fal.ai Models Catalog
Endpoint-first navigation for fal.ai production work. Each modality reference lists curated picks organized by use case (premium realism / fast & cheap / 4K / specialized). Before reaching for free-text search, consult the modality reference that matches the task.
Runtime: All endpoint calls run via the genmedia CLI. See the
genmediaskill for command syntax; rungenmedia initonce if not yet installed.
Endpoint-first rule
- Pick the endpoint ID from the right modality reference.
- Verify it:
genmedia models --endpoint_id <endpoint_id> --json. - Inspect it:
genmedia schema <endpoint_id> --json. - Check cost when relevant:
genmedia pricing <endpoint_id> --json. - Use text search only if the routed endpoint is missing, deprecated, rejected, or the role is not covered here:
genmedia models "<task description>" --json
genmedia docs "<topic>" --json
Do not invent endpoint IDs.
Modality references
Load the reference matching the user's task:
- text-to-image.md, image generation from prompt (text-heavy, premium still, fast draft)
- image-to-image.md, image editing, inpainting, background removal, upscaling
- text-to-video.md, video generation from prompt (highest quality, fast/economical, multi-shot storytelling)
- image-to-video.md, video from a reference frame (including audio-driven and lip-sync variants)
- video-to-video.md, video edit, restyle, upscale, background removal
- text-to-3d.md, 3D model generation from text
- image-to-3d.md, 3D model generation from reference images
- text-to-audio.md. TTS, music, SFX generation
- audio-to-text.md, speech-to-text (Whisper, ElevenLabs Scribe with diarization)
- image-to-text.md. OCR, captioning, VQA, detection, segmentation
Utility endpoints
Workflow utility endpoint IDs (resize, composite, mask, audio merge, subtitle, etc.) live in the fal-workflow skill:
fal-workflow/references/utility-endpoints.md.
Utility endpoints are explicit because they are deterministic tools, not creative model choices. Always inspect schema before use.