Omni Flash: Google's $0.10 a second vs Sume's $0.125 at 10, 30, 60 s

Google's pricing page puts Gemini Omni Flash video at about $0.10 per second at 720p, and Sume bills $0.125 for the same second. On a 10-second clip the difference is $0.25, on 30 seconds $0.75, and on a minute $1.50.

That is a 25% premium, and it is the same multiplier Sume applies to each video model in its catalog.

The three lengths

Google's page lists $17.50 per million video output tokens and 5,792 tokens per second of 720p video, which works out to about $0.10 a second. Sume's docs say it bills the provider list times 1.25 for each output second.

Sume's Omni accepts 3 to 10 seconds per request, so 30 seconds is three requests and 60 seconds is six.

What the premium covers

The premium pays for the Sume side of the job: an API key and balance you already hold, one async job format shared across video models, and the same request shape if you later move to a different model id. It does not buy a better picture, because the model is the same.

If your only use is Omni Flash, you run it at high volume, and you already have a Google account set up, Google-direct is cheaper. If you also use other video, voice or image models, one account may be worth more than the 25 cents on a 10-second clip.

Where the gap shrinks

The premium is a percentage, so it is smallest in absolute terms where prices are lowest. A 360p draft is $0.0375 a second on Sume, so a 10-second draft is $0.375. The same multiplier applies at 1080p ($0.1875) and 4K ($0.375), where a 10-second clip is $1.875 and $3.75.

Using 360p drafts and a single higher-resolution final is how most of the premium gets avoided.

A worked example

Say you make four 30-second product films a month at 720p. Google-direct that is 120 seconds, or about $12.00. On Sume it is $15.00. The $3.00 a month difference is the price of consolidated billing, and whether it is worth it depends on how many other models you call.

At 40 times that volume, 4,800 seconds a month, the gap is $120.00 a month. At that scale it deserves a real conversation, and a Google-direct account for the Omni-only part of the workload may make sense.

Unverified

Google's page did not list 360p, 1080p or 4K Omni prices in the snapshot we read, so those comparisons are not made here. The Google figure of about $0.10 is derived from the token price and the 5,792 tokens per second shown on that page, so it can be a fraction of a cent off the invoice.