MiniMax H3 5-second clip price on Sume, with other options

On Sume, minimax-h3 accepts clips of 5 to 15 seconds, so 5 seconds is one request. It bills $0.3125 at 480p and $0.375 at 768p (768p is its native tier, not 720p). At 768p, MiniMax H3 Max is $0.50.

Limits come from the Video Router docs and the video generation docs; prices from the estimators behind the API pricing page, read 2026-10-10.

What does a 5-second MiniMax H3 clip cost?

Provider list price times 1.25.

What else makes a 5-second 768p clip?

The cheapest other catalog models at this length and tier.

How do I request it?

Send the model id, duration and resolution to POST /v1/videos, then poll.

import os
import time

import requests

H = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SUME_API_KEY']}"}
job = requests.post(
    "https://api.sume.com/v1/videos",
    headers=H,
    json={
        "model": "minimax-h3",
        "prompt": "A paper boat drifts down a rain-soaked street at dusk",
        "duration": 5,
        "resolution": "480p",
        "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
    },
).json()
while True:
    s = requests.get(job["polling_url"], headers=H).json()
    if s["status"] in ("completed", "failed"):
        break
    time.sleep(10)
print(s["status"], s.get("unsigned_urls"))

What this leaves out

Prices only; no quality ranking.

• Reference images, audio and edit modes can change the billed amount for some models.
• Rates change; re-read the pricing page before budgeting.