fal H3 Max at $0.05/s vs Sume H3 Max by resolution for 15 seconds

Fifteen seconds of H3 Max costs $0.75 at fal's listed $0.05 per second, and on Sume it costs $0.9375 at 480p, $1.50 at 768p and $3.00 at 1080p. The fal page shows a single number for H3 Max and notes that resolution, duration and quality may affect the final cost, so treat $0.75 as the page's headline figure and check the model page for your settings.

Prices by resolution

Sume's minimax-h3-max takes 5 to 15 seconds, so 15 seconds is its maximum. At 480p the Sume rate is exactly fal's list price times 1.25 (0.05 x 1.25 = 0.0625), which is how Sume prices every model. At 768p and 1080p the catalog prices each resolution separately and the rate is higher.

What to check on fal

fal's row covers reference-to-video, image-to-video and text-to-video at the same listed price. Sume's docs say minimax-h3-max supports text-to-video, first and last frame image-to-video and reference-to-video, with native stereo audio, and that 1080p is a latent refinement from a native 768p render. Before you compare costs for a 1080p deliverable, find out which resolution the fal price applies to; the pricing page row does not say.

The fal page also lists an H3 Max Turbo at $0.025 per second. Sume does not list a Turbo variant; see what Sume lists for H3 Max Turbo.

Who should pick which

If you generate at 480p in volume and have a fal account, fal's $0.05 is the cheaper per-second price by 20 percent. If you need the same job format as your other Sume models, with a reservation at submit and a USD balance, pay the 1.25 multiple. For the exact 1.25 check on other models see fal list times 1.25.

Confirming the fal price

fal's pricing page is a summary, and its own note says settings may affect cost, so open the model page for H3 Max and read the pricing line for your resolution and duration before budgeting. Then price the same job on Sume with GET /v1/videos/models and compare. For 100 clips of 15 seconds at 480p the fal headline gives $75.00 and Sume gives $93.75.

At 768p, Sume's 100 clips come to $150.00.

What I could not confirm

The fal page lists H3 Max under three modes at one price and does not show a resolution. Anything beyond the $0.05 figure and the note that settings may change the cost is not claimed here. All vendor figures were read on 2026-10-09 and are listed in the sources; Sume figures come from its public catalog and docs the same day.