20-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 20-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $3.68 at standard, $4.90 at plus and $11.00 at max (no product image).
Sume Avatar 1.0
Sume Avatar 1.0 by API: reusable avatars, talking video from a script, multi-scene and two-speaker videos, previews, B-roll, and Face Swap (Beta).
Start with: Introducing Sume Avatar 1.0
Create 1 Sume Avatar 1.0 avatar: $0.95
Avatar creation on Sume is $0.95 each, so 1 avatar cost $0.95 before any video. Generation is billed separately per second.
50-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 50-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $9.20 at standard, $12.25 at plus and $27.50 at max (no product image).
Create 10 Sume Avatar 1.0 avatars: $9.50
Avatar creation on Sume is $0.95 each, so 10 avatars cost $9.50 before any video. Generation is billed separately per second.
Create 3 Sume Avatar 1.0 avatars: $2.85
Avatar creation on Sume is $0.95 each, so 3 avatars cost $2.85 before any video. Generation is billed separately per second.
25-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 25-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $4.60 at standard, $6.1250 at plus and $13.75 at max (no product image).
20 avatar talking videos of 30 seconds: $147.00 at plus
20 thirty-second Sume Avatar 1.0 videos at plus quality cost $147.00 ($7.35 each); standard and max compared. No product image.
45-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 45-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $8.28 at standard, $11.0250 at plus and $24.75 at max (no product image).
10 avatar talking videos of 30 seconds: $73.50 at plus
10 thirty-second Sume Avatar 1.0 videos at plus quality cost $73.50 ($7.35 each); standard and max compared. No product image.
8-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 8-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $1.4720 at standard, $1.96 at plus and $4.40 at max (no product image).
30-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 30-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $5.52 at standard, $7.35 at plus and $16.50 at max (no product image).
40-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 40-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $7.36 at standard, $9.80 at plus and $22.00 at max (no product image).
4-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 4-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $0.7360 at standard, $0.98 at plus and $2.20 at max (no product image).
Create 25 Sume Avatar 1.0 avatars: $23.75
Avatar creation on Sume is $0.95 each, so 25 avatars cost $23.75 before any video. Generation is billed separately per second.
60-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 60-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $11.04 at standard, $14.70 at plus and $33.00 at max (no product image).
5 avatar talking videos of 30 seconds: $36.75 at plus
5 thirty-second Sume Avatar 1.0 videos at plus quality cost $36.75 ($7.35 each); standard and max compared. No product image.
15-second avatar talking video: standard, plus and max cost
A 15-second Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video costs $2.76 at standard, $3.6750 at plus and $8.25 at max (no product image).
Does an AI avatar presenter make a Short original?
An avatar is a delivery method; YouTube's pages ask for original substance. How to give an Avatar 1.0 Short your own angle within its 60-second job limit.
What Sume Avatar 1.0 Does and Does Not Do vs Live Avatars
A plain list of what Sume Avatar 1.0 renders (scripted 4-60 s clips) and what it does not do (real-time conversation), set beside Tavus Griffin's live model.
Tavus Video to Face replica vs a Sume avatar from a photo or prompt
Tavus builds a replica from video or a photo; Sume builds an avatar from a prompt, props or a public photo URL. What each input gives you, and what it costs.
Full-duplex avatar listens while it speaks: script a clip instead
A full-duplex avatar hears you mid-sentence. If your content is scripted, build similar beats into one Sume avatar clip with silence scenes. Curl included.
Griffin-Lite 26 of 54 Turing result: what the sample size says
Tavus reports 26 of 54 callers fooled by Griffin-Lite after a one-minute call. A 95% interval is about 35% to 61%. Python computes it, and says what to claim.
Can I use Tavus Griffin-Lite yet? Preview status and what to ship
Tavus Griffin-Lite is a research preview for select trusted testers, not open to customers. Here is what the page says, and what you can build on Sume today.
Face swap beta: motion stage runs on Kling, source audio muxed back
Sume's Avatar Face Swap beta runs its motion stage on the Kling 3.0 motion control queue, strips the source audio, then muxes the original audio back in.
What an AI avatar may not claim on TikTok Shop
TikTok Shop prohibits AI that impersonates real people or invents doctors and experts to endorse products. An avatar can present, but it can't be a fake expert.
One voice across 23 languages: MAI-Voice-2.1 vs a Sume avatar voice
MAI-Voice-2.1 keeps one voice across 23 languages. A Sume voice has one primary language and a 409 guard on mismatch. What that means for avatars.
Create a holiday host avatar once: prompt, profile or photo, $0.95
Create one reusable Sume avatar from a prompt, a profile or a photo for $0.95, then reuse its handle in every holiday clip. Inputs and a photo request.
UGC-style ad batch: ten 12-second hooks on Avatar 1.0 for $29.40
Ten 12-second UGC-style hook variants cost about $29.40 on Sume Avatar 1.0 plus, $22.08 on standard. The request, captions and checks.
Avatar video with a product image: the premium is 1-3 cents a second
A product_image on a Sume Avatar 1.0 video adds $0.010 (standard), $0.013 (plus) or $0.030 (max) per second: 30 to 90 cents on a 30-second ad.
Holiday ad captions on Avatar 1.0: slam, punch or tiktok-green?
Avatar 1.0 burns captions inline in slam (default), punch or tiktok-green. No separate billed caption job, and a caption failure keeps the clean video.
Approve the first frame, then pick the tier: Avatar video preview
Create Avatar 1.0 first-frame stills, regenerate until the look is right, then call generate-video with a quality override. Structural edits need a new preview.
Audit avatar videos for a missing CTA with cta_present
Sume's avatar-video metadata tags each scene with a segment_type and cta_present flag, so a script can list library clips that never ask viewers to act.
Avatar captions failed with script_alignment_mismatch: what to change
A pinned captions.script_text that does not align with the speech soft-fails the captions; the clean video stays. Match the spoken words, then re-caption.
Avatar package with captions and soundtrack: which video_url you get
In a Sume avatar package, captions burn onto the clean video first, then music is mixed in. If a stage soft-fails, video_url is the furthest successful file.
Avatar video is ready but transcript_text is null: poll metadata again
A Sume avatar video can be resource_status ready while metadata.status is still processing. The file is usable now; the transcript and tags arrive later.
Compare an avatar video's transcript_text to the approved script
Sume returns metadata.transcript_text on a finished avatar video once metadata is ready. Diff it against the approved script before publishing a support clip.
Bystander faces in a scene photo: check likeness before image_url
A photo scene can carry a stranger's face into the render. Check every face before you send image_url; the docs do not describe a screening step.
Map avatar video scene ids to onboarding steps with scene_previews
Give each video_inputs scene a stable id and Sume returns it in scene_previews with start, end and duration, so one clip can drive per-step chapters.
Pick a stock avatar by avoid_for and brand_safety_notes, not looks
Sume's avatar catalog returns profile metadata with best_for, avoid_for, brand_safety_notes and casting_notes. Read them before you cast a presenter for a clip.
Avatar video aspect ratios: five choices, 720p only, 9:16 default
Sume Avatar 1.0 accepts 1:1, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3 and 16:9, defaults to 9:16, and renders 720p only. What each choice means for a vertical or landscape ad.
UGC-style avatar ad: hook, silent demo beat and CTA in video_inputs
Build a three-scene UGC avatar ad with POST /v1/avatar-1.0/talking-video: a spoken hook, a silent demo beat, a spoken CTA, inside the 4 to 60 second window.
Avatar inline captions vs standalone video captions: what is billed
Inline captions on a Sume avatar video create no separate caption job. Standalone captions are a billed job on a public URL. When each one is right.
Full-duplex or script-driven avatar: six questions before you pick
Tavus Griffin-Lite is a full-duplex video conversation model in research preview. Six questions that separate it from Sume Avatar 1.0 talking video.
Avatar Face Swap (Beta) for ad variants: 4 to 15 second source clips
Sume's Avatar Face Swap Beta puts a ready avatar face on a public source video. What it requires, what it does not take, and how to poll the job.
Brand mascot as a reusable avatar: one photo, every ad video
Create the character once with a photo input on /v1/avatar-1.0/generate, then reuse its avatar_handle in each talking-video request so the face stays the same.
Voiceover too long for H3 Max lip sync: the 5 to 14.8 s window
MiniMax H3 Max lip sync on Sume takes Sume-hosted audio of 5 to 14.8 seconds, refuses other lengths instead of clamping, and caps the file at 10 MB.
Square TikTok ad from an avatar video: 1:1 at 720p vs 640 px minimum
TikTok lists 640 by 640 as the minimum for square non-Spark video. Sume avatar video supports 1:1 at 720p, which is above that floor.
Reuse one Sume avatar across a series: preview once, set quality later
A series needs the same face every week. Create the avatar once, reuse the avatar_handle, and approve first frames with a preview before the full render.