Holiday gift guide: what 60 AI images cost on each Sume model

A holiday gift guide needs many images: a hero for each product, a few lifestyle scenes, and variants for each channel. Sixty is a realistic count for a mid-sized guide. On Sume the cost depends almost entirely on which image model you pick, and the spread is large.

Prices are Sume billed rates read on 2026-10-03 and are per image.

What do 60 images cost on each model?

Sixty multiplied by the per-image price. The cheapest model is $0.30 for the whole set and the dearest is $11.25.

Is there a better way than one model for everything?

A tiered plan spends where it matters. Draft widely on the cheapest model to find compositions, refine the keepers on a mid-priced one, and finish a handful of heroes on the dearest. The second table shows one such mix: 40 drafts, 15 refined and 5 heroes, still 60 images in total.

What should you watch for?

Image prices do not include retakes. If you keep one in three, divide your count accordingly. Prompts that need legible text or exact product geometry are where a pricier model tends to be chosen, but that is a judgment to check on your own prompts, not something this post measures.

A gift guide also needs channel sizes. Generate once at the largest aspect ratio you need and crop, or generate per ratio when the composition has to change. Cropping is not a generation; each extra generation is another line in the table. For the full price list see the image price list post.