Do I need the API plan for MCP?

No. MCP uses studio credits on your Nano Banana account. The REST API requires the API / Build plan (€59.99/mo).

Is generation billed per video?

REST API calls are included in the flat API / Build plan. Throughput is limited to 15 generations per 30 minutes. MCP consumes studio credits.

Are there job-completion webhooks?

Not yet. Text-to-video and image-to-video return the video URL in the same HTTP response. Use GET /api/v1/video-status.php to look up a past job.

Developers hub · not the docs

One studio API. Every leading model.

Generate, compare and automate videos with Seedance, MiniMax, Sora and more, in Studio, by REST API, or from Claude / ChatGPT with MCP. This hub covers why, pricing and workflows. /docs/ covers request bodies, headers and error codes.

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Developers

Benefits, API plan, MCP, batch, calculator, copyable examples.

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API documentation

Auth, endpoints, models, rate limits, errors, MCP tools.

Start with the job you have

Generate video from Claude / ChatGPT with MCP

No REST API plan. Studio credits. OAuth or a personal token.

Build a multi-model AI video workflow

Switch Seedance, MiniMax H3 and Sora 2 with video_model.

Batch 100 product videos with JS / Python

Queue + Retry-After. Honest throughput math.

Image to video API

Animate a product shot, UGC still or GPT Image frame.

Jobs, polling and idempotence

Sync responses today. No completion webhook yet.

Copyable examples

curl, JavaScript and Python against the live REST API.

Pricing, in one table

Path	Who it is for	Access	Cost model
Studio	Creators in the UI	Free / Basic / Pro	Credits or unlimited on Pro
REST API	Apps, agencies, SaaS	API / Build plan required	€59.99/mo flat · 15 req / 30 min
MCP	Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code	Any studio account	Studio credits, no API plan

API cost / volume calculator

The REST API is a flat €59.99 / month (API / Build plan). Generations are not billed per clip. Throughput is capped at 15 requests per 30 minutes per API key. MCP uses studio credits and does not require this plan.

Videos per month

155,000

Effective cost / video

€0.20

Plan (flat)

€59.99

Time at rate limit

10 h

Max throughput

720 / day

Example: 100 product videos need 7 windows of 15 jobs, about 3.5 hours if you respect Retry-After. See batch generation and rate-limit docs.

API comparison (what ships today)

Topic	Behaviour	Docs
Models	`seedance2`, `veo3` (MiniMax H3), `sora2`	Models
Queue	15 generations / 30-minute window. Headers `X-RateLimit-*` and `Retry-After`.	Rate limits
Errors	JSON `{"success":false,"error":"..."}`. 401 / 403 / 429 / 500.	Errors
Webhooks	No video-completion webhook. Generation is synchronous. Status lookup exists.	Webhooks hub
Idempotence	POSTs create a new job each time. There is no Idempotency-Key yet. Reuse `video_id` for reads.	Status

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API plan for REST. MCP token for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

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