The Open Animate platform uses a prepaid credit system. Purchase credits via Stripe and they’re deducted per-operation as you use asset generation and cloud rendering.
Check your balance
Shows your current credit balance and recent purchase history.
New accounts receive $5.00 in free credits on signup. No credit card required to get started.
Purchase credits
oanim billing buy --amount 25
| Detail | Value |
|---|
| Minimum purchase | $5 |
| Bonus threshold | $50+ |
| Bonus amount | 10% extra credits |
What happens when credits run out
When your balance reaches $0, asset generation and cloud render requests will fail with an insufficient credits error. Local operations (oanim init, oanim render without --cloud) are always free and unaffected.
To continue using platform services, either:
- Purchase more credits:
oanim billing buy --amount 10
- Use a direct provider key:
export ANIMATE_FAL_KEY=your-key
Asset generation costs
Costs are per-operation and vary by model:
Image generation
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/flux/schnell (default) | $0.003 |
fal-ai/flux/dev | $0.025 |
fal-ai/flux-pro/v1.1 | $0.04 |
fal-ai/flux-pro/v1.1-ultra | $0.06 |
fal-ai/flux-realism | $0.025 |
fal-ai/recraft-v3 | $0.04 |
fal-ai/ideogram/v2 | $0.08 |
fal-ai/stable-diffusion-v35-large | $0.035 |
fal-ai/stable-diffusion-v35-medium | $0.02 |
fal-ai/aura-flow | $0.01 |
Image editing
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/flux/dev/image-to-image (default) | $0.025 |
fal-ai/flux-pro/v1/fill | $0.05 |
fal-ai/flux/dev/inpainting | $0.03 |
Background removal
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/birefnet (default) | $0.005 |
fal-ai/imageutils/rembg | $0.005 |
Upscaling
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/creative-upscaler (default) | $0.025 |
fal-ai/clarity-upscaler | $0.025 |
Video generation
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/kling-video/v1/standard/text-to-video | $0.10 |
fal-ai/kling-video/v1/pro/text-to-video | $0.35 |
fal-ai/kling-video/v1.5/pro/text-to-video | $0.35 |
fal-ai/minimax-video/video-01-live | $0.30 |
fal-ai/hunyuan-video | $0.50 |
fal-ai/luma-dream-machine | $0.30 |
fal-ai/runway-gen3/turbo/image-to-video | $0.25 |
fal-ai/veo2 | $0.50 |
Other
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/stable-audio | $0.04 |
fal-ai/flux/dev/controlnet | $0.03 |
fal-ai/flux/dev/ip-adapter | $0.03 |
fal-ai/lora | $0.02 |
| Unknown models | $0.05 (default) |
Cost controls
Set a per-session cost limit to prevent runaway spending:
export ANIMATE_MAX_USD_PER_RUN=5.00
Direct provider key
If you prefer to skip the platform billing system, set ANIMATE_FAL_KEY with your own fal.ai API key. Requests go directly to fal.ai and are billed by them:
export ANIMATE_FAL_KEY=your-fal-key
oanim assets gen-image --prompt "gradient" --out bg.png
