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
Digital signage 1:4 portrait totem: cost of a 6-creative loop on Sume
A tall 1:4 totem screen takes Nano Banana 2.1's 1:4 ratio directly. Six creatives cost $0.45 at 0.5K, $0.60 at 1K, $0.90 at 2K, $1.20 at 4K on Sume.
Sume video price = provider list x 1.25: Omni, H3, H3 Max, Recast
Provider list per second times 1.25 gives the Sume price: Omni 720p $0.10 becomes $0.125, H3 Max 768p $0.08 becomes $0.10. All 13 rows checked against the tool.
Twelve 45-second Shorts a month: what each Sume video model costs
Twelve vertical 45 s Shorts a month cost $41.70 on MiniMax H3 at 768p and $68.70 on Wan 3.0 at 720p, up to $313.21 on Seedance 2.5 at 720p, Timeline included.
Cost per approved banner: 0.5K drafts, 2K final, break-even at 1 in 2
With Nano Banana 2.1 on Sume, drafting at 0.5K ($0.075) then rendering one 2K final ($0.15) beats rendering all at 2K once fewer than 1 in 2 drafts is approved.
Does a bigger top-up raise Sume video concurrency? No, the plan does
A top-up adds balance, not processing slots: Free runs 1 job and accepts 6, Pro runs 4 and accepts 24. What each plan holds and the reserve to fill it.
Divide by 1.25: find the provider list price behind a Sume price
Sume bills provider list x 1.25, so a $1.50 Omni Flash 1080p clip of 8 seconds has a list of $1.20. Worked table for Wan 3.0, Omni, H3 and Nano Banana.
Cost per kept second: Omni 720p vs H3 Max 768p at 1 take in 3
Omni Flash 720p is $0.125 a second and H3 Max 768p is $0.10. Keep one take in three and a kept second costs $0.375 or $0.30 on Sume. Break-even math inside.
Where Sume documents plans, wallet and rates: which page answers what
Eight billing questions mapped to the docs page that answers each: the wallet, top-ups, list x 1.25, plan concurrency, 402 vs 429 and refunds, read 2026-10-09.
Poster motion: Seedance 2.5 at 3:4 costs 0.6% more than 9:16 at 720p
At 14 seconds, a 3:4 Seedance 2.5 clip is $0.05 dearer than 9:16 at 720p. Full 480p/720p/1080p table from the Sume price tool.
1080p per-second vs per-clip at 7, 13 and 21 seconds: who accepts each
At 1080p a 7-second clip fits five Sume models, a 13-second clip four, a 21-second clip only Wan 3.0 and Seedance 2.5. Per-second and per-clip prices for each.
Cancel 16 of 20 queued Seedance 2.5 clips: what you keep
Twenty 10-second Seedance 2.5 clips reserve $115.56. Cancel the 16 still queued and $92.448 is released; the 4 running clips complete and cost $23.112.
Cancel a queued Sume video job: refund rules and the 409 after start
A queued Sume job can be canceled before it starts; after that cancel returns 409 job_generation_already_started. What is held, with a 30-second example.
30-clip storyboard agent: which Sume plan accepts all jobs at once?
If an agent submits 30 separate generation jobs, only Startup (48 accepted) and above take them all at once; Pro (24) needs two waves of 18 and 12.
Cheapest 12-second AI video at 720p-class on Sume, five models ranked
For a 12-second clip at about 720p, MiniMax H3 at 768p is cheapest on Sume at $0.90, then H3 Max $1.20, Wan 3.0 $1.50, Seedance 2.0 $4.54, Seedance 2.5 $6.93.
One ledger for FLUX.3 credits and Sume USD cost with Python Decimal
BFL bills FLUX.3 in credits at $0.01 each; Sume reports usage.cost in USD. A Decimal ledger puts both on one scale: $0.100 + $0.041 + $0.15 = $0.291.
Nano Banana 2.1, 1,000 images: Sume row vs Google's standard and batch
1,000 Nano Banana 2.1 images at 2K: $150 on Sume's row, $50.40 at Google's standard rate, $25.20 at Google's batch rate, per each page read 2026-10-09.
Retry a timed-out 30-second Wan job: Idempotency-Key vs paying twice
A 30-second Wan 3.0 1080p job reserves $7.50. Resubmit it without an Idempotency-Key after a timeout and you can hold $15.00; the same key does not.
Check Sume image prices yourself: fal list x 1.25 for five rows
Verify Sume's per-image price in one minute: fal's list for Ideogram 4.5 ($0.03, $0.06, $0.22), Recraft V4 ($0.04) and Seedream 5 Lite ($0.035) times 1.25.
Video frames and reference ingest: no fixed price, a hold that settles
Sume bills video frames and reference ingest by Modal container seconds x list x 1.25 plus a fee, never above the hold. What to expect on the ledger and STT.
Reserved, captured, refunded: the ledger for a 6 s Omni 720p job
A 6-second Gemini Omni Flash 720p job on Sume reserves $0.75, then captures it or refunds it. How to read GET /v1/usage for one job and the three row states.
Divide by 1.25: recover the provider list rate from a Sume video price
Sume bills video at provider list x 1.25. Divide a Sume per-second rate by 1.25 to get the list rate: seedance-2 720p at $0.378 becomes $0.3024.
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS free tier vs paid: test five lines, then budget
Google's pricing page lists Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS as free of charge on the free tier. Sume bills each TTS job, with a 1-cent catalog minimum.
GPT Image 2.5 quality auto holds the max price: a 12-image batch
Quality auto on gpt-image-2.5 (Flare, Sunburst) reserves max: $0.21072 of output at 1024x1024 before Sume pricing, so twelve images hold $3.16 or more.
Sume video prices are provider list x 1.25: checked on Omni Flash
Sume bills video at provider list times 1.25. Dividing Omni Flash's $0.125 by 1.25 gives $0.10 per second, which matches Google's page. Full implied-list table.
An 80-cent cap per clip: longest Sume video each model and tier allows
With a hard $0.80 ceiling per clip, which Sume video models can run, and for how long? Wan 3.0 at 480p reaches 12 s; Seedance 2.5 at 1080p cannot start.
FLUX.3 Image in credits: 4.1, 4.8, 10 and 60.7 per image
Black Forest Labs bills FLUX.3 Image at 1 credit = $0.01. A $50 balance buys 1,219 images at 768sq, 1,041 at 1k, 500 at 2k and 82 at 4k. Sume does not list it.
Free plan seventh submit: 429 queue_full is free, 402 can come first
On Sume Free, six paid jobs fit (1 processing, 5 queued). The seventh gets 429 queue_full with its hold released. Which error comes first, and the cost.
Is 1080p worth 2.5x? Seedance 2.5 12-second clip by resolution
A 12-second Seedance 2.5 clip costs $3.22 at 480p, $6.93 at 720p and $17.06 at 1080p on Sume. 1080p is 2.46x the 720p price and 5.29x 480p.
Seedance 2.5 shortest clip: what 4 seconds costs vs Seedance 2, Wan 3
The shortest Seedance 2.5 clip on Sume is 4 seconds: $1.07 at 480p, $2.31 at 720p, $5.69 at 1080p. Compared with Seedance 2 and Wan 3.0.
Timeline render: 61 seconds costs double 60 on Sume
Sume Timeline reserves $0.10 per output minute, rounded up: a 60-second render is $0.10, a 61-second render is $0.20, a 30-minute render is $3.00.
What happens at zero credits mid-batch: 402 on Sume
When a Sume balance cannot cover a generation the API returns 402 insufficient_credits. Failed jobs are refunded before capture. Cap a batch locally.
GPT Image 2.5 at 1024: xhigh is about 3,122 tokens and max about 7,024
Sume's docs put xhigh at $0.09366 and max at $0.21072 for a 1024 image at $30 per million tokens. That implies 3,122 and 7,024 tokens, before Sume's margin.
Amazon video at 30, 60 or 90 seconds: Sume jobs per model and cost
Amazon says its best shoppable videos run 30 to 90 seconds. On Sume that is 3 to 9 jobs depending on the model, from $3.75 to $52.02 for 90 seconds.
Haiku 5.5 tool-use overhead: 286 tokens, 406 with tool_choice any
Claude Haiku 5.5 adds 286 system-prompt tokens when tools are present and 406 when tool_choice is any or tool. What that costs a Sume agent loop.
GLM-5.3 off-peak 50% points vs a Sume dollar spend cap
Z.ai meters GLM-5.3 in points with a 50% off-peak rate. Why a Sume dollar cap is a different meter, and how to schedule agent work.
Haiku 5.5 charges more above 100k tokens: keep Sume tools lean
Claude Haiku 5.5 prices prompts over 100,000 tokens at five times the base rate. How a long Sume tool list and job history can push you over.
Haiku 5.5 Batch API is half price: Sume renders are not batched
Claude's Batch API gives Haiku 5.5 a 50% discount, but a Sume render is billed by Sume. How to batch the planning step and keep caps on the render.
Shopify plays video at 480p to 1080p: what a 4K source costs on Sume
Shopify says streaming playback adjusts between 480p, 720p and 1080p though uploads reach 4K. A 10-second Omni clip is $1.88 at 1080p and $3.75 at 4K on Sume.
Synthesia dubbing with lip-sync: 80 credits a minute in dollars
Synthesia's plan article prices dubbing with lip-sync at 80 credits a minute. On the pricing page's plans that is about $0.85 to $1.86 per dubbed minute.
Synthesia Pro 2x to 8x: 12,000 to 48,000 credits vs Sume rates
Synthesia's new Pro 2x, 4x, 6x and 8x plans list 12,000 to 48,000 monthly credits. About 120 to 480 video minutes against Sume's $11.04 to $33 per minute.
Tavus 30-second minimum per conversation: what short calls cost
Tavus bills every conversation at least 30 seconds, so a 5-second call costs $0.185 at Starter overage. Plan math for short calls and Sume's 4-second floor.
MiniMax H3 Max 1080p costs twice 768p: the three tiers priced
H3 Max (minimax-h3-max) on Sume: 480p $0.0625, 768p $0.10, 1080p $0.20 per second, 5 to 15 seconds. 1080p is refined from native 768p.
Omni Flash 1.1 price chart: 3 to 10 seconds at 4 resolutions
Every whole-second length from 3 to 10 seconds at 360p, 720p, 1080p and 4K for Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 on Sume, from the estimator that reserves your balance.
Seedance 2.5 1080p is 2.46x the cost of 720p: why
Seedance 2.5 1080p costs about two and a half times 720p per second on Sume. The pixel count, the higher 1080p token rate, and the other Seedance tiers.
Cheapest image model per 1,000 images: 18 Sume rows ranked
Higgsfield Soul is $5 per 1,000 images on Sume, gpt-image-2.5 low at 1024 is $7.38, and Nano Banana Pro is $187.50. Eighteen rows ranked with one request.
Budgeting 100 Omni Flash clips with a mixed-resolution plan
A 100-clip Gemini Omni Flash plan across four resolutions costs $56.125 on Sume, versus $150.00 if every clip were an 8-second 1080p render.
MiniMax H3 price table: 480p, 768p, 2K, 4K for 5, 10, 15 s
What MiniMax H3 (minimax-h3) costs on Sume per clip: 5, 10 and 15 seconds at native 480p and 768p, plus the 2K and 4K upscales. No 720p.
Omni Flash 4K is 2x the 1080p price and 3x 720p: the ratios
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 on Sume prices 4K at exactly twice 1080p and three times 720p per second. The ratio table and when 4K is worth paying for.