Pollinations AI
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pollinations AI, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pollinations AI's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Quest Pollen | Free | Quest availability and reward amounts can change · Model prices vary by usage · Earned by completing eligible Quests and claiming rewards. |
| Pay-as-you-go Pollen | — | Prepaid credits · $1 ≈ 1 Pollen · No monthly subscription · One-time Pollen purchases through Stripe Checkout; model prices vary by usage. |
The facts
Each one read from Pollinations AI's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The maker positions Pollinations as infrastructure for developers building and hosting their own applications.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Features
- The platform supports image editing, text chat and reasoning, speech, transcription, video, 3D generation, embeddings, and managed agents.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Image editing
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The API is OpenAI-compatible and the maker lists SDK integrations for Node.js, browser, React, Python, Go, Java, .NET, and Vercel AI SDK.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Key safety
- The maker says secret keys should be used on trusted servers and must not be shipped in browser or mobile code.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Generation costs vary by model and usage unit, and the maker directs users to the live catalog for current model prices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model catalog
- The public model catalog lists model pricing and capabilities without authentication, and provides separate endpoints for text, image, video, audio, embeddings, and 3D models.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The maker describes Pollinations as open source, with its code, decisions, and roadmap public.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- JPEG,PNG,SVGchecked 19 Sep 2026
- Playground
- The Play page lets users generate images, video, and audio, preview and download results, share inputs by URL, and copy the request API URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Pollinations provides AI generation infrastructure and APIs for apps, including text, image, video, audio, realtime, embeddings, and 3D.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reference images
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Security reporting
- The security policy asks researchers to report vulnerabilities privately by email or maintainer direct message on Discord and says the team aims to reply within 72 hours.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to Discord for community help, [email protected] for general support, and [email protected] for billing questions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Text-to-image
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- App authorization
- Connect User Wallets uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE for web apps or device flow for headless clients, and users can approve budgets, expiry, model access, and permissions.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Tallinn, Estoniachecked 28 Sep 2026
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