30-second AI video in one take vs stitched clips on Wan 3.0

A 30-second Wan 3.0 take costs $1.875 at 480p, $3.75 at 720p and $7.50 at 1080p on Sume. Because billing is per second, six 5-second clips on the same row cost exactly the same footage price; the only extra cost of stitching is the $0.10 timeline render.

Footage price

Rate is Wan 3.0 provider list times 1.25: $0.0625, $0.125 and $0.25 per second.

Which one to pick

The prices tie, so choose on risk. A single take keeps the subject and light consistent, but one bad frame costs the full $7.50 at 1080p. Six short clips let you retry only the shot that failed, at $1.25 each.

• Choose one take for a continuous action or a camera move.
• Choose several clips for cuts between scenes.
• Test the idea at 480p first; it is a quarter of the 1080p price.

Retake math

If one in four 30-second takes is usable, a 1080p keeper costs $30.00. If you stitch and one in two short clips is usable, a 30-second keeper costs $15.00 plus $0.10. Both numbers are inputs from your own runs, not benchmarks.

A budget example

Suppose you need a 30-second product film and plan to iterate on look at 480p, then render the winner at 1080p. Four 480p drafts of the full 30 seconds cost $7.50. One 1080p final costs $7.50. The whole film is $15.00 before the $0.10 timeline step you may not need at all with a single take.

With the stitched route, drafting each of six 5-second shots twice at 480p costs $3.75, and the six finals at 1080p cost $7.50, for $11.25 plus $0.10 to join them. The stitched route is cheaper here only because it reuses the drafts that already work, which is the real saving: you pay to retry a shot, not a whole film.

Limits

Wan 3.0 accepts 2 to 30 seconds per request, so longer videos need several jobs. The tables show the model amount. A workspace Agent Fee line can be added on top, so treat the job's own usage cost as the truth and check the live catalog before you budget; limits and rows change.