Upscale 100 images with an API: $20.00 on Sume

Sume Image Upscale 1.0 reserves $0.20 per image (about 16 megapixels at the Topaz rate), so 100 images is $20.00 before settlement.

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Upscaling 100 images costs up to $20.00 on Sume: Image Upscale 1.0 reserves $0.20 per image, which is a reserved ~16-megapixel Topaz generative (Wonder 3.5) job at $0.08 per started 8 MP, plus margin.

That is the rate-card basis as of 2026-10-06; smaller outputs can settle for less than the reserve.

What does the reserve look like by batch?

Reserved amounts, not final settlement:

Billable USD, Sume rate card, read 2026-10-06.
ImagesReserve
100$20.00
200$40.00

What should I plan for?

Read the live price in GET /v1/catalog (sume/image-upscale-1.0).

  • Upscale only the keepers: generate at a smaller size first.
  • Keep the wallet above the total reserve or the job returns 402 insufficient_credits.
  • Use an Idempotency-Key per image.

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