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fal alternativeThe same models as fal,
The same models as fal,
up to 97% lower cost.
No long contracts, no lock-in, just pay per request at market-leading rates. We run the same models as fal on our own efficient inference engine and pass the savings straight on to you. See how much you could save below.
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97%Biggest single-model saving
60%Average saving per model
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Huge savings on many models vs fal
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ModelRunwarefalSaving
TRELLIS.2microsoft-trellis-2 · per asset$0.00900$0.300097% lower
Juggernaut Pro Fluxrundiffusion-juggernaut-pro-flux · per image$0.00169$0.055096% lower- Stable Diffusion 3stabilityai-stable-diffusion-3 · per image$0.00130$0.035096% lower
FLUX.1 [dev]bfl-flux-1-dev · per image$0.00130$0.025094% lower- HiDream-I1 Devhidream-i1-dev · per image$0.00260$0.030091% lower
- HiDream-I1 Fullhidream-i1-full · per image$0.00450$0.050091% lower
- Clarityclarity · per image$0.00260$0.030091% lower
- FLUX.2 [klein] 4Bbfl-flux-2-klein-4b · per image$0.00060$0.0050088% lower
Z-Image-Turboalibaba-z-image-turbo · per image$0.00060$0.0050088% lower- Juggernaut Base Fluxrundiffusion-juggernaut-base-flux · per image$0.00416$0.035088% lower
- FLUX.2 [klein] 9Bbfl-flux-2-klein-9b · per image$0.00078$0.0060087% lower
- Juggernaut Lightning Fluxrundiffusion-juggernaut-lightning-flux · per image$0.00078$0.0060087% lower
- Qwen-Imagealibaba-qwen-image · per image$0.00260$0.020086% lower
- FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Basebfl-flux-2-klein-4b-base · per image$0.00130$0.0090085% lower
- Qwen-Image-Editalibaba-qwen-image-edit · per image$0.00450$0.030085% lower
Seed Audio 1.0bytedance-seed-audio-1-0 · per second$0.0266$0.187585% lower- Qwen-Image-2512alibaba-qwen-image-2512 · per image$0.00320$0.020084% lower
ERNIE-Image-Turbobaidu-ernie-image-turbo · per image$0.00190$0.010081% lower- HiDream-I1 Fasthidream-i1-fast · per image$0.00190$0.010081% lower
- Qwen-Image-Edit-2511alibaba-qwen-image-edit-2511 · per image$0.00630$0.030079% lower
SAM 3D Objectsmeta-sam-3d-objects · per asset$0.00510$0.020074% lower
Vidu Q2 Turbovidu-q2-turbo · per video$0.1100$0.400072% lower
PixVerse V5pixverse-v5 · per video$0.1120$0.400072% lower- Qwen-Image-Layeredalibaba-qwen-image-layered · per image$0.0141$0.050071% lower
FLUX.1 Krea [dev]krea-flux-1-krea-dev · per image$0.00730$0.025070% lower- FLUX.2 [klein] 9B Basebfl-flux-2-klein-9b-base · per image$0.00338$0.011069% lower
- Z-Imagealibaba-z-image · per image$0.00320$0.010068% lower
Stable Diffusion XL v1.0 VAE Fixstabilityai-stable-diffusion-xl-v1-0-vae-fix · per image$0.00130$0.0037565% lower- FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]bfl-flux-1-kontext-dev · per image$0.00980$0.025060% lower
GPT Image 1.5openai-gpt-image-1-5 · per image$0.0575$0.140058% lower
LTX-2lightricks-ltx-2 · per video$0.1500$0.360058% lower- Qwen-Image-Edit-Plusalibaba-qwen-image-edit-plus · per image$0.0141$0.030052% lower
Ray3.2luma-ray3-2 · per video$0.1500$0.300050% lower- Seedance 1.0 Pro Fastbytedance-seedance-1-0-pro-fast · per video$0.0807$0.159349% lower
- Vidu Q1vidu-q1 · per video$0.2200$0.400045% lower
- Real-ESRGANreal-esrgan · per image$0.00130$0.0022241% lower
- Wan2.5-Preview Imagealibaba-wan2-5-preview-image · per image$0.0300$0.050040% lower
MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 Fastminimax-hailuo-2-3-fast · per video$0.3200$0.500036% lower- OmniHuman-1.5bytedance-omnihuman-1-5 · per video$1.08$1.6032% lower
- Vidu 2.0vidu-2-0 · per video$0.2200$0.300026% lower
- PixVerse V4pixverse-v4 · per video$0.1120$0.150025% lower
Ideogram 2aideogram-2a · per image$0.0400$0.050020% lower
Recraft V4.1 Prorecraft-v4-1-pro · per image$0.2100$0.250016% lower- HappyHorse-1.0alibaba-happyhorse-1-0 · per video$0.7230$0.840013% lower
- Recraft V4.1recraft-v4-1 · per image$0.0350$0.040012% lower
- Recraft V4.1 Utilityrecraft-v4-1-utility · per image$0.0350$0.040012% lower
- FLUX Erasebfl-flux-erase · per image$0.0340$0.038010% lower
- UNI-1luma-uni-1 · per image$0.0404$0.04203% lower
Nano Bananagoogle-nano-banana · per image$0.0390$0.03982% lower- UNI-1 Maxluma-uni-1-max · per image$0.1000$0.10201% lower
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