Vidu Q4 Preview at $0.014 a second: one minute vs Sume models

Vidu Q4 Preview is advertised from $0.014 per second, which is $0.84 for 60 seconds of video at that from-rate. Sume does not offer Vidu Q4: it is not on the Video Router model list. What Sume sells for one minute of 16:9 video is $3.76 on Wan 3.0 at 480p, $7.50 at 720p and $34.68 on Seedance 2.5 at 720p, in separate jobs of up to 30 seconds.

What the vendor says

Vidu's launch announcement, read 2026-10-13, gives the price as "starting at $0.014/sec", with output options of 540p, 720p, 1080p, 2K and 4K, up to 15 image references and up to 3 audio references. It also says final pricing, resolutions and terms may vary by plan and region. Only the starting price is stated there, so the table below compares that starting price, not a price for a particular resolution.

What to do with this

If you need Vidu Q4 itself, use Vidu's own platform and keep the clips; Sume's timeline and edit tools can assemble clips from other sources. If you want the Sume catalog, price the shot you need from the per-second tables, not the from-rate of another vendor.

Sume's amounts are list x 1.25, rounded up to the cent per job, per the Video Router docs.