Pricing
How Sume bills API work: plans and one wallet, what one run cost, estimates before you run, avatar video rates, failed jobs, and 402 errors.
Start with How Sume pricing works: plans, one wallet, published model rates
One AI video job up to 30 seconds: Wan 3.0 vs Seedance 2.5 cost
Only Wan 3.0 and Seedance 2.5 on Sume take more than 15 seconds in one request. What one clip costs on each at every resolution, by clip length.
AI video longer than 30 seconds on Sume: how many jobs, and the cost
No Sume video model makes more than 30 seconds in one job. How longer videos split into jobs on Wan 3.0 or Seedance 2.5, and what the set costs, by length.
Wan 3.0 cost for sets of short ad clips on Sume, vs Omni Flash
What a set of short ad clips costs on Sume with Wan 3.0 at 480p, 720p and 1080p, next to Gemini Omni Flash 1.1, for every set and length these posts priced.
Seedance 2.5 product ad cost on Sume, by number of ads
What a run of 10-second product ads costs on Sume with Seedance 2.5 at 720p and 9:16: one ad's price times the count, for every count these posts priced.
Text-to-speech cost on Sume, by script length
Sume TTS is priced per character, spaces and punctuation included, and a long script splits into several jobs. The cost of scripts from a tutorial to a book.
Seedance 2 vs 2.5 on Sume: clip cost by length and resolution
What a Seedance 2 and a Seedance 2.5 clip cost on Sume at 480p, 720p and 1080p in 9:16, for each clip length these posts priced, side by side.
GPT Image 2.5 cost on Sume by quality, size and image count
What GPT Image 2.5 images cost on Sume at each quality tier, square and 16:9, for every image count these posts priced. One image per request.
AI music tracks on Sume Music 1.0: the cost per generation
Sume Music 1.0 charges a fixed price for each accepted generation, whatever the prompt, so a set of tracks costs that price times the count.
Kling 3 clip cost on Sume with generated audio on or off
What Kling 3 clips cost on Sume with and without generated audio, by clip length and count. Audio adds the provider's per-second surcharge.
Transcription cost on Sume STT, by audio length
Sume STT 1.0 bills per audio minute, so a transcript costs that rate times the minutes. The cost of interviews, webinars, workshops and stream replays.
Transcript cost for podcasts and calls: MAI-Transcribe vs Sume STT
What transcribing podcasts, calls, ads and back catalogs costs on Microsoft's MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming and on Sume STT 1.0, for each job priced.
Veo 3.1 at Google's list price vs the cheapest Sume row
Google's list price for a Veo 3.1, Veo 3.1 Fast or Veo 3.1 Lite clip next to the cheapest Sume row that makes the same length and resolution. Price only.
Sume TTS vs ElevenLabs: narration cost by character count
Sume TTS against ElevenLabs Flash, Turbo and multilingual models for the same number of characters, from IVR prompts to a full library.
Sume STT vs ElevenLabs Scribe v2: transcript cost by hours
What transcribing hours of calls or recordings costs on Sume STT and on ElevenLabs Scribe v2. On cost alone, Scribe v2 is cheaper for plain transcripts.
Sume Music vs ElevenLabs Music: cost by track count and length
Sume charges a fixed price per generation; ElevenLabs charges per minute of music. Which is cheaper depends on track length, for every set priced.
What an AI video budget buys on Sume: seconds and length by model
How many seconds of video a budget buys on each Sume model, and the longest clip each model makes under a per-clip price ceiling, at 720p and 1080p.
Nano Banana 2.1 image cost on Sume, by resolution tier and count
What a set of Nano Banana 2.1 images costs on Sume at the 0.5K, 1K, 2K and 4K tiers: the per-image price times the count, for every set these posts priced.
Ideogram 4.5 image cost on Sume at low, medium and high quality
What a set of Ideogram 4.5 images costs on Sume at low, medium and high quality, for every set these posts priced. Image size does not change the price.
Grok Imagine API pricing: xAI 8c and 2c a second, Sume 1.25c
xAI lists Grok Imagine Video 1.5 at $0.08 a second and 1.5 Lite at $0.02. Sume bills its one Grok row at 1.25 cents a second. Totals for 4 to 15 s.
30-second AI video with sound: what it costs on Sume
Kling 3 with audio is $0.21 a second on Sume, so 30 s is $6.30 in two jobs. Compare Wan 3.0 and Seedance 2.5 for a 30-second clip with sound.
30-second video: one job, two 15 s jobs or three 10 s jobs?
Does splitting a 30-second video change the price on Sume? Compare one, two and three jobs on Seedance, Wan and Kling 3, read 2026-10-13.
Per-second vs per-token video pricing: why Seedance moves
Wan 3.0 and Omni Flash price per second; Seedance prices per video token, so frame size and aspect ratio change the bill. Worked on Sume, list x 1.25.
Best AI video model for draft clips: lowest per-second rows
Cheapest drafts on Sume: Grok Imagine (image-to-video) $0.0125 a second, Omni 360p $0.0375, Wan 3.0 and H3 480p $0.0625. List x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.
Budget for 100 image ads on Sume: seven models, one image per job
100 single-image ad jobs on Sume cost $3 on Grok image or Qwen Image up to $10 on Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K. Each job rounds up to a cent.
Budget for 100 six-second video ads on Sume, by model and tier
100 six-second ads cost $23 to $853 on Sume, from Omni Flash at 360p to Seedance 2.5 at 1080p. Twelve model and tier rows, list x 1.25.
AI video cost per second at 1080p on Sume, six models ranked
One second of 1080p on Sume: Omni Flash $0.1875, Wan 3.0 $0.25, H3 Max $0.20, Kling 3 $0.14 silent. List x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.
Cheapest AI video per second at 480p on Sume, ranked
At 480p Sume Grok Imagine is $0.0125 a second, Omni Flash 360p $0.0375, then Wan 3.0 and H3 at $0.0625. Ranked, list x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.
AI video cost per second at 720p on Sume: the models table
What one second of 720p AI video costs on Sume by model, from the repo price tables at list x 1.25, read 2026-10-13. Seedance 2.5 is $0.5778.
Grok Imagine cost calculator in Python: ceil to the cent per job
A Python function that prices Grok Imagine clips on Sume at $0.0125 a second, ceiled to the cent per job, so 50 clips of 5 s is $3.50, not $3.13.
H3 Max lip sync resolutions on Sume: 480p, 768p, 1080p, no 2K
Sume's H3 Max lip sync offers 480p, 768p (default) and 1080p, no 2K. At the documented list times 1.25 that is $0.0625, $0.10 or $0.20 per second.
How much does a 30-second AI video cost? Sume prices by tier
A 30-second AI video on Sume costs from $1.88 (Wan 3.0 480p) to $42.65 (Seedance 2.5 1080p) in one job. Table by resolution, list x 1.25.
Omni edit duration is only a reserve hint: 8 seconds by default
On a video_url edit, Sume does not send duration to the provider. It only sizes the credit reserve (default 8 s, $1.00 at 720p). The source sets the length.
Seedance 15-second clip price ladder on Sume: Mini to 2.5
A 15-second Seedance clip on Sume costs $1.32 on Mini at 480p up to $21.33 on 2.5 at 1080p. Four models, three tiers, list x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.
What list x 1.25 adds per second on Sume video, by model
Sume's 1.25 margin adds $0.0125 to $0.2843 per second on the rows in this table. Table of list, margin and total, read 2026-10-13.
TTS price per 1,000 characters: every Sume row next to MAI-Voice
Sume's TTS Router bills $0.0475 per 1,000 characters on Sonic rows and $0.05 to $0.125 on Eleven rows; Microsoft lists MAI-Voice-2.1 at $0.022.
Speechify API Starter, Pro, Scale: monthly bill vs Sume TTS
Speechify's API plans cost $10, $99 and $499 a month with included characters. See the bill at 1.9M to 100M characters next to Sume's flat $47.50 per million.
Pictory monthly vs annual: 14% to 41% gap, and Sume's yearly saving
Pictory Starter is $29 monthly or $25 annual, Professional $59 or $35, Team $199 or $119. Sume yearly saves 10% to 15%. The arithmetic, plan by plan.
AI video resolution price steps: where Sume cost jumps 2x or more
Step by step ratios between resolution tiers for 11 Sume video rows. The sharp steps are 360p-720p on Omni, 1080p-2K on Wand Vega Pro, 768p-2K on Heygen.
Sound surcharge per second: Kling 3 and three Veo 3.1 rows on Sume
Sound adds $0.025/s on Veo 3.1 Fast and Lite, $0.07 on Kling 3 and $0.25 on Veo 3.1. Priced for 8 and 15 seconds, from the Sume catalog rates.
One agent turn's total cost: pass its job id to /v1/usage
Pass an agent turn's job id as job_id on GET /v1/usage and Sume sums the turn's own model row plus every job it commissioned, with turn_job_id on each row.
Ten sub-cent usage rows: why cents fields never match debited_usd
Sume prints three roundings for the same money: credit_amount rounds up, billable_amount_usd_cents rounds half-up, debited_usd rounds once. Sum micros instead.
Kandinsky 6.0 5-second audio clip: price it on Sume rows
Kandinsky 6.0 makes 5-second clips with sound but lists no price. Here is what a 5-second clip with audio costs on the Sume rows that bill sound.
Need a 7-second ad? Kandinsky's fixed 5 s vs Sume exact seconds
Kandinsky 6.0 makes 5-second clips, so a 7-second ad needs a join. On Sume, Omni 360p bills exactly 7 s for $0.2625. Rows, floors and the join cost.
Nano Banana 2.1 still plus Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: cost per animation
A 1K Nano Banana 2.1 still ($0.10) plus a 6-second Grok Imagine 1.5 clip ($0.075) costs $0.175 on Sume. Tables for 4 to 15 seconds and 100 animations.
GPT Image 2.5 vs Nano Banana 2.1: where the price lines cross
On Sume, Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K ($0.10) undercuts GPT Image 2.5 only at xhigh ($0.117) and max ($0.2635). Low, medium and high all cost less per image.
Price per credit on monthly plans: Runway, Luma, HeyGen, Synthesia
Dollars per credit on each vendor's monthly paid plans, from pricing pages read 2026-10-11, and why one credit is not the same unit across tools.
Cafe holiday menu board with AI: Ideogram 4.5 cost by quality
Four seasonal menu boards in three takes each cost $0.45 at low, $0.90 at medium and $3.30 at high quality on Sume. Edit one board to save.
Does audio off make AI video cheaper? Kling 3 yes, Wan 3.0 no
Turning generate_audio off cuts Kling 3 by a third on Sume but changes nothing on Wan 3.0, Seedance 2.5 or Omni. Which rows price sound, with a 5 s example.