{
  "slug": "budgetpixel",
  "name": "BudgetPixel MCP",
  "vendor": "BudgetPixel",
  "official": true,
  "category": "model-hub",
  "featured": false,
  "tagline": "Hosted OAuth MCP onto BudgetPixel's image, video, music, SFX and Topaz upscale catalogue.",
  "description": "BudgetPixel's remote server exposes its subscription platform as thirteen tools: generate_image, generate_video (text, image start and end frames, reference images, or video-to-video), generate_music, generate_sound_effect with an optional video input for synced Foley, and upscale_video through Topaz Labs at 1080p or 4K, plus list_models with live prices, uploads, history and a credit balance. Outputs are URLs that feed straight into the next call, so an agent can plate, score, Foley and finish a shot without moving files between vendors. Sign-in is browser OAuth against the account, not an API key.",
  "capabilities": [
    "text-to-video",
    "image-to-video",
    "video-to-video",
    "text-to-image",
    "image-editing",
    "music-generation",
    "sound-effects",
    "video-to-sfx",
    "upscaling",
    "video-upscaling",
    "asset-upload",
    "job-polling",
    "remote-mcp"
  ],
  "tools_sample": [
    "generate_image",
    "generate_video",
    "generate_music",
    "generate_sound_effect",
    "upscale_image",
    "upscale_video",
    "list_models",
    "upload_media",
    "check_generation_status",
    "get_generation_history",
    "get_credit_balance",
    "save_to_assets",
    "create_social_post"
  ],
  "install": {
    "claude_code": "claude mcp add budgetpixel --transport http https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp",
    "remote_url": "https://mcp.budgetpixel.com/mcp",
    "stdio_command": null
  },
  "auth": {
    "type": "oauth",
    "env_var": null,
    "key_url": "Browser OAuth (Google sign-in) against https://mcp.budgetpixel.com, which names itself as the authorization server. No key to paste; a paid BudgetPixel plan is required for anything beyond browsing models — https://budgetpixel.com/pricing"
  },
  "pricing": "paid",
  "links": {
    "repo": "https://github.com/budgetpixel-ai/budgetpixel-mcp",
    "docs": "https://budgetpixel.com/mcp",
    "site": "https://budgetpixel.com"
  },
  "added": "2026-09-15",
  "verified": "2026-09-15",
  "notes": "Verified live 2026-09-15: initialize answered protocol 2025-06-18 as budgetpixel 0.1.0 and tools/list returned 13 tools without auth — one more than the README's table (save_to_assets). Listed in the official MCP registry as com.budgetpixel/mcp since 27 Aug 2026, a namespace that requires DNS control of budgetpixel.com, so the vendor claim holds. The connect line is the README's own. Everything else is the platform's gate: browsing models is free, but generation, upscaling, uploads and publishing need a paid plan — Starter is $5 a month for 5,000 credits, images run about 25 credits, video is billed per second and by resolution, and the pricing page lists commercial usage from Premium ($22 a month) upward. The MCP itself is closed-source glue; the repo is a README and a licence with 2 stars, in a GitHub org created the day of submission, though the domain dates from March 2025 and the submitter's account lists the company. The video-synced sound-effect claim is the server's own tool description; we did not spend credits to test it. Filed under model-hub rather than studio: it aggregates other vendors' models behind one bill, it does not plan shots or hold a timeline."
}