Guide

AI video with your own key

With Klaboo you pay for the studio, and your video provider bills you for the videos themselves, at its own price. A private code called an API key connects the two. This guide explains what that means, which providers Klaboo works with, and how to get your first key in about five minutes.

Already know what a key is? Go to the steps.

What a provider key is

A video provider is a company that runs AI video models on its own servers. Klaboo works with Atlas Cloud, fal.ai, OpenRouter and Replicate. You make an account with one of them, add credit there, and create an API key: a long private code that lets an app use your account.

You paste that key into Klaboo. When you approve a video, Klaboo sends it to your provider with your key, the provider makes the video, and the provider charges your account. Nothing is sent until you approve it.

Your Klaboo plan

It pays for the studio, and it doesn't include any video. See the plans.

Your provider's bill

It pays for the video, at the provider's own price. Klaboo adds no markup. Some providers add a small fee when you buy credit from them.

Why a key, instead of credits

Many AI video apps sell credits. Credit plans bundle video into a monthly price the app sets, and unused credits usually expire. With your own key you pay your provider's own price, only for what you make, and Klaboo adds nothing.

A 10-second video at 720p costs your provider's price for those settings, at the cheapest provider that runs it. Your provider charges when you make a video, so a quiet month costs you only your plan. What AI video really costs shows every price per second and works through a whole scene.

When credits can cost about the same. If you make only a few short clips a month, a small credit plan elsewhere can cost about the same. A key also takes a few minutes to set up, and you manage your credit at the provider. The more you make, the more paying at cost helps.

The four providers, and what each is for

Between them they run Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.0 Fast, Seedance 2.0 Mini, Kling 3.0, Kling 3.0 Omni, Veo 3.1 Fast, Wan 3 and Kling 4.0. What each one offers differs, so choose by what you want to make. All four work from credit or a balance you add in advance, so add some before your first video.

Atlas CloudDraft mode

  • Seedance 2.5
  • Seedance 2.0
  • Seedance 2.0 Fast
  • Seedance 2.0 Mini

fal.ai

  • Seedance 2.5
  • Seedance 2.0
  • Kling 3.0
  • Kling 3.0 Omni
  • Veo 3.1 Fast
  • Wan 3

OpenRouter

  • Seedance 2.5
  • Seedance 2.0
  • Seedance 2.0 Fast
  • Seedance 2.0 Mini

Replicate

  • Seedance 2.5
  • Seedance 2.0
  • Seedance 2.0 Mini
  • Kling 3.0
  • Kling 3.0 Omni
  • Veo 3.1 Fast
  • Wan 3
  • Kling 4.0
  • OpenRouter is the quickest start for Seedance. One account runs all four Seedance models, and its first top-up is small. Its Seedance 2.5 makes 480p and 720p; for 1080p, add Atlas Cloud or fal.ai. OpenRouter sign-up
  • Atlas Cloud is for Seedance 2.5 at 1080p, and for Draft mode. It is the only provider with Draft: make quick 480p drafts for less, then finish only the one you like in 1080p. How Draft works · Atlas Cloud
  • fal.ai also makes Seedance 2.5 at 1080p. It runs Kling, Veo and Wan models too. fal.ai sign-in
  • Replicate runs Seedance, Kling, Veo and Wan models. Choose it if you already have an account there, or for a model only it offers. Replicate sign-in

Lengths, resolutions, sound, and first and last frames differ by model and provider. The models page lists what each provider offers for each model.

Get a key with OpenRouter, step by step

Seven steps, about five minutes, plus a small top-up at OpenRouter. They match the guide inside Klaboo, which was last checked against OpenRouter’s pages on October 11, 2026. Provider pages change, so a button may be named a little differently.

  1. Create an OpenRouter account

    Select “Sign Up” and make your account. Open OpenRouter sign-up

  2. Add credits

    OpenRouter uses credits you add in advance, and a request made with too few is refused. Add a small amount to start. It pays for your videos at OpenRouter’s price. Open OpenRouter credits

  3. Create a key

    Open the API keys page and create a new key. Give it a name you will recognize, such as Klaboo. OpenRouter lets you set a credit limit on the key (it suggests one for every key), or leave it with no limit. Open OpenRouter API keys

  4. Copy the key

    Copy it straight away and keep it private, like a password.

  5. Open Connections in Klaboo

    In Klaboo, open Settings and find Connections. In the Video generation panel, select Add key next to OpenRouter. On Create, with no key saved yet, Add your OpenRouter key opens the same form, and Get your key in about five minutes opens Klaboo’s own version of this guide.

  6. Paste it and save

    Paste the key into the API key field and select Save key. Klaboo does not test a key when you save it.

  7. Make a video

    Open Create, describe a video and look at the price on the Generate button. If OpenRouter does not accept the key, Klaboo tells you when you generate (see below). Your OpenRouter activity shows Klaboo as the app that sent each request.

Your key, your limits

Stored encrypted

Klaboo stores your key encrypted and cannot show it to you again. Settings shows only its last four characters and the day you added it. If you think a key has leaked, create a new one at your provider and use Replace key.

One key, every workspace

Keys belong to your account, not to a workspace, so a key you add once works in every workspace you have. An account holds one key per provider. Replace key swaps it, and the X beside a saved key removes it. Videos already made with it are kept.

A monthly spending limit

In Settings, the Monthly generation spending cap is an optional limit across all your workspaces. It is off until you turn it on: choose Enable monthly spending cap, enter an amount and select Save. It resets on your billing day. Klaboo counts the estimated price you approved, so your provider’s bill may differ.

The price comes first

Klaboo shows the price before every generation. On Create it is on the Generate button. In a review you see the estimated cost and tick a box to approve it, and nothing is made until you do. If the price changes before your takes start, Klaboo asks again. Prices come from each provider’s list, checked every 12 hours.

If your credit runs out

The provider refuses the video, and Klaboo says so in plain words, for example “OpenRouter needs credit or billing set up on your account to make this video.” Add credit on OpenRouter’s site, then generate again. If a provider does not accept your key, Klaboo says that instead: “OpenRouter didn’t accept your API key.” Check the key in Settings, under Connections, and use Replace key.

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