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 | $0.003 |
fal-ai/flux-2-flex (default) | $0.05 |
fal-ai/recraft/v4/text-to-image | $0.04 |
fal-ai/recraft/v4/pro/text-to-image | $0.06 |
fal-ai/ideogram/v3 | $0.06 |
fal-ai/nano-banana-2 | $0.08 |
Image editing
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/flux-pro/kontext (default) | $0.04 |
fal-ai/nano-banana-2/edit | $0.08 |
fal-ai/reve/edit | $0.04 |
Background removal
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/birefnet (default) | $0.005 |
fal-ai/bria/background/remove | $0.018 |
Upscaling
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/bria/upscale/creative (default) | $0.03 |
fal-ai/topaz/upscale/image | $0.08 |
Video generation
| Model | Cost |
|---|
fal-ai/minimax/hailuo-02/standard/text-to-video | $0.27 |
fal-ai/kling-video/v2.5-turbo/pro/text-to-video | $0.35 |
fal-ai/kling-video/v3/pro/text-to-video | $1.12 |
fal-ai/veo3.1 | $1.00 |
fal-ai/sora-2/text-to-video/pro | $1.50 |
Audio / speech
| Model | Cost |
|---|
beatoven/music-generation | $0.05 |
beatoven/sound-effect-generation | $0.05 |
minimax/speech-02-hd | $0.05 |
Other
| Model | Cost |
|---|
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
