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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

Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo price: $0.014133 outside Singapore, $0.016 there

Alibaba's qwen-image-2.1-turbo costs $0.016 an image in Singapore, $0.014133 elsewhere. 10,000 images: $141.33 or $160, against $250 on Sume's Qwen row.

100 twenty-second video ads: only two Sume models take 20 s

Only Wan 3.0 and Seedance 2.5 accept 20 s on Sume. 100 ads cost $125 to $500 on Wan 3.0 and $538 to $2,844 on Seedance 2.5, list x 1.25.

Grok Imagine API pricing: xAI 8c and 2c a second, Sume 1.25c

xAI lists Grok Imagine Video 1.5 at $0.08 a second and 1.5 Lite at $0.02. Sume bills its one Grok row at 1.25 cents a second. Totals for 4 to 15 s.

100 ads, 3 hooks each, 20% retakes: the video bill on Sume

100 ads with three hook variants and a 20% retake rate is 360 clips. At 5 seconds on Wan 3.0 that is $226.80 at 720p; Seedance 2.5 480p is $486.

30-second AI video with sound: what it costs on Sume

Kling 3 with audio is $0.21 a second on Sume, so 30 s is $6.30 in two jobs. Compare Wan 3.0 and Seedance 2.5 for a 30-second clip with sound.

30-second video: one job, two 15 s jobs or three 10 s jobs?

Does splitting a 30-second video change the price on Sume? Compare one, two and three jobs on Seedance, Wan and Kling 3, read 2026-10-13.

Per-second vs per-token video pricing: why Seedance moves

Wan 3.0 and Omni Flash price per second; Seedance prices per video token, so frame size and aspect ratio change the bill. Worked on Sume, list x 1.25.

Balance for 50 Grok 15-second clips: about $9.50, or a 402

Fifty 15-second Grok Imagine clips on Sume bill about $9.50 (19 cents each after ceiling). With less balance the API answers 402 insufficient_credits.

Best AI video model for draft clips: lowest per-second rows

Cheapest drafts on Sume: Grok Imagine (image-to-video) $0.0125 a second, Omni 360p $0.0375, Wan 3.0 and H3 480p $0.0625. List x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.

Budget for 100 image ads on Sume: seven models, one image per job

100 single-image ad jobs on Sume cost $3 on Grok image or Qwen Image up to $10 on Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K. Each job rounds up to a cent.

Budget for 100 six-second video ads on Sume, by model and tier

100 six-second ads cost $23 to $853 on Sume, from Omni Flash at 360p to Seedance 2.5 at 1080p. Twelve model and tier rows, list x 1.25.

Clef costs $0.24 per million input tokens: what gating a batch costs

Clef is $0.24 per million input tokens with no output charge, and each image counts at most 1,024 tokens. Work out the gate cost before a Sume batch.

AI video cost per second at 1080p on Sume, six models ranked

One second of 1080p on Sume: Omni Flash $0.1875, Wan 3.0 $0.25, H3 Max $0.20, Kling 3 $0.14 silent. List x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.

Cheapest AI video per second at 480p on Sume, ranked

At 480p Sume Grok Imagine is $0.0125 a second, Omni Flash 360p $0.0375, then Wan 3.0 and H3 at $0.0625. Ranked, list x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.

AI video cost per second at 720p on Sume: the models table

What one second of 720p AI video costs on Sume by model, from the repo price tables at list x 1.25, read 2026-10-13. Seedance 2.5 is $0.5778.

FLUX.2 pro price: $0.03 first megapixel on fal, $0.0375 listed on Sume

fal charges FLUX.2 pro $0.03 for the first megapixel and $0.015 per extra one. Sume's catalog lists $0.03 and bills $0.0375 at its default size.

Grok Imagine cost calculator in Python: ceil to the cent per job

A Python function that prices Grok Imagine clips on Sume at $0.0125 a second, ceiled to the cent per job, so 50 clips of 5 s is $3.50, not $3.13.

H3 Max lip sync resolutions on Sume: 480p, 768p, 1080p, no 2K

Sume's H3 Max lip sync offers 480p, 768p (default) and 1080p, no 2K. At the documented list times 1.25 that is $0.0625, $0.10 or $0.20 per second.

How many seconds of AI video does $1 buy on Sume?

One dollar buys 16 seconds of Wan 3.0 at 480p, 8 at 720p and none of Seedance 2.5 at 1080p on Sume. Table by model; duration minimums apply.

How much does a 30-second AI video cost? Sume prices by tier

A 30-second AI video on Sume costs from $1.88 (Wan 3.0 480p) to $42.65 (Seedance 2.5 1080p) in one job. Table by resolution, list x 1.25.

Omni edit duration is only a reserve hint: 8 seconds by default

On a video_url edit, Sume does not send duration to the provider. It only sizes the credit reserve (default 8 s, $1.00 at 720p). The source sets the length.

Seedance 15-second clip price ladder on Sume: Mini to 2.5

A 15-second Seedance clip on Sume costs $1.32 on Mini at 480p up to $21.33 on 2.5 at 1080p. Four models, three tiers, list x 1.25, read 2026-10-13.

What list x 1.25 adds per second on Sume video, by model

Sume's 1.25 margin adds $0.0125 to $0.2843 per second on the rows in this table. Table of list, margin and total, read 2026-10-13.

TTS price per 1,000 characters: every Sume row next to MAI-Voice

Sume's TTS Router bills $0.0475 per 1,000 characters on Sonic rows and $0.05 to $0.125 on Eleven rows; Microsoft lists MAI-Voice-2.1 at $0.022.

Vidu Q4 Preview $0.014 is a launch rate: how to budget on it

Vidu says Q4 Preview's $0.014 per second is launch pricing and may vary by plan and region. Budget with a margin; Sume prices at list x 1.25.

Speechify API Starter, Pro, Scale: monthly bill vs Sume TTS

Speechify's API plans cost $10, $99 and $499 a month with included characters. See the bill at 1.9M to 100M characters next to Sume's flat $47.50 per million.

Adobe Firefly 30% off ends Oct 21: price per credit by plan

Firefly Pro Plus drops to $34.97 and Premium to $139.91 a month for year one until Oct 21. The price per credit on each plan, and how Sume credits differ.

Muse Wonder $4/$20 per million tokens vs Sume's agent rate table

Meta lists Muse Wonder at $4 in, $20 out, $0.20 cached. Sume's rate table has the same numbers for Opus 5.5. A 100k-token turn costs $0.50, or $0.196 cached.

Sonnet 5.5 cache reads now $0.10/M: long agent session cost

Anthropic lists Sonnet 5.5 cache hits at $0.10 per million, half the $0.20 the Sume rate table carries. A 150k-cached turn drops from $0.090 to $0.075.

Topview Plus $36 and Ultra $50 yearly totals vs Sume avatar seconds

Topview Plus is $432 a year and Ultra $599.90 on its pricing page. The same money buys 2,347 s or 3,260 s of Standard avatar video on Sume, with no plan.

Pictory monthly vs annual: 14% to 41% gap, and Sume's yearly saving

Pictory Starter is $29 monthly or $25 annual, Professional $59 or $35, Team $199 or $119. Sume yearly saves 10% to 15%. The arithmetic, plan by plan.

AI video resolution price steps: where Sume cost jumps 2x or more

Step by step ratios between resolution tiers for 11 Sume video rows. The sharp steps are 360p-720p on Omni, 1080p-2K on Wand Vega Pro, 768p-2K on Heygen.

Sound surcharge per second: Kling 3 and three Veo 3.1 rows on Sume

Sound adds $0.025/s on Veo 3.1 Fast and Lite, $0.07 on Kling 3 and $0.25 on Veo 3.1. Priced for 8 and 15 seconds, from the Sume catalog rates.

Syren's 2,000 launch credits end Nov 9: what 2 minutes costs on Sume

Syren's launch credits cover about one or two 2-minute videos before Nov 9. A 2-minute Sume avatar video is $22.08, $29.40 or $66.00 by tier.

One agent turn's total cost: pass its job id to /v1/usage

Pass an agent turn's job id as job_id on GET /v1/usage and Sume sums the turn's own model row plus every job it commissioned, with turn_job_id on each row.

Ten sub-cent usage rows: why cents fields never match debited_usd

Sume prints three roundings for the same money: credit_amount rounds up, billable_amount_usd_cents rounds half-up, debited_usd rounds once. Sum micros instead.

Kandinsky 6.0 5-second audio clip: price it on Sume rows

Kandinsky 6.0 makes 5-second clips with sound but lists no price. Here is what a 5-second clip with audio costs on the Sume rows that bill sound.

Need a 7-second ad? Kandinsky's fixed 5 s vs Sume exact seconds

Kandinsky 6.0 makes 5-second clips, so a 7-second ad needs a join. On Sume, Omni 360p bills exactly 7 s for $0.2625. Rows, floors and the join cost.

Nano Banana 2.1 still plus Grok Imagine 1.5 clip: cost per animation

A 1K Nano Banana 2.1 still ($0.10) plus a 6-second Grok Imagine 1.5 clip ($0.075) costs $0.175 on Sume. Tables for 4 to 15 seconds and 100 animations.

GPT Image 2.5 vs Nano Banana 2.1: where the price lines cross

On Sume, Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K ($0.10) undercuts GPT Image 2.5 only at xhigh ($0.117) and max ($0.2635). Low, medium and high all cost less per image.

Still plus clip: how many variants $25 buys with Grok Video 1.5

Grok Imagine Video 1.5 needs a start image. Pair it with a $0.007375 GPT Image 2.5 low still and $25 buys 435 four-second variants; with Nano Banana 2.1, 166.

Price per credit on monthly plans: Runway, Luma, HeyGen, Synthesia

Dollars per credit on each vendor's monthly paid plans, from pricing pages read 2026-10-11, and why one credit is not the same unit across tools.

Cafe holiday menu board with AI: Ideogram 4.5 cost by quality

Four seasonal menu boards in three takes each cost $0.45 at low, $0.90 at medium and $3.30 at high quality on Sume. Edit one board to save.

Eleven v4 on Sume: 10 cents per 1,000 characters, all five rows

Sume's TTS Router prices Eleven v4 at $0.10 per 1,000 characters, v4 Turbo $0.05, v3 and Multilingual v2 $0.125, Turbo v2.5 $0.0625. Sonic is $0.0475.

Ugly Christmas sweater listings: 60 cutouts and 10 heroes, $3.35

Background removal for 60 sweater photos costs $1.35 on Sume at $0.0225 each. Upscaling the 10 best adds $2.00, for $3.35 in total.

Does audio off make AI video cheaper? Kling 3 yes, Wan 3.0 no

Turning generate_audio off cuts Kling 3 by a third on Sume but changes nothing on Wan 3.0, Seedance 2.5 or Omni. Which rows price sound, with a 5 s example.

Haiku 5.5 with US-only inference: 1.1x on both price tiers

Anthropic's pricing page applies the 1.1x US-only multiplier to Haiku 5.5's over-100k prices too. A worked agent-loop table and where Sume's own cap sits.

Does aspect ratio change Seedance 2.5 price? Barely: under 1%

On Sume, Seedance 2.5 bills video tokens from output pixels, so 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 cost the same and 21:9 about 0.7% more. Per-ratio table at 5 s.