Pricing
How Sume bills API work: plans and one wallet, what one run cost, estimates before you run, avatar video rates, failed jobs, and 402 errors.
Start with How Sume pricing works: plans, one wallet, published model rates
Speech-to-text cost per hour: Scribe v2, MAI-Transcribe-2 and Sume
Per hour of audio: ElevenLabs Scribe v2 is $0.22, Scribe v2 Realtime $0.39, MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming $0.54 through year end, and Sume STT $0.60.
TTS cost per million characters: ElevenLabs v4 promo, MAI and Sume
Per million characters: ElevenLabs v4 is $22 on its promo until Oct 12 ($80 list), MAI-Voice-2.1 is a reported $22, and Sume TTS is $47.50.
Runway Gen-4.5 and Gen-4 Turbo list one rate: drafting on Sume at 480p
Runway's pricing page gives Gen-4.5 12 credits and Gen-4 Turbo 5 credits per second in a single 1080p column. Where a cheaper 480p draft tier exists on Sume.
Dubbing a 10-minute video: ElevenLabs Dubbing cost versus STT plus TTS
ElevenLabs lists Dubbing at $0.33 or $0.50 per minute (v1) and $2.20 (v2), so ten minutes is $3.30 to $22. A DIY chain of STT and TTS is about $0.53.
Suno Pro's 20 downloads a month versus paying per generation
Suno Pro is $8 a month with 20 downloads and commercial rights; Sume's Music Router charges $0.125 per generation with no monthly cap, so 20 songs is $2.50.
Can I use the ElevenLabs Music API on a free plan?
No: ElevenLabs docs say the Music API is for paid subscribers. Free-plan users get downloads in the app, while Sume's router bills $0.125 per call.
One 10-second AI clip a day for a year: Veo Lite vs Sume models
365 ten-second clips are 3,650 seconds: $182.50 on Veo 3.1 Lite 720p, $228.13 on Sume Wan 3.0 480p, $365 on H3 Max 768p, $456.25 on Wan 720p.
AI video price per frame at 24 fps: Wan, Omni, H3 Max, Veo Lite
A 24 fps second is 24 frames. Price per frame: Veo 3.1 Lite $0.0021, Sume Wan 3.0 480p $0.0026, H3 Max 768p $0.0042, Wan and Omni 720p $0.0052.
One 280-character voice line: MAI Flash vs MAI 2.1 vs Sume TTS
A 280-character line costs $0.0042 on MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash, $0.0062 on MAI-Voice-2.1 and $0.0133 on Sume TTS. A table scaled from 1 line to 1,000.
MiniMax H3 Max price per second on Sume: 480p, 768p, 1080p vs Wan
H3 Max lists $0.05, $0.08 and $0.16 a second at 480p, 768p and 1080p. On Sume that is $0.0625, $0.10 and $0.20. Compared with Wan 3.0 at each step.
What a three-minute AI song costs: ElevenLabs, Lyria and Sume
At list prices a three-minute track is $0.45 on ElevenLabs Music API ($0.15 per minute), $0.08 on Lyria 3.5 and $0.125 on Sume's Music Router.
Sizing generation_spend_cap_usd for a tool call from GPT-6.1 Sol
generation_spend_cap_usd has no default on Sume Agent Completions. Size it per run from metered API pricing and clamp it in your GPT-6.1 Sol tool handler.
Cost of 1,000 AI images: GPT Image 2.5, Ideogram 4.5, Nano Banana Pro
A 1,000-image budget at list prices: GPT Image 2.5 from $5.88 to $210.72, Ideogram 4.5 at $30 to $220, Nano Banana Pro at $134. Check Sume's live price too.
Cost per kept second of a 30-second Seedance 2.5 clip, 1 to 4 takes
A 30-second Seedance 2.5 clip is $17.33 at 720p on Sume, but you pay for every take. Cost per kept second at 480p and 720p for one to four takes.
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 on Sume: a 10-second clip from 360p to 4K
gemini-omni-flash-1.1 bills by output second at four resolutions. Sume's rate card gives about $0.38 at 360p and $3.75 at 4K for a 10-second clip.
GPT Image 2.5 at 1440p and 4K: output estimate by quality
GPT Image 2.5 output estimates for 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 at low to max quality: from $0.006 to $0.40 per image before input tokens and Sume pricing.
GPT Image 2.5 quality auto is estimated as max: set a tier on Sume
Sume's estimator treats quality auto on GPT Image 2.5 as max, up to $0.21 per 1024x1024 image in output tokens. When auto is fine and when to pin a tier.
GPT Image 2.5 cost by aspect ratio: square, 3:2, 4:5, 16:9
At the same quality, wide shapes cost less than a square in GPT Image 2.5 output tokens: 1536x864 is 36% below 1024x1024. Estimates for common ad shapes.
Does a longer prompt cost more on GPT Image 2.5? Text token math
Prompt text is billed at $5 per million tokens on GPT Image 2.5, so a 2,000-token brief adds about $0.01, as much as a medium image. Numbers and rules.
Ideogram 4.5 costs the same at any size; GPT Image 2.5 does not
Ideogram 4.5 lists $0.03, $0.06 or $0.22 per image whatever the size; GPT Image 2.5 output rises with pixels. Which to pick for 1K versus 2K and 4K work.
Replace your Sora spend view: log usage.cost per video job
If your Sora spend view is gone, record Sume's usage.cost on every completed video job and total it by feature, account and model in your own table.
Wan 3.0 failed generations: not charged at Alibaba, refunded on Sume
Alibaba says failed Wan 3.0 generations are not charged. On Sume the cost is reserved at submit, captured on success, and released or refunded on failure.
Wan 3.0 price steps: 480p to 1080p doubles twice at Alibaba and Sume
Alibaba lists Wan 3.0 at 0.3, 0.6 and 1.2 yuan per second for 480P, 720P and 1080P. Sume's rate card keeps the 1:2:4 ratio in USD: $0.0625, $0.125, $0.25.
A 30-second Omni ad cost sheet: three clips, a Lyria bed, a Timeline
Three 10-second Omni clips, one Lyria 3.5 track and a Timeline render: about $3.08 on Google's list prices and $3.98 on Sume, before your own assembly work.
AI music for a 15-second bumper ad: per-minute vs flat pricing
A 15-second bumper needs 15 seconds of music. ElevenLabs at $0.15 a minute is about $0.04; Google lists $0.08 a song; Sume is a flat $0.125. When flat loses.
Caption price for a 61 to 180 second Short: confirm it in the catalog
The Sume docs state $0.20 per caption job for videos up to 60 seconds. They give no rate for 61 to 180 seconds, so read GET /v1/catalog before you budget.
ChatGPT Pro 500 vs a Sume wallet: what pays for a video job
OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro 500 plan raises ChatGPT usage limits. It does not fund Sume generation. Which bill pays for what when an agent renders video.
Price a 47-second ad with music first: the unbilled Timeline plan
A 47-second ad with a Music Router bed costs $0.225 on Sume. The Timeline plan endpoint prices a render without creating a job. Rounding rules and a table.
Sora back-catalog re-render: check balance before you submit
Sume reserves the estimated cost at submit and returns 402 insufficient_credits if it cannot. Read the balance, total the estimates, and size each wave to fit.
Suno v6: 10 credits buys two songs, but Pro downloads 20
Suno v6 costs 10 credits per generation of two songs. Pro has 2,500 credits and 20 downloads a month, so credits are rarely the limit; downloads are.
Synthesia Starter 12 and Pro 60 minutes a month: how many clips
Synthesia lists about 12 video minutes on monthly Starter and 60 on Pro. Divide by clip length to plan; Sume avatar clips run 4 to 60 seconds each.
120-second AI video API: four 30 s jobs on Wan 3.0 and their cost
A two-minute AI video on Sume is four 30-second jobs. Wan 3.0 totals $7.52 at 480p, $15.00 at 720p and $30.00 at 1080p. Plan the scenes and cap the spend.
4-second AI video API: which Sume models take 4 s and the price
Eight Sume video ids accept a 4-second clip; MiniMax H3 does not. Price per 4-second job from $0.05 to $2.32 by model, with the 720p row for each.
40-second AI video API: a 30 s job plus a 10 s job on Sume
A 40-second AI video on Sume is a 30-second job plus a 10-second job. Wan 3.0 costs $2.51, $5.00 or $10.00 at 480p, 720p and 1080p. Split, price, join.
45-second AI video API: one 30 s job plus one 15 s job on Sume
A 45-second AI video on Sume is a 30-second Wan 3.0 job plus a 15-second one. Cost at 480p, 720p and 1080p, and which pairing keeps audio and look consistent.
5-second AI video API: every Sume model that takes it, priced
Ten Sume video ids take a 5-second clip, priced per job from $0.07 to $7.11. Per-model price at the lowest, 720p and highest tier, read 2026-10-04.
50-second AI video API: 30 + 20 seconds on Wan 3.0, cost by tier
A 50-second AI video on Sume takes two Wan 3.0 jobs, 30 s and 20 s: $3.13 at 480p, $6.25 at 720p, $12.50 at 1080p. Why Wan is the only model that can do it.
60-second AI video API: two 30 s jobs or four 15 s jobs on Sume
A 60-second AI video on Sume is two 30 s jobs or four 15 s ones. Wan 3.0 costs $3.76, $7.50 or $15.00; four Kling 3 jobs cost $8.40. Priced and compared.
Gemini Omni Flash 360p drafts: Google's one-third cost vs Sume rows
Google says Omni 1.1 Flash 360p drafts cost a third of 720p. On Sume, 360p is $0.0375 per second against $0.125 at 720p, so 30 percent. Draft prices per clip.
Wan 3.0 price: Alibaba US Virginia rate vs the Sume per-second bill
Alibaba lists Wan 3.0 at $0.041 to $0.165 per second in US Virginia. Sume bills $0.0625 to $0.25. Both rate cards side by side and what the gap pays for.
Export Sume image model prices to CSV from the endpoints API
Loop the model list, read each endpoint's pricing lines and write one CSV row per model and billable. A Python snapshot you can diff for price changes.
Luma's ElevenLabs Music at 98 credits a minute vs ElevenLabs and Sume
Luma lists ElevenLabs Music v1 at 98 credits a minute: $0.16 to $0.29 by plan. ElevenLabs lists $0.15 a minute; Sume charges a flat $0.125 per generation.
Seedance 2.5, 2.0 and Mini on Luma: credits a second in dollars
Luma lists Seedance 2.5 at 36, 78 and 191 credits a second, 2.0 at 24, 51 and 126, and Mini at 12 and 26. Sume runs about 2.2 to 2.5 times Plus.
Seedance 2.5 clips: plan fee vs pay-per-use, break-even by volume
At full use Luma Plus is $1.17 per 5-second Seedance 2.5 clip and Pika Creator $1.36; Sume bills $2.89 a clip on top of its $40 Pro plan. Break-even math.
Luma ElevenLabs v3 voice: 21 credits per 1,000 characters in dollars
Luma lists ElevenLabs v3 TTS at 21 credits per 1,000 characters: $0.035 to $0.063 by plan. ElevenLabs lists $0.08 on its API and Sume lists $0.0475.
H3 Max on Luma at 18, 28 and 56 credits a second, in dollars
Luma lists H3 Max at 18, 28 and 56 credits a second for 480p, 768p and 1080p: $0.03 to $0.17 by plan. fal lists $0.05; Sume's lip-sync is $0.0625 to $0.20.
Kling 3.0 audio on Luma: 30 to 40 and 40 to 49 credits a second
Luma lists Kling 3.0 at 30 credits a second at 720p (40 with audio) and 40 at 1080p (49 with audio). Audio adds $0.027 to $0.03 a second on Plus.
Luma Ray3.14 draft mode: three drafts and one 1080p final, in dollars
Luma lists Ray3.14 Draft at 4 credits a second, 1080p at 80. Three drafts plus one 5-second final is 460 credits: $0.77 to $1.38. Sume's Wan route is $2.19.