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Atlas Cloud
One API for 500+ image, video, LLM and audio models
As of 12 November 2026, Atlas Cloud's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Atlas Cloud is a pay-as-you-go API platform that serves 500+ AI models for image, video, text and audio generation through a single API key. Softwr lists it under AI. Atlas Cloud is available on Web, API.
Overview
What Atlas Cloud does
Atlas Cloud is a multimodal AI API platform. Developers get one API key and one account balance for 500+ models across image, video, text and audio, instead of managing a separate account with each model provider. Who it's for: developers, startups and product teams that build AI image, video or chat features and want to switch between models without rewriting their integration. Models include FLUX, Seedream, Nano Banana and GPT Image 2 for images; Kling, Seedance, Veo and Wan for video; and Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen and Kimi for text. What makes it different: - The LLM endpoint (https://api.atlascloud.ai/v1) accepts OpenAI Chat Completions, Completions, Responses and Images requests, Anthropic Messages and Gemini requests, so existing SDK code works by changing the base URL. - Pay-as-you-go pricing per image, per video clip or per token, with no subscription. - Models can be tested in a browser playground before writing any code. - ComfyUI nodes run Atlas Cloud models inside ComfyUI workflows, with no local GPU required.
What people use it for
- Adding AI image or video generation to an app without an account at each model provider
- Switching an existing OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini SDK integration to other models by changing the base URL
- Running hosted image and video models inside ComfyUI workflows without a local GPU
- Comparing image and video models side by side in a playground before committing to one
- Giving coding agents access to open-weight LLMs on a flat-rate plan
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Atlas Cloud.
- Not every model accepts every request format. Each model publishes its own supported_apis list, and Gemini models expose their full multimodal capability only on the native Gemini format, so 'change the base URL' does not hold for every model.
- No Anthropic models were listed when checked in November 2026: the provider directory showed Anthropic with 0 models, so the Anthropic Messages format is a compatibility layer for other models rather than access to Claude.
- The model count is stated inconsistently across the site: the homepage title says 400+, the vendor says 500+ and the pricing page listed 550, which makes it hard to know what is available without checking the live list.
- Billing is prepaid. When the balance runs out new API requests are rejected with 402 Payment Required unless auto top-up is enabled, which matters for production workloads.
- Most models are third-party models resold through the platform, so pricing and availability follow upstream providers and change often; prices on the pricing page are shown against a separate official price and discounts vary by model.
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- Atlas CloudvsFal AI
Fal AI: Competes directly on hosted image and video model APIs with per-output pricing, with more emphasis on its own optimised inference.
- Atlas CloudvsReplicate
Replicate: Runs community and official models behind one API and lets you deploy your own, where Atlas Cloud offers a curated catalogue only.
- Atlas CloudvsTogether AI
Together AI: Focused on open-weight LLM inference and fine-tuning rather than a multimodal catalogue of image, video and audio models.
- Atlas CloudvsDeepInfra
DeepInfra: Low-cost, OpenAI-compatible inference for open models, narrower on proprietary video and image models.
Pricing
What Atlas Cloud costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Pay-as-you-go
On request
- Billed per image, per second of video or per token; no subscription
- GPT Image 2 text-to-image: $0.004 per image
- Seedream 5.5 generation or edit: $0.02 per image
- Kling 4.0 video: from $0.11 per second
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens
- Prepaid balance topped up by card, Alipay, WeChat Pay, crypto or wire
Coding Plan
On request
- Monthly subscription with a monthly total and a weekly limit
- Or 90-day pay-as-you-go credit packs with no weekly cap
- Open-weight LLMs including GLM, MiniMax, Kimi and DeepSeek
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode and raw API access
Enterprise
On request
- Volume API discounts
- SLA options through sales
- Dedicated infrastructure and private hosting on request
- Customisation for supported models
Capabilities
Features
500+ models, one API key
Call image, video, LLM and audio models such as FLUX, Seedream, Kling, Seedance, Veo, DeepSeek and Qwen with the same key and one account balance.
OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint
Send OpenAI Chat Completions, Responses, Anthropic Messages or Gemini requests to https://api.atlascloud.ai/v1, so existing SDK code works by changing the base URL.
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Pay per image, per second of video or per token with no subscription. Examples checked November 2026: GPT Image 2 text-to-image $0.004 per image, Seedream 5.5 $0.02 per image.
ComfyUI nodes
Run Atlas Cloud image and video models inside ComfyUI workflows without a local GPU, using an open-source node pack installed from GitHub.
MCP server and CLI
Use Atlas Cloud models from Cursor, Claude Desktop and VS Code through an MCP server, or run chat and image or video generation from the terminal.
Playground and Generator
Test models in the browser before writing code, or generate images and videos from templates without code, drawing on the same balance as the API.
Streaming, batch and webhooks
Streaming responses for chat, batch inference for high-volume jobs, structured outputs, and webhooks that fire when asynchronous image and video tasks complete.
Coding Plan
Flat-rate monthly subscriptions or 90-day credit packs for open-weight LLMs such as GLM, MiniMax, Kimi and DeepSeek, for use with coding agents.
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How is Atlas Cloud priced?
Pay as you go, per image, per second of video or per token, drawn from a prepaid balance with no subscription required. Examples in November 2026 were $0.004 per image for GPT Image 2 text-to-image, $0.02 per image for Seedream 5.5 and from $0.11 per second for Kling 4.0. Enterprise volume discounts are available through sales.
SourceIs the Atlas Cloud API OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. The base URL https://api.atlascloud.ai accepts OpenAI Chat Completions, Completions, Responses and Images requests, Anthropic Messages and Google Gemini requests with the same API key. Not every model supports every format; each model publishes a supported_apis list.
SourceCan I use Atlas Cloud in ComfyUI?
Yes. The Atlas Cloud ComfyUI nodes, installed from the AtlasCloudAI/atlascloud_comfyui GitHub repository, call hosted models from a ComfyUI graph. Generation runs on Atlas Cloud, so large video and image models work without a local GPU.
SourceWhat happens when my balance runs out?
New API requests are rejected with 402 Payment Required and you receive low-balance notifications. Service resumes as soon as you top up, and auto top-up can be enabled to avoid interruptions.
SourceWhat is the Atlas Cloud Coding Plan?
A set of flat-rate subscriptions and 90-day credit packs for open-weight LLMs such as GLM, MiniMax, Kimi and DeepSeek, designed for coding agents including Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Monthly subscriptions carry a weekly limit that resets every Monday.
SourceWhere is Atlas Cloud based?
Its headquarters are at 1540 Broadway, New York, with offices in Silicon Valley and Calgary.
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