Sume Scale vs Google direct for Gemini Omni Flash: break-even seconds

Google lists Gemini Omni Flash video at about $0.10 a second at 720p, and Sume bills $0.125 a second for the same model. Sume's Scale plan comes out cheaper than buying direct only between about 4,000 and 16,000 seconds of 720p video a month. Below that the $400 fee dominates; above it the 1.25 multiple does. Direct always beats Pro and Startup on price alone.

Where the numbers come from

Google's pricing page lists $17.50 per million video output tokens and 5,792 tokens per second of 720p, which is about $0.10 a second (read 2026-10-06). Sume's rate is provider list times 1.25 per second at 720p. The table assumes all usage is Omni Flash 720p and ignores Google's text output tokens and any volume discounts.

Why the crossovers sit where they do

Scale costs the larger of $400 and the usage minus the $400 of extra allowance. It beats direct above 4,000 seconds because $400 is then less than direct would cost ($0.10 times 4,000). It stops beating direct at 16,000 seconds, where usage minus $400 equals the direct price.

Pro and Startup never win: their allowances are small, so the 25 percent premium always costs more than direct.

What the premium buys

The price difference is not all there is. Sume gives one balance across models, queued jobs with a 429 when full, a 402 before work starts, and refunds for failed jobs. Going direct means a Google billing account and handling rate limits and failures yourself. If you are a single-model, high-volume buyer, direct may be right; if you mix models, Sume's wallet is simpler.

For a per-second comparison with notes on what differs, see Omni Flash on Sume against Google direct.

A note on seconds. 4,000 seconds is about 67 minutes of video a month, and 16,000 seconds about 4.4 hours, so the Scale window is a real production volume but not a huge one. Because these figures use only the per-second video rate, they leave out Google's separate charge for text output tokens, and the time you spend on a separate billing set-up. Check Google's page before deciding, since the rate can change.