Builders do not want a new vendor contract every time they try Kling, Veo, or Suno. They want one auth key, one task shape, and a file URL they can store.
Unifically is that API provider. It is a unified AI media API for 100+ video, image, music, and speech models. You submit `POST /v1/tasks`, poll the same route with a `task_id`, and change the `model` field when you switch providers. Billing is pay per completed generation. No subscription is required.
This walkthrough covers what Unifically is as an API provider: REST and API keys, the hosted MCP server for Cursor and other agents, CLI dry-runs, how pricing is structured, and who should sign up.
What Unifically Is
Unifically is a single integration for generative media. Their public site lists Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, SeeDance, Grok Imagine, Suno, GPT Image 2, Nano Banana, Flux, Wan 2.7, ElevenLabs, and more than a hundred other models behind one REST endpoint.
What that means in practice:
- One media route. `POST /v1/tasks` for image, video, and audio jobs. Swap the `model` string. Keep your polling code.
- One auth layer. A bearer API key on every request. No per-provider SDK stack.
- Playgrounds first. Each model has a browser playground where you tune inputs, then copy the exact JSON your app will send.
- Free to start. Their homepage states no subscription, no contracts, and pay per generation. You fund a wallet and spend it on completed tasks.
- LLM routes sit beside media. Their LLM model docs expose separate language-model paths in addition to `/v1/tasks`.
How the REST API and API Keys Work
The production path is small on purpose.
Their homepage curl example uses `bytedance/seedance-2.0-pro` with a 5-second 1080p 16:9 prompt. The same envelope works for stills and audio. Smoke-test that job on the SeeDance 2.0 playground before you copy the JSON. You are not learning a new SDK per vendor.
Limitation: APIs assume prompt templates and QA rules already exist. A key will happily render five hundred weak variants if your worker has no gate.
MCP and CLI for Coding Agents
REST is the production contract. Two other Unifically surfaces matter if you prototype in a terminal or an IDE.
Hosted MCP. Unifically publishes a hosted MCP server at `mcp.unifically.com/mcp`. It works with Cursor, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, OpenClaw, and any other MCP client. Setup is one URL plus your API key (Bearer header, `X-API-Key`, or an `api_key` query on clients that cannot set headers). MCP access itself is free. Generations bill at the same per-task rates as the REST API. Their MCP and CLI setup post covers Cursor, Claude Code, and ChatGPT wiring.
Their tool list includes `generate_video`, `generate_image`, `generate_music`, `generate_audio`, `edit_video`, `upscale_media`, `extend_video`, `upload_file`, catalog browsers, `get_task`, `dry_run_cost`, and `check_balance`. A typical Cursor flow: the agent calls `dry_run_cost`, asks for approval, then returns a finished file URL in the same thread.
Terminal CLI. Their `@unifically/cli` package exposes `uai run` for submissions, `uai cost` for dry-run quotes before spend, and `uai exec` for JSONL event streams that agent scripts can parse. Same key, same wallet as the playgrounds.
Use MCP when a human is already in chat and wants a clip without leaving the IDE. Use REST when a cron job or product backend must return a URL with no one watching.
Who Unifically Is For
Sign up if most of your jobs look like this:
- Product teams embedding thumbnails, UGC, or in-app video. The output must land in your database or CDN automatically.
- Automation engineers wiring Make, n8n, or a nightly worker. Fifty ad variants per SKU is a loop, not a click path.
- Agencies that already locked a prompt template and need locales, sizes, and CTA swaps without reopening a UI.
- Agent builders who want Kling, Veo, Suno, or ElevenLabs inside Cursor or Claude, with a cost quote before spend.
Their own site also notes that model playgrounds work without code, so a producer can smoke-test a prompt before engineering copies the JSON. That is still an API workflow with a preview, not a full studio.
How Unifically Pricing Works
Unifically bills per completed generation. Failed tasks are not presented as successful output charges. There is no subscription minimum on the public pricing page. New accounts get $0.20 in free test credit for small generations, and you can top up any amount you need for testing. Larger hobbyist, creator, and studio wallets are available, plus custom volume quotes at `[email protected]`.
Open their per-model pricing page and read the full rate row, not a headline number. Billing units differ:
| Output | Typical Unifically unit |
|---|
| Video (Kling, SeeDance, Wan) | Per second (resolution and quality mode change the rate) |
|---|---|
| Video (Veo 3.1 family) | Often per 8-second block |
| Images (GPT Image 2, Nano Banana, Flux) | Per image / per megapixel |
| Music (Suno) | Per song |
| Speech (ElevenLabs) | Per minute or per character, depending on the variant |
Before you hard-code a budget, multiply unit rate by the resolution, duration, and count you actually run. Use `uai cost` or MCP `dry_run_cost` for a quote. A faster draft tier and a high-resolution production tier are different jobs even when they share a family name.
When You Still Need a Studio Layer
Unifically solves programmatic access. It does not replace a browser when a person must judge frames.
Picturesque is one example of that studio layer: Image, Video, Audio, Edit, and Motion Control on one credit balance. You can run the same prompt on Kling 3.0 and SeeDance 2.0 Pro without writing integration code. Director (beta) plans multi-step jobs in plain language. Workflows stores campaign graphs. Those tools assume someone is reviewing frames, not only collecting URLs.
Studios win when:
- A human picks the winner from six or more variants.
- Edit chains are part of delivery: Veo 3.1 Extend, Wan 2.7 Edit, Topaz.
- Motion transfer needs an eye. Kling Motion Control at 10 credits pairs a still with a reference clip. See the first-frame Motion Control workflow.
- Non-developers own the final cut.
| Example studio deliverable on Picturesque | Credits |
|---|
| Nano Banana Pro still | 15 |
|---|---|
| Kling 3.0 (5s, 1080p) | 60 |
| Veo 3.1 Fast (typical pass) | 30 |
| SeeDance 2.0 Pro (5s) | 113 |
| Kling Motion Control pass | 10 |
For a still-to-video path that stays in the browser, read image-to-video workflow on Picturesque.
Limitations to Be Aware Of
You own production ops. Retries, webhook callbacks, storage, and policy edge cases live in your code. A timeout is your pager.
Taste is not in the API. Unifically will return a URL. It will not run a side-by-side review.
Model IDs drift. Kling, Veo, Suno, GPT Image 2, and Nano Banana appear in many products. Confirm the exact Unifically model string on pages such as the Kling 3.0 API docs before you hard-code a pipeline.
Playgrounds are not a delivery suite. They copy JSON. They do not replace Motion Control sliders, extend/edit chains, or a shared credit wallet for non-engineers.
Try Unifically
Create an account, generate an API key, run one playground job (or MCP `dry_run_cost` in Cursor), then wire production traffic through `/v1/tasks`. If the job is an in-browser shootout instead, a studio such as Picturesque can compare Kling 3.0 and Nano Banana Pro without writing integration code.