Wan 3.0 on Runway (5 to 20 credits a second) vs Sume at list x 1.25

Wan 3.0 on Runway is 5, 10 and 20 credits per second at 480p, 720p and 1080p, which is $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20. Sume bills the provider list times 1.25, so the same three tiers are $0.0625, $0.125 and $0.25 per second. A 10-second clip is $1.00 on Runway and $1.25 on Sume at 720p, and $2.00 against $2.50 at 1080p.

Runway's numbers are from its pricing guide (read 2026-10-04). Sume's rule is stated in its video docs: reserve provider list x 1.25 at submit.

The markup, exactly

Runway's per-second price is 1.0x the provider list in this case, and Sume's is 1.25x, so Sume costs $0.0125 per second more at 720p ($0.125 - $0.10). On 1,000 ten-second clips at 720p that is 1,000 x $0.25 = $250 more, $1,250 against $1,000.

Runway also lists wan3_prime at 6.8, 14 and 28 credits per second, $0.068, $0.14 and $0.28, which is a pricier variant, not a Wan 3.0 price.

What Sume adds

Sume reserves the amount at submit and refunds a failed or cancelled generation, per its billing docs. Wan 3.0 jobs accept 2 to 30 seconds, and the same account runs image, voice and timeline steps, so the extra $0.25 per ten-second clip is the cost of one balance for the whole pipeline. If you only run Wan, Runway is cheaper.

• Wan only, high volume: Runway at 1.0x list.
• Wan inside an image, voice and edit workflow: Sume's single balance.
• Compare the other columns of your pipeline before choosing, because a $0.25 gap per clip is small next to retries.

Steps

• Count total seconds, not clips: 1,000 clips x 10 seconds is 10,000 seconds.
• Multiply by the per-second price in the table for your resolution.
• Add a retry margin of 10 to 20%.
• Compare totals: 10,000 seconds at 720p is $1,000 on Runway and $1,250 on Sume.

At 1080p

One thousand 10-second clips at 1080p cost 1,000 x $2.00 = $2,000 on Runway and 1,000 x $2.50 = $2,500 on Sume. At 480p the gap is 1,000 x ($0.625 - $0.50) = $125. The percentage gap is always 25%, so the dollar gap grows with the resolution you choose.

Caveats

The docs say Sume bills provider list x 1.25 for each catalog model; I am assuming Runway's Wan credit price equals list, which holds if the fal list is $0.05, $0.10 and $0.20, as the repository's price tables show. Prices read 2026-10-04.