Sume vs Creatify
Credit plans against pay as you go, API plans, and avatar video by the second.
Creatify sells monthly credit plans for AI video ads, from Standard at $15 a month for 55 credits, and separate API plans from $99 a month for 500 credits. Sume has no plans: a workspace without a price book pays the provider's list price, with 0% markup, from a balance you top up from $5. Creatify can cost less per video when every credit gets used; Sume costs nothing in a month you run nothing.
At a glance
| Sume | Creatify | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Top up from $5; each top-up lasts 365 days. No subscription. | Plans at $15, $55, $95 and $195 a month, less on annual billing |
| Unused balance | Each top-up lasts 365 days | Credits expire after 2 months |
| API | Every account, from the same balance | API Starter $99 a month for 500 credits; API Pro $299 for 2,000 |
| Avatar video unit | Per second, by model | AI Avatar: 5 credits per 30 s |
| Markup on the provider's price | 0% without a price book |
A 30-second avatar video on each
Creatify's API bills its AI Avatar at 5 credits per 30 seconds and its Aurora 2.0 model at 0.7 credits a second at 720p. A credit works out to $0.198 on API Starter ($99 for 500) and $0.149 on API Pro ($299 for 2,000), if every credit in the month is used.
| 30-second talking video | Price | How it is billed |
|---|---|---|
| Sume, Kling Avatar 2.0 | $1.68 | $0.056 a second |
| Sume, VEED Fabric 1.0 at 720p | $4.50 | $0.15 a second |
| Sume, OmniHuman 1.5 | $4.80 | $0.16 a second |
| Creatify API, AI Avatar | about $0.99 on API Starter, $0.75 on API Pro | 5 credits |
| Creatify API, Aurora 2.0 at 720p | about $4.16 on API Starter, $3.14 on API Pro | 21 credits |
When a plan costs more
API Starter costs $99 in any month you have it. Ten 30-second avatar videos that month cost $99 on Creatify and $16.80 with Kling Avatar 2.0 on Sume. Below about 58 such videos a month, Kling Avatar 2.0 on Sume costs less than the plan; above that, Creatify's AI Avatar costs less per video.
How you pay
Creatify's plans are Standard ($15 a month, or $10 a month billed annually, 55 credits) and Pro ($55, or $38 annually, 280 credits), up to Max and Business. Its pricing page says credits expire after 2 months. The API is a separate subscription.
On Sume you add funds from $5, each top-up lasts 365 days, and Studio, the agent, the API and MCP all spend the same balance. See the pricing page and the API rate card.
Which one fits
| If you want | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Ready ad templates, AI actors and URL to video | Creatify | Its plans bundle actors, templates and URL-to-video tools |
| A high monthly volume of avatar videos at a fixed price | Creatify | Above about 58 thirty-second videos a month, API Starter costs less per video |
| Paying only for what you run | Sume | No plan; a top-up lasts 365 days |
| Picking the model | Sume | Kling Avatar, VEED Fabric, OmniHuman and more, each at its provider's list price |
Questions
- How much does Creatify cost?
- Its pricing page lists Standard at $15, Pro at $55, Max at $95 and Business at $195 a month on monthly billing, with lower monthly prices on annual billing, and a free plan with 10 credits a month.
- Does the Creatify API need a subscription?
- Yes. Its billing docs say to subscribe to API Starter ($99 a month, 500 credits) or API Pro ($299, 2,000 credits) to unlock API access.
- Is Sume's API priced differently from Studio?
- No. The Sume API, MCP and Studio draw from one balance at the same prices.
Sources
Prices checked on . Sume's prices come from its live price list; other companies' prices come from the public pages below. A blank cell means the company does not publish that number.
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