How many 5-second AI video clips does $100 buy?

$100 buys 1,600 five-second clips on Grok Imagine Video 1.5, 160 on Wan 3.0 or Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 at 720p, and 142 on Kling 3 with audio off. The count is the budget divided by the per-second rate times five, rounded down.

Clip counts for $100

Rates come from the Sume video catalog (provider list times 1.25). All rows below accept a 5-second request.

Compute it yourself

The function below does the same division. Replace the rates with the current catalog values before you rely on it.

PER_SECOND = {  # billable USD per second (catalog list x 1.25)
    "grok-imagine-video-1.5@720p": 0.0125,
    "wan-3.0@720p": 0.125,
    "kling-3@720p": 0.14,
}

def clips_for(budget_usd, key, seconds=5):
    return int(budget_usd // (PER_SECOND[key] * seconds))

for key in PER_SECOND:
    print(key, clips_for(100, key))

Using the number

Treat the count as a ceiling. Planned retakes, a higher resolution for finals and the timeline and caption steps all come out of the same wallet.

• Draft at 360p or 480p, finalize at 720p or 1080p.
• Multiply the clip cost by your expected takes per kept shot.
• Cap spend per run so a loop cannot drain the wallet.

Splitting the $100

A plan that uses $100 sensibly is a draft pool plus a finals pool. For example, $20 on Omni Flash 360p drafts buys 106 drafts, and $80 on Wan 720p finals buys 128 clips. Compared with spending all $100 on 720p, you see more ideas for the same money.

Write the split down before you start. When the draft pool is empty, stop and review what you have instead of topping up.

Why the answer is not just the cheapest row

The 1,600-clip figure is real, but a cheap row only helps if its output fits the job. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 is the right tool for volume, drafts and motion tests. Wan 3.0 (up to 30 seconds) and Omni Flash (1080p and 4K) cover higher resolutions when a client will see the file.

A useful habit is to price a finished deliverable instead of a clip. Ten finished 15-second videos need 150 seconds of kept footage; at three takes each, that is 450 generated seconds, or $5.625 on Grok and $56.25 on Wan 720p.

Limits

The tables show the model amount. A workspace Agent Fee line can be added on top, so treat the job's own usage cost as the truth and check the live catalog before you budget; limits and rows change.