Captions by platform: sidecar file or burned in, and what Sume does
LinkedIn takes one English caption file, YouTube has captions.insert at 400 quota units, X has a subtitles category. Sume burns captions into the picture.
Comparisons
Sume compared with other video and generative-media platforms. Each post uses the vendor's own pages, read on the date the post states.
Grok Imagine video at $0.08 a second: vendor ladder vs Sume
xAI lists Grok Imagine video 1.5 at $0.080 per second, video at $0.050 and 1.5 lite at $0.020. Compare with Sume's 480p and 720p per-second rows.
Nano Banana 2.1: fal's $0.040 at 1K vs Sume's tier prices
fal's Nano Banana 2.1 page shows $0.040 at 1K, $0.059 at 2K, $0.134 at 4K. Sume's repo list is $0.08, $0.12, $0.16 x 1.25. Cost per 100 images.
Nano Banana 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro on Sume: $0.10 vs $0.1875
Nano Banana 2.1 bills $0.10 at 1K on Sume; Pro bills $0.1875. 2.1 adds 8:1, 4:1, 1:4 and 1:8 ratios; both list 0.5K to 4K and up to 10 references.
Omni Flash 1.1 vs Wan 3.0 per second: which is cheaper at each tier?
At 720p Omni Flash 1.1 and Wan 3.0 both cost $0.125 a second on Sume. At 1080p Omni is $0.1875 against $0.25. Tier-by-tier table, list x 1.25.
Grok Imagine image at $0.02 vs Sume grok-image: 100 ad stills
xAI lists grok-imagine-image at $0.02, quality at $0.05 and 2.0 at $0.04 per image. Sume grok-image bills $0.03 per n=1 job. Cost per 100 ad stills.
H3 Max vs Seedance 2.5 for 1080p clips with sound
Both give 1080p with sound on Sume. H3 Max runs 5-15 s at a 1080p list of $0.16/s ($0.20/s billed); Seedance 2.5 runs 4-30 s. Read 2026-10-13.
HelixWorld 768x512 at 24 fps vs a 720p API video: what differs
HelixWorld outputs 768x512 at 24 fps with stereo sound on one GPU. A Sume Omni clip is 16:9 or 9:16 at 360p to 4K. Compare size, ratio, length and delivery.
Kling 3 vs Gemini Omni Flash for a 1080p clip: limits compared
Both reach 1080p on Sume. Kling 3 runs 4-15 s and is 1080p only; Omni runs 3-10 s, tops out at 4K, and takes references and edits. Read 2026-10-13.
Microsoft-Decision-1 vs Clef: which gate sits in front of Sume?
Decision-1 reads text or JSON; Clef also takes images and has a 65,536-token window. Neither replaces Sume's dry_run, spend cap, or 402.
One 1080x1920 render against five platform video limits
A default Sume Timeline render is 1080x1920 MP4. Check it against the numeric limits TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, Pinterest and X publish themselves.
Max video length in seconds: five platforms vs Sume's 900 and 1800
TikTok API 600 s, Shorts 180 s, Pinterest 900 s, X 1200 s, LinkedIn 1800 s. Sume trims 900 s and renders 1800 s timelines, so only some fit in one job.
Qwen Image 2.1 Pro vs Turbo: price, steps and rate limits
Turbo is 8 steps at $0.016 per image; Pro is $0.04 with a 20 RPM cap. Both are on Alibaba Model Studio; Sume lists neither yet.
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo $0.016 vs Sume Qwen Image: 100 images
Alibaba lists qwen-image-2.1-turbo at $0.016 and pro at $0.04 per image (Singapore). Sume offers qwen-image at 2.5 cents and qwen-image-max at 9.4.
Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo vs FLUX.2 pro vs Seedream 5 Lite: price per image
Vendor list prices are $0.016 (Qwen Turbo, Singapore), $0.03 (FLUX.2 pro) and $0.035 (Seedream 5.0 Lite). Sume lists the last two.
Qwen Image Max vs Qwen Image 2.1 Pro: $0.075 on fal, $0.04 on Alibaba
Qwen Image Max is $0.075 per image on fal and $0.09375 on Sume; Alibaba lists 2.1 Pro at $0.04. They are different models, so compare with care.
Real-time world model or video API? A 24 fps session vs a job
HelixWorld runs interactively at 24 fps on one GPU. Sume video is an async job you poll or receive by webhook. How to choose, and what each costs.
Seedance 2.5 vs Gemini Omni Flash: length, size and inputs
Seedance 2.5 on Sume runs 4-30 s up to 1080p; Omni Flash 1.1 runs 3-10 s up to 4K and adds edits. Pick by length first. Read 2026-10-13.
Seedream 5.0 Lite vs 4.5 vs 4.0 on Sume: prices and ratios
Sume bills Seedream 5.0 Lite $0.04375, Seedream 4.5 $0.05 and Seedream 4.0 $0.0325 per image. All take 10 references; only 4.0 lists auto.
Video size caps: TikTok 4 GB, Pinterest 2, LinkedIn 500 MB, X 8
Each platform publishes its own byte ceiling. At an assumed 8 Mbps a 30-minute video is 1.8 GB, over LinkedIn's 500 MB; Sume docs publish no render file size.
Vidu Q4 Preview at $0.014 a second: one minute vs Sume models
Vidu Q4 Preview launches from $0.014 per second, about $0.84 a minute. Vidu Q4 is not in Sume's catalog; here are Sume's per-minute prices.
Does Runway roll over unused credits? Only Max, for one month
Runway's pricing page lists credit rollover on Max only (9,500 credits, $76 a month billed annually). How that compares with Sume plan credits, which expire.
HeyGen credit rollover: one cycle monthly, until renewal annual
HeyGen's pricing page says monthly plans roll unused credits over one cycle and annual plans keep them until renewal. Compared with Sume plan credits.
Topview 180-second avatar videos vs Sume 60-second jobs: cost
Topview lists a 180 s avatar cap on every plan; Sume jobs run 4 to 60 s. Three chained Standard jobs for a 180 s script cost $33.12 without a product image.
Fliki Free has no commercial use: the first plan that does, and Sume
Fliki's Free plan carries a watermark and no commercial use; Standard adds it. Here is where commercial rights start on Fliki and on Sume's plan ladder.
Longest video per plan: Fliki, Vidnoz, Kapwing vs Sume's 30-minute cap
Fliki goes 5, 15 and 40 minutes by plan, Vidnoz 3 then 60, Kapwing 4 then 120. Sume Timeline renders up to 1,800 seconds per job. The numbers side by side.
Magnific credits last a year with no monthly reset: Sume top-ups too?
Magnific says plan credits are valid for 1 year with no monthly resets. Sume top-up credits carry a 365-day expiry. How the two compare, with plan prices.
FLORA at $18, $50 or $200 a seat vs Sume's flat $40 and $120
FLORA charges per seat with a shared dollar pool; Sume lists flat plans plus a USD wallet. Plan fees for a 3-seat and 7-seat team on each, side by side.
Krea Business: $200, 50 seats, 80,000 units vs Sume Startup $120
Krea's Business plan lists 50 seats and 80,000 compute units for $200 a month. Sume Startup is $120 with 8 concurrent jobs and a USD wallet. What differs.
Lovart credits reset monthly, top-ups last 366 days: Sume's wallet?
Lovart's FAQ: plan credits reset each billing cycle, no rollover; top-ups last 366 days. Sume top-ups last 365 days; its plans carry no credits.
Bannerbear refunds an unrendered part; Sume cancels only before start
Bannerbear says cancelling an animation refunds the part not yet rendered. Sume cancels only before generation starts, then returns 409. How the money differs.
Creatify Starter runs 1 generation at a time; Sume queues up to 6
Creatify Starter allows 1 generation at a time, Pro up to 5. Sume Free runs 1 and queues 5; Pro runs 4 and queues 20. The same 12 jobs counted on each.
Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar is enterprise-only; what Sume offers for clips
Google's Live Avatar in Gemini 3.8 Live is a real-time persona for Gemini Enterprise in 97 languages. Sume's Avatar 1.0 renders English clips. How they differ.
Merchant Center Product Studio video vs the Sume video API
Product Studio saves 720p, caps images at 32 MB and works in six countries. When a Sume video API request fits better, read from Google's page and Sume docs.
HeyGen enterprise writes rise to 30/s; how Sume limits submits
HeyGen raised enterprise limits: writes 30 per second, polling 1,500 per minute. Sume publishes no per-second number; it uses plan queues and rate headers.
HeyGen instant voice clone audio in Sume? Only Sume-hosted audio
HeyGen's new instant voice clone can output TTS audio, but Sume's talking-still routes take only Sume-hosted audio up to 10 MB. What it blocks and what works.
OpenRouter lists 26 video ids: which have a Sume id (Oct 2026)
Of 26 video ids on OpenRouter's listing, 11 map to a Sume catalog id and 15 do not. The full id-by-id table, read 2026-10-11, and what Sume lists instead.
OpusClip API alternative: what Sume can cut and what it cannot
Sume has no highlight-finding API like OpusClip's. It trims, captions and assembles clips you pick; the source must be on media.sume.com first.
PiAPI's $0.50 start credit and resetting bonus vs a Sume USD balance
PiAPI gives new accounts $0.50 plus bonus credits that reset each cycle. Sume bills a USD balance at published model rates and sets concurrency by plan.
Runway fails a redirected media URL; Sume follows up to five hops
Runway's API fails a media URL that answers 3XX. Sume follows up to 5 redirects if every hop is public HTTPS. Compare both URL rule sets before you port.
Same video model, different limits: OpenRouter vs Sume rows
Ten video models are on both OpenRouter and Sume; eight differ in duration or resolution. Veo, Kling, Seedance, Hailuo, Grok side by side, read 2026-10-11.
Stability's Stable Image edit tools, matched to Sume image routes
Which of Stability's Stable Image edit, upscale and control tools have a Sume route: mask edits, background removal and upscale yes, outpaint and sketch no.
Submagic caps video at 2, 5 or 30 min; Sume prices up to 60 seconds
Submagic allows 2, 5 or 30 minute videos by plan. Sume's $0.20 caption job is priced for videos up to 60 seconds. Which one fits which video length.
Synthesia Syren writes video as code: what Sume has instead
Syren is Synthesia's prompt-to-video agent in early access. Sume has no equivalent; it has a script-to-avatar API and a timeline. The gap, mapped.
Syren mixes the first 24 audio tracks; Sume's timeline takes 20 parts
Syren mixes only the first 24 audio tracks in an export. Sume's timeline takes one spine in up to 20 gapless parts plus one bed. What fits where.
Syren can't use your own avatar or cloned voice; Sume has a handle
Synthesia says own avatars and cloned voices need its regular editor, not Syren. Sume builds an avatar from a photo; voice cloning is app-only.
Syren's 3-minute cap and 30-second avatar scenes vs Sume's 60 s
Syren runs up to 3 minutes but avatar scenes over 30 s can time out; Sume takes 4-60 s per avatar job. How to plan a 3-minute presenter video.
WaveSpeed levels come from one top-up; Sume concurrency is plan-only
WaveSpeed sets Bronze to Ultra by a single top-up amount. On Sume a top-up never raises concurrency; the plan does (1, 4, 8, 20). What that means for budgets.