Manual vs API: Two Ways to Create AI Adult Video on Nureta
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By Nureta TeamUpdated September 29, 2026
Nureta offers two ways to make AI adult video: the app at nureta.ai, where you type a story, and the Nureta Developer API, where your code does it at scale. Both do pure text-to-video with no photos needed, and in both, image-based video with photos of consenting adults also runs up to about 3 minutes. Here is how to choose.
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What is the difference between the Nureta app and the Nureta Developer API?
They share one engine. The Nureta consumer app runs on the same API that developers call at developer.nureta.ai, so a story rendered in the browser and a story sent by a script go through the same director, the same storyboard logic and the same video model. The difference is who drives it, how much you can control, and how you pay.
The app is manual creation: you sign in, paste or write a story, pick a length, optionally add photos, and watch one video render at a time. The API is automated creation: your software authenticates with an API key, creates tasks over HTTP (SDKs are available on request; every example works with plain curl), and receives finished videos by polling or by webhook. One suits a person with an idea tonight; the other a studio, agency or app that needs hundreds of videos.
How do the app and the API compare side by side?
Who: the app is for individuals; the API is for developers, studios and apps. How you create: a story box in the browser vs code or HTTP calls. Length: the app offers 5, 10 or 15-second clips or 30 to 180-second scenes; the API accepts 5, 8, 10, 12 or 15-second clips or any whole number from 16 to 180 seconds. Resolution: the app renders 480p; the API offers 480p, 720p and 1080p. Aspect ratio: the app is vertical 9:16; the API supports 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 1:1, 21:9 or adaptive. References: the app takes up to 2 photos of consenting adults; the API takes up to 9 reference images plus an optional audio_url. Control: the app has an Auto or Edit storyboard; the API adds programmatic segments, a per-shot explicit flag, edit endpoints and webhooks.
Pricing is the other big split. App: your first 5-second video is free, then $1.29 per 5 seconds or credit bundles of $3.79, $7.99, $15.99 and $39.99, paid in USDC on Base only, with no subscription. API: billed per second from a prepaid balance, at $0.1888 per second for 480p, $0.2773 for 720p and $0.5428 for 1080p; failed tasks are refunded automatically, images cost $0.05 each and scripts $0.01 each. On privacy, app videos are private by default, you can delete your account at any time, and because payment is crypto-only, no card data is stored.
When should you choose the app?
Choose the app if you are one person making videos for yourself, you want to start in minutes with no code, or you want to try the product for free first. It also fits if you prefer paying per video, if vertical 480p suits you, and if privacy comes first: you can sign in with a wallet that shares only an address, and nothing you make is published unless you share it.
Manual does not mean basic. For videos over 15 seconds the app lets you pick Auto, where Nureta builds and renders the whole scene, or Edit, where you review the storyboard first. In Edit you can rewrite each shot's script, change its duration, pin a first or last frame, upload a people-free background, adjust the shared World, Wardrobe and Character, and use the 'Sex in this shot' toggle so build-up shots stay non-explicit and payoff shots are explicit.
When should you choose the API?
Choose the API if you are producing at volume, building a product that generates video for your own users, or running a studio pipeline where scripts, casting and publishing are already automated. It is also the answer if you need 720p or 1080p, a horizontal or square frame, more than 2 reference images, your own audio track, or exact clip lengths such as 8 or 12 seconds. Keys default to 10 requests per second, adjustable up to 100.
The API also turns the storyboard into data. In advanced mode you send your own shots, each with a script, a duration of 4 to 15 seconds and an explicit flag, for example {"segments": [{"script": "…", "duration_seconds": 8, "explicit": false}, {"script": "…", "duration_seconds": 10, "explicit": true}]}. Edit mode parks a drafted storyboard with preview images so your code or your editors can change beats, frames, background plates and the shared world, wardrobe and character before rendering, and edits never reprice. Webhooks can be signed with a shared secret and are retried on failure, so a queue can run unattended.
Can you combine both in a hybrid workflow?
Many teams do. Prototype in the app to learn which descriptions, pacing and shot lengths work. Then move the recipe to the API, where the same structure maps to request fields: your shot list becomes segments, your shared look becomes world, wardrobe and character, and the length you chose becomes duration. Cheap building blocks help: a script task drafts a storyboard for $0.01 and a reference image costs $0.05, so you can test ideas before paying for video.
The numbers shift at scale. A 60-second video costs $15.48 pay-per-video in the app and about $11.33 at 480p through the API; 100 videos of 30 seconds at 480p via the API come to about $566. The app's price includes a finished interface and a free first video, while the API asks for engineering time and a prepaid balance. A sensible rule: if someone presses a button for each video, use the app; if software does, use the API.
Does the same content policy apply to both?
Yes. The app and the API run under one consent-first content policy. It is strictly 18+, and it prohibits minors (including fictional ones), non-consensual content, real people without their consent, public figures and celebrities, and several extreme categories. Photos may be used only with the depicted adult's consent to adult content, photos that look like a celebrity or public figure are rejected automatically, and violations are reported to NCMEC where required. Nureta offers no tool for putting a real person's face onto existing footage.
If you build on the API, that policy passes through to your users. Confirm their age, collect consent for any photos they upload, and keep your prompts to fictional adults. In exchange you get explicit adult scenes that mainstream tools block, inside rules clear enough to explain to a payment partner or platform.