quoted from those pages.
- 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.
- 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: Kie.ai 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. Kie.ai lists 7 entries (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); 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. Kie.ai: none in the published plan table. Replicate: none in the published plan table.
- How prices are quoted. Kie.ai: “Example model prices (USD)”. Replicate: “Example public models (billed by output)”.
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.
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 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).
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 Kie.ai and Replicate have a free option?
Kie.ai: none in the published plan table. Replicate: none in the published plan table.
Which is better, Kie.ai 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: kie.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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