Veo 3.1 Lite: 10 seconds at 720p costs $0.50; Wan 3.0 on Sume $1.25
Veo 3.1 Lite lists $0.05 per second at 720p on Google. Sume does not list Veo; its Wan 3.0 row is $0.125 per second at 720p. The 10-second arithmetic.
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.
2,500 Nano Banana 2.1 images at 1K: Google Batch $42 vs Sume $250
Google lists Nano Banana 2.1 at $0.0168 per 1K image on Batch and $0.0336 Standard. Sume's row is $0.10. Here is the 2,500-image bill and when each makes sense.
HappyHorse 1.0 at $0.15 a second: four Sume rows cost less at 720p
Runway Dev lists HappyHorse 1.0 at 15 credits per second at 720p and 30 at 1080p. Sume does not list it; four Sume rows are cheaper at 720p, three at 1080p.
Three pages quote $0.10 a second: Veo Fast, Runway, Omni Flash
Google's Veo 3.1 Fast (720p) and Omni Flash, and Runway's veo3.1_fast and gemini_omni_flash, all land at about $0.10 a second. Sume's Omni Flash: $0.125.
Runway wait_for_task_output vs a Sume poll loop in Python
Runway's SDK blocks in wait_for_task_output and raises TaskFailedError. On Sume's /v1/videos route you poll a URL yourself; a 10-second loop does it.
MiniMax H3 Max 768p: 15 s is $1.50 on Sume, $1.20 on Runway Dev
Runway Dev lists h3_max at 5 credits per second at 480p and 8 at 768p. Sume lists minimax-h3-max at $0.0625 and $0.10, plus a 1080p row at $0.20.
Seedance 2.5 vs 2.0 for a 12-second 9:16 ad at 720p: $6.93 vs $4.54
A 12-second 9:16 ad at 720p costs $6.93 on Seedance 2.5 and $4.54 on Seedance 2.0 on Sume. What the extra $2.40 buys: 30-second reach versus a 15-second cap.
Runway Gen-4.5 alternative: a 5-second clip is $0.60, six Sume ids
Runway lists gen4.5 at 12 credits a second ($0.12). Sume does not list it. Six Sume video ids priced for the same 5 seconds, from $0.375 to $2.889.
Runway's three Seedance 2 tiers vs Sume's one: 10 seconds at 720p
Runway lists seedance2_mini at 16, seedance2_fast at 29 and seedance2 at 36 credits per second. Sume lists one seedance-2 at $0.378 per second at 720p.
Luma Ray 3.2 alternative: one /v1/generations route vs Sume's two
Luma's API sends images and video through POST /v1/generations. Sume splits them into /v1/videos and /v1/images and does not list ray-3.2 in its docs.
FLUX.2 Klein from $0.014 at BFL: Sume lists Pro at $0.0375, no Klein
Black Forest Labs lists FLUX.2 Klein 4B from $0.014 and Pro from $0.03. Sume lists flux-2-pro at $0.0375 and flux-2-flex, not Klein. 10,000-image costs.
Replicate Wan 2.1 at $0.09/s vs Sume Wan 3.0 480p: a 6-second clip
Replicate lists Wan 2.1 480p at $0.09 per output second. Sume's Wan 3.0 480p is $0.0625: $0.54 against $0.375 for 6 seconds. Different versions.
fal H3 Max at $0.05/s vs Sume H3 Max by resolution for 15 seconds
fal's pricing page lists H3 Max at $0.05 per second. Sume lists 480p $0.0625, 768p $0.10 and 1080p $0.20. For 15 seconds: $0.75 against $0.9375 to $3.00.
1,000 minutes of speech: Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS now, batch, 2027 vs Sume
1,000 minutes of Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS cost $13.50 standard and $6.75 batch until 2026-12-31, then double. Sume TTS for the same speech is about $42.75.
Cheapest 12-second 9:16 clip for a TikTok ad on Sume, by model
TikTok non-Spark ads need at least 540x960 for 9:16. At 720p or 768p a 12-second clip costs $0.90 on MiniMax H3, $1.50 on Wan 3.0 and Omni, $4.54 on Seedance 2.
12 s of Kling 3.0 Motion Control vs plain Wan 3.0 or Seedance 2.5
Kling 3.0 Motion Control is $0.1575 a second on Sume: $1.89 for 12 seconds, against $1.50 for Wan 3.0 at 720p and $6.93 for Seedance 2.5.
1,200 images under 3 cents: GPT Image 2.5 low, Grok, Imagen 4 Fast
Sume lists three image models near 2.5 cents: GPT Image 2.5 low at $0.02475, Grok Image and Imagen 4 Fast at $0.025. 1,200 images cost $29.70 to $30.00.
15-second clip: Seedance 2.0 vs 2.5 at 720p and 1080p on Sume
Seedance 2.0 tops out at 15 seconds on Sume. A 15-second clip is $5.67 at 720p versus $8.67 on 2.5, and $12.76 versus $21.32 at 1080p.
22-second Wan 3.0 clip: 720p plus video upscale or 1080p?
On Sume a 22-second Wan 3.0 clip costs $2.75 at 720p, $5.50 at 1080p. Video Upscale adds $0.009 a second, so 720p becomes $2.95. A price check only.
250,000 characters: ElevenLabs v4 Turbo before/after Oct 12 vs Sume
250,000 characters on ElevenLabs v4 Turbo cost $2.75 until Oct 12 and $10.00 after. Sume TTS is $11.88 for the same text. The break-even is the date.
30-second talking video on Sume: Avatar tiers vs Fabric vs H3 Lip Sync
Thirty seconds of talking video costs $5.52 on Avatar Video standard, $7.35 plus, $16.50 max, $5.63 on VEED Fabric 720p and $3.00 on H3 Max Lip Sync at 768p.
37 Nano Banana 2.1 4K images: Google batch vs standard vs Sume
37 four-K Nano Banana 2.1 images cost $2.10 on Google batch, $4.18 on Google standard and $7.40 on Sume. The gap, and when Sume is still the pick.
47-second voiceover: Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS vs Sume TTS
A 47-second voiceover rounds to 50 seconds on Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS: $0.01125 now, double from 2027-01-01. Sume TTS charges $0.0475 per 1,000 characters.
60-second spot on Sume: six Wan clips, voice, music, render cost split
A 60-second spot of six 10-second Wan 3.0 clips, voiceover, music and render costs $7.77 on Sume. Voice is 0.6% of it, so swapping TTS barely moves the total.
7-second Gemini Omni Flash clip: Google at $0.10/s vs Sume at $0.125
A 7-second 720p Gemini Omni Flash clip is about $0.70 on Google's pricing page and $0.875 on Sume. Sume also lists 360p, 1080p and 4K tiers.
8-second 1080p clip: Gemini Omni Flash vs Seedance 2.5 on Sume
An 8-second 1080p clip costs $1.50 on Gemini Omni Flash and $11.37 on Seedance 2.5 on Sume. Omni Flash 4K is $3.00 for the same eight seconds.
9-second MiniMax H3 vs H3 Max on Sume: 768p and 1080p costs
A 9-second clip is $0.68 on MiniMax H3 at 768p, $0.90 on H3 Max at 768p and $1.80 on H3 Max at 1080p. Only H3 Max has a 1080p tier on Sume.
Cheapest 4-second AI clip on Sume: the minimum-length math
A 4-second clip at 480p costs $1.07 on Seedance 2.5, $0.25 on Wan 3.0 and $0.15 on Gemini Omni Flash at 360p. MiniMax H3 starts at 5 seconds.
14 4K posters: FLUX.3 vs Nano Banana 2.1 vs GPT Image 2.5 on Sume
FLUX.3 4K is $0.607 per image on Black Forest Labs. Sume does not list it. 14 posters cost $8.50 there, $2.80 on Nano Banana 2.1 and $3.12 on GPT Image 2.5.
Generate at 1K and upscale, or generate 4K? Sume price check
Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K plus a Sume image upscale is $0.30, against $0.20 for native 4K. GPT Image 2.5 low plus upscale is $0.22 against $0.22 for high 4K.
GPT Image 2.5 on Sume: low 1K $0.02475 vs high 4K $0.2225
GPT Image 2.5 spans 9x in price on Sume: $0.02475 for low at 1K, $0.055625 medium at 2K, $0.2225 high at 4K. Omit quality and the default is high.
A 3-minute YouTube Short from 30-second clips: Wan 3.0 vs Seedance 2.5
Six 30-second clips make a 3-minute Short. Wan 3.0 at 720p is $22.50, Seedance 2.5 is $104.00, plus $0.30 for the Timeline render on Sume.
POST /v1/videos or /v1/video-router/generate for a new build?
Sume recommends POST /v1/videos for new integrations. Video Router stays unchanged with the same models and jobs but a different wire. The differences.
OpenRouter signs timestamp,body; Sume signs timestamp.body
The two webhook signatures differ by one separator and a header shape. Side-by-side table and a tested Python verifier for both, refusing empty secrets.
Nano Banana 2.1 vs GPT Image 2.5 on Sume: 4.0x at 1K, 0.9x at 4K
Sume lists Nano Banana 2.1 at $0.10, $0.15 and $0.20 and GPT Image 2.5 at $0.02475, $0.055625 and $0.2225. The price ratio flips below 1 at 4K.
OpenRouter's workspace default callback URL vs Sume's callback_url
OpenRouter has a workspace default for video callbacks. Sume's docs describe callback_url or webhook_url on each request. A Python submit wrapper.
Tavus overage $0.37 a minute vs Sume avatar $0.184 a second: 30x gap
Tavus Starter overage is $0.37 per minute ($0.00617 a second); Sume avatar standard is $0.184 a second ($11.04 a minute). Why the products are not comparable.
Veo 3.1 Lite 1080p is $0.08/s at Google; H3 Max is $0.20 on Sume
Google lists Veo 3.1 Lite at $0.08 per second at 1080p. Sume lists no Veo; its 1080p rows are H3 Max $0.20, Wan 3.0 $0.25, Omni $0.1875, Seedance 2.0 $0.8505.
Qwen Image Max vs Recraft V4 on Sume: $0.09375 vs $0.05, text-only
Qwen Image Max costs $0.09375 per image on Sume and Recraft V4 $0.05, a 1.875x gap. Both only generate from text, and Recraft V4 returns WebP only.
10-second 720p: Veo 3.1 Fast $1.00 at Google list vs Sume Omni $1.25
Google's page lists Veo 3.1 Fast at $0.10 per second at 720p. Over 10 s that is $1.00; Sume lists no Veo, but Omni Flash and Wan 3.0 are $1.25 and H3 Max $1.00.
1,000 seconds of VEED Fabric: $80 on fal, $100 on Sume at 480p
1,000 seconds of VEED Fabric 1.0 at 480p is $80 on fal's page and $100 on Sume; at 720p $150 vs $187.50. The 1.25x factor, and what the difference buys.
16-megapixel image: Sume upscale $0.20 vs FLUX.3 4k generation $0.607
Sume bills image upscale at $0.20 per image (about 16 MP reserved). BFL lists a FLUX.3 4k image, about 16 megapixels, at $0.607. 100 images: $20 vs $60.70.
6-second 4K: Omni Flash $2.25 on Sume, Veo 3.1 Fast $1.80 at Google
Sume lists one 4K video row, Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 at $0.375/s, so 6 s is $2.25. Google lists Veo 3.1 Standard at $0.60/s ($3.60) and Fast at $0.30 ($1.80).
Scribe v2 for a 6-hour workshop with both add-ons vs Sume STT
Six hours of audio on ElevenLabs Scribe v2 is $1.32 base and $2.04 with keyterm prompting and transcript editing. Sume STT at $0.01 a minute is $3.60.
Griffin-Lite's 0.43 s latency: what a recorded avatar clip gives up
Tavus reports Griffin-Lite video latency of 0.43 s on average (0.27-0.59 s) in a research preview. A recorded clip on Sume is a job, so choose by use case.
Seedream 5 Lite vs Grok Image on Sume: 1.75x price, different ratios
Seedream 5 Lite is $0.04375 per image on Sume and Grok Image is $0.025, a 1.75x gap. Their aspect ratio lists overlap on 7 of 9 and 13 values.
Tavus Growth's 10 concurrent streams vs Sume's 4, 8 and 20 job slots
Tavus Growth allows 10 concurrent streams. Sume Pro runs 4 generation jobs at once, Startup 8, Scale 20, and queues the rest. What each limit actually counts.
TTS price per minute of speech on Oct 9: Gemini 3.8, v4 Turbo, Sume
At an assumed 900 characters a minute: Gemini Flash $0.0135 audio, Flash-Lite $0.009, ElevenLabs v4 Turbo $0.0099 on promo ($0.036 regular), Sume $0.04275.