Luma AI
online
Dream Machine video API. Free tier available.
Videoest. 2021 · San Francisco, CA
89
/ 100 APIVault Score
// At a glance
Free Tier
Free tier · limited gens · no card
Category
Video
Credit Card
Not required
Last Verified
2m ago
// Free tier details
Available Models
Dream Machine 1.6Ray 2
Monthly Requests
Limited free generations on signup
No credit card needed
No phone verification
// Quick start
300">"text-purple-400">import lumaai
client = lumaai.LumaAI(auth_token=300">"YOUR_LUMA_KEY")
creation = client.generations.create(
prompt=300">"A cinematic shot of a waterfall 400300">">in the Amazon",
aspect_ratio=300">"16:9",
loop=300">"text-purple-400">False,
)
print(creation.id)// Overview
Luma AI's Dream Machine generates cinematic video from text or images. The developer API includes a free tier with limited generations for testing.
// Pros
- High cinematic quality
- Simple API
- Text + image input
// Cons
- Limited free generations
- Generation takes 2-3 minutes
// Score breakdown
Reliability (35%) (from 2m ago health check)100/100
Free Tier Generosity (30%) (computed from quota, no-CC, no-phone fields)85/100
Documentation (20%) (human rating)82/100
Popularity (15%) (GitHub stars (log-normalised), or manual baseline)82/100
Methodology: apivault.dev/methodology
// Best for
Cinematic video genB-roll footageConcept visualization
// Recent changes
May 1, 2026Ray 2 video model releasedadded