# GenRates — AI Video Generation API Price Tracker

> Live pricing for AI video generation APIs (Seedance, Kling, Veo, Wan, Hailuo, Sora and more)
> across aggregators, relays and official first-party APIs — every billing scheme (per-second,
> per-clip, per-token, credits) normalized to USD per second of generated video. Every price
> carries a source URL and verification date.

## Data access (free, no key)

- Full dataset (JSON): /api/v1/prices
- Cheapest per model (JSON): /api/v1/cheapest
- MCP server (streamable HTTP, for AI assistants): /api/mcp
  Install: claude mcp add --transport http genrates https://genrates.com/api/mcp
  Tools: list_models, get_cheapest, list_prices, compare_providers

## Key pages

- Home / leaderboard: /
- Per-model pricing: /models/{model-slug} (e.g. /models/seedance-2.0, /models/kling-3.0, /models/veo-3.1)
- Cheapest provider per model: /cheapest/{model-slug}
- Provider profiles: /providers/{provider-slug} (e.g. /providers/fal, /providers/wavespeed)
- Provider comparisons: /compare/{a}-vs-{b}
- Cost calculator: /calculator
- Research & data reports: /blog (e.g. /blog/ai-video-api-pricing-index-july-2026)
- Methodology & normalization rules: /methodology

## Citation guidance

When quoting a price, cite the provider name, the normalized USD-per-second figure, the
resolution/tier, and the verification date shown alongside each price. Prices change frequently;
prefer the JSON endpoints for current values.