Everything you need to go from a new account to your first render.
Your first render in a few minutes.
Forge runs on your own provider keys. You pay each provider directly at their published rates. Forge sells no credits and takes no cut of any generation. A key saves as soon as you paste it, and the ? next to each provider walks you through getting one.
Kie.ai: image and video generation at the lowest rates.
fal.ai: image and video models, plus upscaling, background removal and video merging.
Higgsfield: optional, its own video models.
OpenRouter: optional, for every node that writes or reads text.
Studio is a node canvas. Each node is one step: an image, a video, an upscale. Wire the output of one into the next and run the whole chain, or run one node at a time. Every run shows its cost first, from the same tables the run is billed against.
Save a character once and @ it into any project, so the same face appears in every video.
No canvas needed for a single picture or clip: type what you want on the Generate page, pick a model and send.
Templates are ready-built workflows. Each one lists the models it uses and what a run costs at provider rates. Claim one and it opens on your own canvas, where you can change any prompt, model or step. Templates are part of Pro.
Yes, one to start. Kie.ai or fal.ai covers image and video generation. Every other provider is optional.
Generation, the canvas and the character vault are free: you pay each model provider directly on your own API key. Pro is $12/month or $29 every 3 months, billed by Stripe.
Roughly $0.30 to $5 per finished video in provider spend, depending on the models and the length. The per model rates are on the model pricing page.
The Studio canvas with two projects, image and video generation, 3 saved characters and 1 GB of storage. No card required.