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Reka AI

Multimodal AI platform with an OpenAI-compatible API for chat, video and image search, Q&A and clip generation, priced by usage.

Paid

What is Reka AI?

Reka AI provides multimodal models and a developer platform that handle text, images, video and audio. The Reka Chat API follows the OpenAI format, so existing client code can point at api.reka.ai and call models such as Reka Edge, Reka Flash and Reka Core. The platform also hosts open models like DeepSeek, GLM and Qwen through serverless or on-demand inference, and it supports fine-tuning on your own data. Reka Vision adds video and image indexing, search, question answering, tagging and clip generation. Reka Edge can be run locally on an Apple Silicon Mac or served on a Linux GPU with vLLM. Chat pricing is pay as you go per million tokens, with Reka Edge at $0.10 per million input tokens, and the Vision API includes 3 free hours of indexed video. Enterprise terms are arranged with sales. The consumer-facing Reka Clip app has stopped taking new purchases.

Use cases

  • Search and clip large video archives
  • Ask questions about videos and images
  • Call multimodal models through an OpenAI-style API
  • Fine-tune and serve models on your own data
  • Tag video and image libraries
  • Run a compact model locally

Who it's for

  • Developers
  • ML engineers
  • Media and video teams
  • Enterprise AI teams

Why use Reka AI

  • The OpenAI-compatible API means you can reuse existing client code and swap in Reka models with a changed base URL.
  • One platform covers text, image, video and audio, so you do not need separate services for each media type.
  • Per-token and per-minute prices are published, which makes it easy to estimate API costs.
  • A free allowance of 3 hours of indexed video lets you test the Vision API before paying.

Reka AI features

  • Reka Chat models: Reka Edge, Reka Flash and Reka Core
  • OpenAI-compatible API at api.reka.ai
  • Chat with text, images, video and audio input
  • Reka Vision video and image search, Q&A and tagging
  • Clip generation API
  • Serverless and on-demand GPU deployments
  • Fine-tuning on your own data
  • Hosted open models from DeepSeek, GLM and Qwen
  • Reka Edge can run locally on macOS or on Linux with vLLM

Reka AI integrations

  • OpenAI Python SDK
  • vLLM
  • Hugging Face

How to get started with Reka AI

  1. Create a free account on the Reka Platform and copy your API key.
  2. Install the OpenAI Python SDK and set the base URL to api.reka.ai.
  3. Send a chat request to reka-edge or reka-flash with text, an image or a video.
  4. Use the Vision API to upload and index video, then search it or ask questions.
  5. Move to the enterprise tier through sales if you need higher volumes or custom storage.

Reka AI limitations

  • Vision API developer tier has rate limits and deletes stored media after 30 days
  • Running Reka Edge locally on a Mac needs Apple Silicon with 32 GB or more of unified memory
  • Reka Clip is closing and no longer accepts new purchases or plan changes

Reka AI pricing

Reka AI has no free plan. Plans start at $0.1 usage-based, according to the official pricing page on .

Reka AI plans

  • Reka Edge

    $0.10 per 1M tokens

    Pay as you go; input and output tokens

    • Compact model for on-device use
    • Image $0.005
    • Video $0.03 per minute
  • Reka Flash

    $0.80 /$2.00 per 1M tokens

    Pay as you go; input / output tokens

    • Fast, cost-efficient model
    • Image $0.01
    • Video $0.06 per minute
    • Audio $0.015 per minute
  • Reka Core

    $2.00 /$6.00 per 1M tokens

    Pay as you go; input / output tokens

    • Model for complex tasks
    • Image $0.02
    • Video $0.08 per minute
    • Audio $0.02 per minute
  • Vision API Free Tier

    Free

    3 hours of indexed video

    • Video indexing
    • Search
    • Q&A
  • Vision API Developer

    $0.05 per video minute

    Credit-based; indexing rate

    • Video search $0.005 per search
    • Clip generation $0.04 per minute
    • Rate limits apply
  • Vision API Enterprise

    Custom

    Monthly invoicing

    • No rate limits
    • Bulk discounts
    • Dedicated support

Plans as listed on the official pricing page on . Prices can change and may vary by country or exclude tax. Check the official pricing page.

Reka AI alternatives

The main Reka AI alternatives listed on Debuly are TwelveLabs, OpenAI API, Mistral AI, Fireworks AI, Oxen.ai and Together AI. The table compares pricing and platforms; order is A–Z.

Reka AI compared with its alternatives
ToolPricingStarting pricePlatforms
Reka AIPaid$0.1, usage-basedAPI, Web, macOS, Linux
Fireworks AIPaid$0.01, usage-basedAPI, Web
Mistral AIFreemium$14.99/moWeb, API, CLI, Self-hosted
OpenAI APIPaid$0.1, usage-basedAPI, Web
Oxen.aiPaid—Web, API, CLI, Self-hosted
Together AIPaid—Web, API
TwelveLabsFreemium$29/moWeb, API
  1. Fireworks AI

    Inference and training platform for open models: pay-per-token serverless APIs, GPU deployments, fine-tuning and reserved capacity.

  2. Mistral AI

    AI company offering open-weight models, the Vibe assistant, Studio and an API, with a free plan and paid tiers.

  3. OpenAI API

    Developer API for OpenAI's GPT models, image generation, realtime voice and transcription, priced per million tokens with batch and flex options.

  4. Oxen.ai

    One API for 200+ AI models plus versioned data repositories, fine-tuning and dedicated GPUs for building on your own data.

  5. Together AI

    AI cloud for running open-source models through serverless and batch inference, dedicated endpoints, GPU clusters and fine-tuning.

  6. TwelveLabs

    Video understanding API for searching scenes in natural language, analyzing footage and turning video into embeddings.

Reka AI FAQ

How much does the Reka API cost?

Reka Chat is pay as you go. Reka Edge costs $0.10 per 1M input and output tokens, Reka Flash $0.80 input and $2.00 output, and Reka Core $2.00 input and $6.00 output per 1M tokens.

Is there a free plan for Reka?

The Vision API includes a free tier of 3 hours (180 minutes) of indexed video. Chat usage is billed per token with no upfront costs.

How much does the Reka Vision API cost?

On the developer tier, video indexing is $0.05 per input minute, video search $0.005 per search and clip generation $0.04 per input minute. Enterprise pricing is arranged with sales.

Does Reka have an OpenAI-compatible API?

Yes. The API uses the OpenAI format, so you can use the OpenAI Python SDK with the base URL set to api.reka.ai.

Can I run Reka models locally?

Reka Edge can run locally on an Apple Silicon Mac with 32 GB or more of memory, or be served on a Linux machine with an NVIDIA GPU using the vllm-reka plugin.

What are alternatives to Reka AI?

Google Gemini API, Twelve Labs, OpenAI and Anthropic offer related multimodal or video understanding capabilities. On Debuly, compare TwelveLabs, OpenAI API and Mistral AI.

Sources & verification

Facts on this page come from the official sources below, each with the date we read it. Written by Debuly; the vendor did not review this page.

SourceTypeAccessed
reka.ai/official
docs.reka.ai/pricingpricing
docs.reka.ai/vision/pricingpricing
creator.reka.ai/pricingpricing
developer.reka.ai/official
docs.reka.ai/quickstartdocs

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