Cheapest 14-second 480p clip on Sume: three models tie at $0.875

Three models tie for the cheapest 14-second 480p clip on Sume: Wan 3.0, MiniMax H3 and MiniMax H3 Max, each at $0.875 ($0.0625 per second). Seedance 2 costs $2.4608 and Seedance 2.5 costs $3.7615 for the same length and resolution.

The dearest row is 4.3 times the cheapest. A tie in price is not a tie in output, so pick among the three by looking at a clip, not at the bill.

Ranked by price

Prices from the price tool for 14 seconds at 480p; Seedance rows are 9:16. The last column is five clips.

Why the three tie, and why you should check

Wan 3.0 is billed at $0.0625 per second at 480p. MiniMax H3 is native 480p/768p, and H3 Max also lists 480p. The docs say H3 accepts 5 to 15 seconds and H3 Max 5 to 15, so 14 seconds fits both, and Wan 3.0 accepts 2 to 30.

Ask the catalog before you queue a batch, because a model that is cheapest at 480p may not be cheapest at 720p or 1080p. At 14 seconds Wan 3.0 costs $3.50 at 1080p, which is 4 times its 480p price.

curl "https://api.sume.com/v1/videos/models" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY"
# read supported_resolutions, supported_durations and pricing_skus per model

Gotchas

• Seedance 2.5 is token-priced: change the aspect ratio or the seconds and the price moves; re-run the estimate for the exact request.
• MiniMax H3's first-class resolutions are 480p and 768p, not 720p; ask for 480p as 480p.
• 480p is a draft resolution for most uses; see the draft-then-final posts for the finishing cost.