Bring your own keys

The subscription pays for the studio. Renders are billed by the model providers directly to your keys, at their own price — Longtake adds nothing on top. That means you set up the providers once, and after that a take costs exactly what the provider charges.

Only the first one is required. With the BytePlus key alone you can shoot video, draw stills and build characters. The other three add a second image engine, synthesised voices and upscaling — take them when you need them.

required

BytePlus ModelArk

Video takes on Seedance and stills on Seedream. The key the studio can't work without.

~$0.35 per 5s take at 480p · about 15 minutes to set up optional

Google Gemini

Nano Banana as a second engine in the Art Dept, plus prompt translation.

free tier on flash · ~$0.13 per image on Pro optional

BytePlus Seed Speech

Generates a character's voice sample. A separate key from the ARK one — same console, different product.

~$0.002 per second · or upload an audio file instead optional

fal.ai

Upscales finished takes. Shoot at 480p, upscale the keepers — four times cheaper than shooting 1080p.

$0.04–0.36 per 5s take

Where keys are stored

Keys live in your account, encrypted, and are used only for your own renders. You can replace or remove any of them at any time in the studio: account menu → API keys. Removing a key disables the feature it powers and touches nothing else.