How to Get an OpenAI API Key in 2026 (Step by Step + Alternative)
Get an OpenAI API key from the platform dashboard, set up billing, keep it secure, make a test call, and compare a multi-model gateway alternative.
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How to Get a Gemini API Key in 2026 (+ a Cheaper Way to Use It)
Step-by-step: get a Google Gemini API key via Google AI Studio, understand the free vs paid tier, then call Gemini for up to 30% less through one key with LinkModel.
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How to Get a DeepSeek API Key in 2026 (+ Data & Cost Notes)
Step-by-step: create a DeepSeek API key on the platform, top up credits, and understand the China data-residency caveat — plus a zero-retention way to call DeepSeek.
How to Get a Claude API Key in 2026 (Anthropic Console + Alternative)
Step-by-step: create an Anthropic API key in the Claude console, add credits, keep it secure — plus a cheaper one-key way to call Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku.
How to Get an AI API Key in 2026: Every Provider (+ One-Key Option)
How to get an API key for OpenAI, Gemini, Claude and DeepSeek — where to create each, billing gotchas, key security best practices, and a single key that calls them all.
Hailuo Prompting Guide & Examples (2026): Motion, Style, Product
A practical MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 prompting guide — the Camera-Character-Reaction structure, stylized/anime prompts and e-commerce object motion, with API examples.
Wan 2.6 API: Features, Pricing & How to Use Alibaba's Video Model
Wan 2.6 API guide — Alibaba's video model with role-play reference-to-video, multi-shot narrative, audio-visual sync and up to 15s output. Access, pricing and code.
Text to Video API: Best Models & How to Start in 2026
The best text-to-video APIs in 2026 — Seedance, Kling, HappyHorse, Hailuo and Sora compared on quality, audio and cost, plus code to generate video from a prompt.
Seedream 5.0 Pro API: Pricing, Features & How to Use It
Seedream 5.0 Pro is ByteDance's GPT Image 2 rival — 2K output, 14-language text, layer-separated editing, at a fraction of the price. Full API guide, pricing and code.
Prompt Caching Guide: Cut LLM Input Costs by up to 98%
How prompt caching works and how to use it to cut LLM API costs — cache-hit rates by provider (Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Kimi), the prefix rule, and common mistakes.
Nano Banana Text to Video: Can It? (What to Use Instead)
Can Nano Banana do text to video? No — Nano Banana is an image model. Here's the honest answer, why the confusion exists, and the best models for free text to video.
Nano Banana API Guide: Google's Fast, Cheap Image Model
A practical Nano Banana API guide — Google's Gemini image models for fast, cheap generation and editing. The original, Nano Banana 2, and Pro compared, with code.
Multimodal AI API: One Key for Text, Image & Video in 2026
A multimodal AI API gives you text, image, and video generation behind one key and one request shape. Why it beats stitching providers together, and how to build with it.
Kimi API Guide: Pricing, Features & When to Use Kimi K2.6
A practical Kimi K2.6 API guide — Moonshot AI's 1T-param multimodal agent model. Pricing, the 300-sub-agent swarm, cache economics, and how it compares to DeepSeek.
Image to Video API: Turn Any Image Into Video in 2026
The best image-to-video APIs in 2026 — animate a still with Seedance, Kling, Wan or Hailuo. How image-to-video works, which model to use, and code to get started.
How to Choose an LLM in 2026: A Practical Decision Framework
How to choose an LLM API in 2026 — a step-by-step framework covering quality, cost, context, modality, latency and licensing, with a routing pattern that beats picking one.
MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 API Guide
Use the MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 API for stylized motion, anime, and product video. Learn the async request flow, prompt structure, and model selection.
GPT Codex API Guide: When to Use GPT-5.3-codex for Agents
A practical guide to GPT-5.3-codex — OpenAI's agentic coding model with mid-task steering and terminal/computer-use highs. When it beats a general model, and how to use it.