Luma Ray3.2 reframe costs 6 to 36 cents a second; Sume crop is $0.02

Luma's API pricing lists Reframe as its own per-second operation: $0.06 at 540p, $0.12 at 720p and $0.36 at 1080p (Luma pricing, read 2026-10-09). Sume's nearest tool is the video filter crop op, which cuts a rectangle out of a finished clip for $0.02 an encode job. A crop removes pixels; it does not create new ones.

What does reframe cost on Luma?

What does Sume's crop do?

The docs state the source clip must be on media.sume.com, and the result is a new MP4 with the source unchanged.

• ops[].op: "crop" takes x, y, width and height as fractions of the frame; width and height run from 0.05 to 1.
• The compiler rounds to even values for yuv420p.
• A free POST /v1/video-filter/check validates the program before you pay.
• The public rate is $0.02 per encode job, whatever the clip length.

Which fits a 16:9 to 9:16 job?

If a 16:9 clip holds the subject in the centre, crop about 0.316 of the width at full height and you have a 9:16 file for $0.02. If the subject is off-centre or the shot needs extra picture, a crop loses it, and generating again in the target ratio is the clean fix. Omni on Sume accepts 16:9 and 9:16 directly, so a vertical 10-second 720p version is $1.25.

What does the cheaper tool not do?

Sume's docs do not describe a reframe that extends the picture, and Sume lists no Luma id (catalog read 2026-10-09). Treat the two as different jobs with different results.