A 60-second video from six 10-second clips: H3, Wan 3.0, Seedance

A minute of footage assembled from six 10-second clips costs $4.50 on MiniMax H3 (768p), $7.50 on Wan 3.0 (720p), $22.68 on Seedance 2 (720p, 9:16) and $34.668 on Seedance 2.5 (720p, 9:16). The spread from cheapest to dearest is 7.7 to 1.

These are first-take prices. A minute of finished video usually contains retakes, so the last column in the table shows the cost when three of the six clips need one extra take (nine renders).

Six clips and nine renders

Total = 6 x the 10-second clip price. With three retakes the count is 9 renders. MiniMax H3 is native 768p, so it is not a 720p row. Per-second rates are the clip price divided by 10.

What the cheapest model changes

The model choice sets the look, not just the price. MiniMax H3 accepts 5 to 15 seconds, Wan 3.0 accepts 2 to 30, Seedance 2 accepts up to 15 and Seedance 2.5 accepts 4 to 30, so a 60-second plan can also be built from two 30-second clips on Wan 3.0 or Seedance 2.5, where the per-second rate means the total does not change but the number of cuts does.

Pick the model by looking at one clip from each, then price the minute. Use the models endpoint to confirm the resolution, duration and aspect ratio support before you queue six jobs.

curl "https://api.sume.com/v1/videos/models" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY"

Gotchas

• Continuity across six separately generated clips is on you: reuse the same reference image or first and last frames where the model supports them.
• Six jobs may queue rather than run together, depending on your plan's concurrency.
• Sume reserves the price at submit, so the balance must cover all six in-flight reserves.