What does it cost to add anime image generation to a Discord bot?

$0.003 per image on AnimeAPI's anime model. A bot that makes 50 images a day costs about $4.50 a month; 500 a day is about $45. There is no subscription, and the smallest top-up is $5.

Can I use AnimeAPI with SillyTavern?

Yes. There is an AnimeAPI extension for SillyTavern, and the API also has an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://animeapi.ai/v1 for front ends that accept a custom image endpoint.

How do I keep a bot's output safe for a public channel?

It already is. AnimeAPI does not generate adult content: explicit prompts are refused and not charged, and every image passes a safety check before it is returned.

ボットBots · Roleplay front ends

Scene images for your bot, at $0.003 each.

Bots and roleplay chats make a lot of images, most of them looked at once. That only works if each one costs almost nothing. AnimeAPI charges $0.003 per anime image with no subscription and no rate limit, so a bot can afford to draw every time someone asks.

01What a bot costs to run

Bot	Volume	Per day	Per 30 days
A bot in a small server	20 images a day	$0.06 a day	$1.80 a month
A bot in a busy server	200 images a day	$0.60 a day	$18 a month
One roleplay chat with a scene image every reply	150 replies a day	$0.45 a day	$13.50 a month
A public bot across many groups	3,000 images a day	$9 a day	$270 a month

Images per day

Per day: $0.15
Per 30 days: $4.50
Per year: $54.75

50 anime images a day at $0.003 each. No plan to pick: you pay for what you generate, and the minimum top-up is $5.

There is no plan to outgrow. The smallest top-up is $5, the balance never expires, and you can see how other services price the same thing on the comparison page.

02Built for how bots behave

Users type sentences, not tags. “my character waving from a train window” is rewritten into the tags the anime model wants.
Fast enough for chat. About four seconds, in one request. Reply when it returns.
Bursts are fine. No per-minute or daily cap on API keys.
Safe for shared channels. AnimeAPI does not generate adult content. Explicit prompts are refused and not charged.
Errors a bot can act on. Every error has a code and a retryable flag. An empty balance is a clear 402 your bot can relay to its owner. Failed generations are refunded.
Pay the way your users do. Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay and more.

03Ways to plug it in

SillyTavern: Install the AnimeAPI extension from its repository URL, paste a key, and generate a picture of the current scene from the chat.
Discord: A discord.js bot with an /anime slash command in under a hundred lines: Discord guide.
Telegram: The same command in Python or Node: Telegram guide.
Koishi, NoneBot, AstrBot: Plugins for the bot frameworks used across QQ, OneBot and other chat platforms.
Anything that speaks OpenAI: Set the image endpoint to https://animeapi.ai/v1 and the model to anime: OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Your own code: One POST request; SDKs for JavaScript, Python and Go: quick start.

The plugins, starters and SDKs are open source at github.com/animeapi-ai.

04Questions

What does it cost to add anime image generation to a Discord bot?: $0.003 per image on AnimeAPI's anime model. A bot that makes 50 images a day costs about $4.50 a month; 500 a day is about $45. There is no subscription, and the smallest top-up is $5.
Can I use AnimeAPI with SillyTavern?: Yes. There is an AnimeAPI extension for SillyTavern, and the API also has an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://animeapi.ai/v1 for front ends that accept a custom image endpoint.
How do I keep a bot's output safe for a public channel?: It already is. AnimeAPI does not generate adult content: explicit prompts are refused and not charged, and every image passes a safety check before it is returned.

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