15-second AI video via API: price on nine Sume model settings
A 15-second AI video via API runs from $0.19 on Grok Imagine to $21.32 on Seedance 2.5 at 1080p. One job each, priced from Sume's per-second rates.
Fifteen seconds is the longest single job most Sume video models take, so it is one API call on nine of the settings below. It costs $0.19 on Grok Imagine Video 1.5 and $21.32 on Seedance 2.5 at 1080p; Wan 3.0 at 480p is $0.94.
Each price is the per-second rate times 15, from the Video Router docs and API rate card. Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 stops at 10 seconds, so it is not in the table.
One 15-second job by model
Sorted from the cheapest.
| Model and setting | 15-second job |
|---|---|
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 | $0.19 |
| Wan 3.0 480p | $0.94 |
| MiniMax H3 768p | $1.12 |
| Kling 3, audio off | $2.10 |
| Kling 3, audio on | $3.15 |
| Wan 3.0 1080p | $3.75 |
| Seedance 2.5 720p | $8.67 |
| Seedance 2 1080p | $12.76 |
| Seedance 2.5 1080p | $21.32 |
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A price per job hides the retake rate. If a model needs three takes to produce one keeper, the effective cost is three times the figure above. Video generation needs a paid Sume plan, starting at $40 a month.
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