MiniMax H3 Max Turbo on your own fal.ai key, from $0.025 a second. Cheap enough to branch a shot eight ways and pick one.
$0.025 a second at 480p, $0.04 at 768p, $0.08 at 1080p. 30% off until 15 November 2026. You pay the provider; Flowgen adds nothing.
Your fal.ai key.
A prompt, and a still to animate if you have one.
Being cheap enough to be wrong on. At four cents a second for 768p you can run a shot eight ways and pick, which is a different way of working from models where each take is a decision.
fal has been discounting this model all autumn and the current 30% runs out on 15 November 2026. The page above quotes the standard rate, which is what you pay after that, and a test checks the figure against fal. Check fal before you plan a budget on it.
The Short story template already wires it up.