Pollinations.ai

What it does

Pollinations.ai provides one API for text, image, video, audio, realtime voice, embeddings and 3D generation. Developers send prompts or other documented inputs to selected models and receive generated content; the API also supports embeddings. The site additionally offers hosted prompt-and-tool agents, code agents, cloud Linux sandboxes and hosted MCP tools. Its CLI is presented as an entry point for people and agents, and the site describes free static-site hosting.

The product is intended for developers building AI applications and agents, as well as people who want to call hosted models. Start by creating an API key, then use the quick-start examples or OpenAI SDK with Pollinations’ API base URL. Generation requests require a secret key; frontend and mobile apps are directed to a user-authorization flow that obtains a scoped secret key. The interactive docs can authorize a request tester through Pollinations Connect.

Costs are usage-based: the homepage says users pay as they go, with Pollen added to a balance, and documents users paying their own usage through Pollinations Connect. The vendor documentation does not provide a model-by-model rate card. Keep secret keys out of browser code; app keys identify the app but cannot authenticate generation requests. The model catalog may change, and clients should account for canonical model IDs and aliases.

What it can do

• Generate text, images, video, audio, realtime voice, embeddings and 3D through one API
• Call text models using an OpenAI SDK with a Pollinations API base URL
• Build or call hosted prompt-and-tool agents and code agents
• Run cloud Linux sandboxes, including SSH and VS Code access
• Use hosted MCP tools and connectors, including web search and computer access
• Upload images, audio and video for model calls and receive links for generated files

Works with

• OpenAI SDK
• OpenCode
• MCP clients
• SSH
• VS Code

Before you choose

• Generation requests require a secret key. A publishable pk_ key only identifies an app and receives 401 if sent as a generation credential.
• API use consumes Pollen; the vendor pages do not provide itemized model rates or establish a recurring free tier.
• The model catalog uses publisher/model IDs and aliases; client implementations should allow for catalog changes.

Listed under

• Coding
• MCP and agent tools
• AI agents
• AI API
• Audio and speech
• Developers
• Image generation
• Mcp tools

Get started

The site links to key creation; generation requests require a secret API key.

1. Create a secret API key at the Pollinations keys page.
2. Choose an available model and use the API quick start or an OpenAI SDK configured with Pollinations’ base URL.
3. For a frontend or mobile app, register an App Key and use OAuth authorization-code flow with PKCE or the device flow to obtain a user-authorized secret key.

Usage is charged in Pollen. The homepage says users pay as they go; Pollinations Connect lets users set a spending limit and pay for their own usage. The vendor documentation does not state model-specific units or rates. Free Quest credits are described as rewards, not a recurring free tier.

Source: pollinations.ai, checked 1 Nov 2026. Prices can change; check before you buy.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 1 Nov 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• Docs | pollinations.ai ↗gen.pollinations.ai
• Pollinations.ai | Open infrastructure for AI-natives. Models. Agents. Tools. One API. ↗pollinations.ai
• Pollinations.ai | Open infrastructure for AI-natives. Models. Agents. Tools. One API. ↗pollinations.ai

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