Wan 3.0 cost for 100 five-second clips by tier, list times 1.25

At Sume's recorded list rates for wan-3.0, 100 five-second clips come to about $32 at 480p, $63 at 720p and $125 at 1080p. The list rates are $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20 per second; Sume bills list times 1.25, rounded up to the cent per job.

The list rates are the ones in Sume's rate card as of 2026-10-02 (a fal list price dated 2026-08-24); the 1.25 multiplier and per-model clip range are from the Video Router docs. Read the live figure from GET /v1/video-router/models before you budget, since each row carries its own billable_margin.

How is a five-second clip priced at each tier?

Per clip: 5 seconds times the list rate times 1.25, rounded up to the next cent. Rounding is per job, so the totals below are the sum of 100 rounded jobs.

Why not render everything at 1080p?

Because a draft pass is cheaper than a redo. Render the 100 clips at 480p for about $32, pick the ones worth keeping, and re-render only those at 1080p. Wan 3.0 accepts 480p, 720p and 1080p, so the same prompt runs at any tier.

A re-render is not a pixel-identical upscale; it is a new generation, so expect the clip to change. If you need to keep a take exactly, keep the clip you already have.

What changes the number besides resolution?

Duration scales it linearly: a 10-second clip costs twice a 5-second one at the same tier. Wan 3.0 accepts 2 to 30 seconds, so a 30-second 1080p clip lists at $6.00 and bills at $7.50. The amount reserved on submit is an estimate; a successful job captures it, and failed jobs release it.

Check the balance before a big batch with GET /v1/balance; a request whose estimate cannot be reserved fails with 402 insufficient_credits before provider work starts, per Generation admission. More on pace in how many Wan 3.0 clips run at once.

Treat the table as a ceiling for a single pass. If one in five clips needs a re-render, add a fifth to the total; if you draft at 480p and promote 20 clips to 1080p, add 20 times $1.25 to the $32 draft pass.