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The API, CLI and MCP draw from your balance. Topping up more raises how many jobs run at once.
API pricing
Metered USD rates for generation over the public API, at the provider's price with 0% markup, billed per job, second, character, or minute as listed.
Public API rates
Every model in the catalog is billed at the provider's price, with 0% markup: a workspace without a price book pays what the provider charges, with no margin and no fee on top. The API is paid from the same top-ups as the app, and Sume pays the card fee, so a top-up adds its full amount to your balance.
Avatar
- Create avatar$0.96per avatar
One-time avatar creation for reusable Sume Avatar 1.0 video workflows.
- Standard · no product$0.184per second
- Standard · with product$0.19408per second
- Plus · no product$0.24512per second
- Plus · with product$0.25808per second
- Max · no product$0.55008per second
- Max · with product$0.58per second
- VEED Fabric 1.0$0.15008per audio second (720p)
VEED Fabric 1.0 priced per ceil(audio second). 480p $0.08/s, 720p $0.15008/s. Max 300 seconds. Audio must be Sume-hosted and under 10 MB.
Audio
- Music generation$0.112per audio
One audio generation using Sume Music 1.0.
- Speech transcription$0.00368per audio minute
Sume STT 1.0 transcription priced per audio minute. Omit duration_seconds to reserve for 1 minute; max 10 minutes.
- Text to speech$0.04752per 1,000 characters
Sume TTS 1.0 priced per transcript character, quoted per 1,000 characters. Spaces and punctuation count. Maximum 20000 characters.
Media tools
- Remove background$0.032per image
One background-removal generation using Sume RMBG 1.0.
- Video upscale$0.00704per video second
Sume Video Upscale 1.0 priced per input second. Omit duration_seconds to reserve 5 seconds; max 30 seconds.
- Timeline render$0.1per output minute
Sume Timeline 1.0 declarative long-form assembly reserved at $0.1 per ceil(output minute) and captured at the render's own compute, never above the reservation. Max 1800 seconds. All media URLs must be Sume-hosted.
Image & video generation
- Image 1.0Meteredper job
Sume-managed image generation. Exact bands vary by request.
- Video 1.0Meteredper job
Sume-managed video generation. Exact bands vary by request.
- Image RouterPass-throughper model
The provider's price, 0% markup. Per-model rates in the catalog.
- Video RouterPass-throughper model
The provider's price, 0% markup. Per-model rates in the catalog.
Full rates for managed models and routers: GET /v1/catalog, or the billing docs. sume.com/docs/billing
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