Monthly AI video budget: 60 five-second clips per month on Sume
Sixty 5 second clips a month cost $30.00 on H3 Max 768p, $37.80 on Wan 3.0 or Gemini Omni Flash 720p, $113.40 on Seedance 2 and $173.40 on Seedance 2.5.
Sixty 5 second clips a month cost $30.00 on H3 Max at 768p, $37.80 on Wan 3.0 or Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 at 720p, $113.40 on Seedance 2 and $173.40 on Seedance 2.5 at 720p on Sume. Figures include per-job rounding up to whole cents.
Sume bills the provider list times 1.25 per the Video Router docs, rounds each job up to a cent and reserves that amount at submit. Seedance 2.5's list of $0.0214 per 1K tokens matches fal's page as read today.
The math
Per 5 second clip: H3 Max 768p is 5 x $0.10 = $0.50 (50 credits). Wan 3.0 720p is 5 x $0.125 = $0.625, rounded to 63 credits. Gemini Omni Flash 720p is also $0.625 (63 credits). Seedance 2 at 720p is $1.89 (189 credits) and Seedance 2.5 is $2.889 (289 credits). Multiply credits by 60.
| Model | Credits per clip | 60 clips |
|---|---|---|
| minimax-h3-max, 768p | 50 | $30.00 |
| wan-3.0, 720p | 63 | $37.80 |
| gemini-omni-flash-1.1, 720p | 63 | $37.80 |
| seedance-2, 720p | 189 | $113.40 |
| seedance-2.5, 720p | 289 | $173.40 |
Planning for retakes
Budget more clips than you will publish. With a one-in-three keep rate, 60 usable clips need 180 renders: $90.00 on H3 Max, $113.40 on Wan 3.0, $520.20 on Seedance 2.5. A failed job releases its reservation and is not charged, but a clip you reject after a successful render is a captured charge.
Check the billing and credits page for how balance and usage read back through GET /v1/balance and GET /v1/usage.
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