5 avatars and one 45-second video each: $46.15 to $128.50 on Sume

Creating five avatars and rendering one 45-second talking video for each costs $46.15 on Sume's standard tier: 5 x $0.95 = $4.75 for the avatars plus 225 s x $0.184 = $41.40 for the video. The plus tier brings it to $59.875 and the max tier to $128.50.

Two separate charges

Avatar creation is a one-time $0.95 per avatar. The talking video is billed per second by tier: standard $0.184, plus $0.245, max $0.55. Once an avatar is ready, you can reuse it for more videos without paying the creation fee again.

Five avatars at 45 seconds each is 225 video seconds. Standard: 225 x $0.184 = $41.40. Plus: 225 x $0.245 = $55.125. Max: 225 x $0.55 = $123.75. Add $4.75 for creation to each.

Reuse is where the price falls

If each avatar gets 4 videos of 45 seconds over a month instead of one, creation is still $4.75 but video seconds quadruple to 900. On standard: 900 x $0.184 = $165.60, so total $170.35, and the creation share falls from about 10 percent to under 3 percent.

Per finished video the cost is $8.28 on standard, $11.025 on plus and $24.75 on max, plus a share of creation.

Product image surcharge

The catalog lists a higher standard rate of $0.194 per second when the video includes a product_image. For 225 seconds that is 225 x $0.194 = $43.65, which is $2.25 more than without. Submit-time reservations use exact micros and the current chunk-planned billable seconds, so long videos are held in chunks.

Decide the tier by what you need to see. Run one 10-second sample on each tier before committing a full set: $1.84, $2.45 and $5.50.

• Standard: $0.184/s ($0.194/s with product_image)
• Plus: $0.245/s
• Max: $0.55/s

A second scenario

Try a shorter script. With 30-second videos instead of 45, the five avatars need 150 video seconds. Standard: 150 x $0.184 = $27.60, plus $4.75 for creation is $32.35. Plus tier: 150 x $0.245 = $36.75 + $4.75 = $41.50. A shorter video cuts the cost per avatar by a third while the creation fee stays fixed.

Where to read more

The Avatar and Avatar videos docs pages describe creation, readiness and the video request. The catalog shows the live price for each tier.

Reproduce the numbers

Open https://api.sume.com/v1/catalog, which needs no key, and find the entry for the product. Each model_pricing row carries price, unit, pricing_basis and the estimated, minimum and maximum cents. Multiply the unit price by your quantity and round only at the end. The catalog also has applied_* fields that include an agent fee of 550 basis points; the figures in this post use the base prices.