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What is the Higgsfield API, and how do I get started?

2026-09-16 · help-centre article · Higgsfield · original

Topic: Higgsfield platform & ecosystem (also: Cost, credits & plans, Audio, voice & music) · mode: Reference

This help-centre article from 16 September 2026 explains the Higgsfield API: one key opens a catalogue of 50+ video and image models, paid per generation in US dollars from a prepaid balance, with no plan involved. It is separate from higgsfield.ai credits and from MCP and the CLI, which spend plan credits, and it is built for putting generation inside your own product. The article covers setup in the console, $5 minimum top-ups, refunds for failed requests, and files kept for at least 7 days, so you should download them; outputs can be used in commercial and client work.

What is said

  • How the API differs from MCP and CLI, and questions answered

What is said

★ — how much it matters to the source.

  • ★★★ The Higgsfield API generates video and images from your own code: one API key opens every model in the API catalogue, each request is paid in US dollars from a prepaid balance, and no plan or subscription is involved. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★★ A higgsfield.ai subscription and the Higgsfield API are separate products with separate billing: plan credits and Unlimited exist only on the website, while the API runs on its own US-dollar account balance. · Higgsfield API, Higgsfield Unlimited, credit
  • ★★★ The Higgsfield API catalogue holds 50+ current video and image models: Seedance, Kling, Wan, MiniMax, PixVerse, LTX and Grok for video, Ideogram, Recraft and Qwen for images, and Higgsfield's own Soul 2.0, Soul Cinema, DoP and Marketing Studio Image; it may differ from the higgsfield.ai lineup. · Higgsfield API, Seedance, Kling, Wan, MiniMax, Soul 2.0, Soul Cinema, Higgsfield DoP, Marketing Studio
  • ★★ Each model in the Higgsfield API catalogue has a page with the current rate, supported resolutions and durations, sample code, an overview and a side-by-side table of similar models, so a model can be chosen without testing each in code. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★★ To start with the Higgsfield API: sign up as an individual or company, register a payment method and fund the balance, then generate an API key in the console at open.higgsfield.ai, saving it at once since the full key appears only once; a key unlocks 20 concurrent requests. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★ The Higgsfield API connects through the Python or TypeScript SDK or direct REST calls to api.higgsfield.ai; each model page carries sample code and, for coding agents, ready setup prompts for Claude Code, Cursor and ChatGPT (Codex). · Higgsfield API, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Codex
  • ★★★ Higgsfield API billing is pay-as-you-go from a US-dollar balance with a $5 minimum top-up; video models are priced per second of output, image models per image and DoP per generation. · Higgsfield API, Higgsfield DoP
  • ★★ Each Higgsfield API model has a fixed, public rate for every configuration, set by settings such as resolution and audio and unchanged by the top-up size, and an estimate endpoint returns a request's cost before it runs. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★★ Higgsfield API funds expire one year after they are added; the balance cannot go below zero, so new requests wait until funds are added, or auto top-up keeps production traffic running. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★★ The Higgsfield API charges only for generations that finish successfully; a failed request's cost returns to the balance automatically. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★ Higgsfield API generation is asynchronous: a request returns a request ID, progress is tracked by polling the status or by a webhook, and the output file is downloaded when it completes. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★★ Higgsfield API output files stay available for at least 7 days and may then be removed, so Higgsfield advises downloading completed files to your own storage as part of the integration. · Higgsfield API
  • ★ The Higgsfield API console at open.higgsfield.ai shows spend and request volume over time in Analytics, with CSV export, and the balance, payment methods and invoices in Billing. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★★ Higgsfield MCP and CLI attach Claude, Cursor or another agent to an existing higgsfield.ai account and spend plan credits, while the Higgsfield API runs on its own key and dollar balance and is built for shipping generation inside your own product. · Higgsfield API, Higgsfield MCP, Higgsfield CLI, Claude, Cursor
  • ★ Open Higgsfield is the name of the API console at open.higgsfield.ai; the product, catalogue and billing are the same Higgsfield API. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★ Having or not having a plan on higgsfield.ai changes nothing about Higgsfield API access or rates. · Higgsfield API
  • ★★★ Under the Higgsfield Terms of Use the user holds the rights to use generated content, so Higgsfield API outputs can go into commercial products, advertising and client work. · Higgsfield API · also in: How To Generate AI Videos Straight From the Higgsfield API
  • ★★ The Higgsfield API catalogue has no standalone audio models; some video models, including Seedance, Kling, LTX and PixVerse, generate native audio inside the clip as a configuration option that affects the rate. · Higgsfield API, native audio, Seedance, Kling
  • ★ Every Higgsfield API account starts as a personal organization; a team organization can be created with invited people, and workspaces switch under the profile icon, Organization. · Higgsfield API
  • ★ A Higgsfield API key cannot be viewed again after creation; if it is lost, generate a new key in the console and update the integration. · Higgsfield API · also in: How To Generate AI Videos Straight From the Higgsfield API

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Central: Higgsfield API

Also: Organizations: Ideogram (company) · MiniMax

Concepts: credit · native audio

Products: ChatGPT · Claude · Claude Code · Codex · Cursor · Grok · Higgsfield CLI · Higgsfield DoP · Higgsfield MCP · Higgsfield Unlimited · Kling · Marketing Studio · PixVerse · Recraft (model family) · Seedance · Soul 2.0 · Soul Cinema · Wan

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