Upscaling 600 minutes of footage on Sume costs $324.00
Video upscale 1.0 is $0.009 per second in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 600 minutes of footage is $324.00. Rate read 2026-10-09.
Upscaling 600 minutes of footage costs $324.00 on Sume. Video upscale 1.0 is billed at $0.009 per second. Omit duration_seconds and Sume reserves from an estimate.
The arithmetic
Total is 36,000 seconds times $0.009. Rates are from the Sume public catalog, read 2026-10-09.
| Quantity | Rate | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 36,000 seconds | $0.009 per second | $324.00 |
| 72,000 seconds | $0.009 per second | $648.00 |
| 18,000 seconds | $0.009 per second | $162.00 |
Budgeting a run
Each job reserves its price when you submit it and refunds it if the job fails, so the figure above is the balance you need before you start the batch. The balance check answers 402 insufficient_credits when it is short; see the errors docs.
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