Captions for 150 short videos cost $30.00 on Sume at 20 cents flat

The video captions docs say each accepted standalone caption job reserves and captures $0.20, for videos up to 60 seconds, and point to GET /v1/catalog for the live price. 150 short videos is 150 x $0.20 = $30.00.

Batch totals

Flat pricing means a 12-second clip and a 58-second clip cost the same. The table shows batch totals.

The 60-second edge

Over 60 seconds the flat price no longer applies. The docs describe the current fixed estimate, so I would not budget a long video from this number; split long videos or ask the catalog.

Worked example and checks

Flat pricing changes how you should cut. Because a 58-second clip costs the same as a 12-second one, there is no saving from trimming under the cap, and a saving from merging two 25-second clips into one 50-second caption job: the two jobs cost $0.40 and the merged job $0.20.

Plan the cap into your edit. If a master is 75 seconds, you need either a split or a different route, and either way you should price it before the batch. 150 videos at 75 seconds could be 300 caption jobs, or $60.00, twice the headline number.

Where the cost sits

Caption cost is separate from transcript cost. A speech-transcription pass is $0.01 per audio minute on the rate card. Captions on 150 videos of 40 seconds is $30.00 against $1.00 of transcription for the same audio, so the caption job, not the transcript, is the cost line. Sume bills model and tool usage at the published rate on top of the plan fee, so the plan price is separate from every number in this post.