25 text-heavy posters on Ideogram 4.5: $0.94, $1.88 or $6.88
Ideogram 4.5 costs $0.0375 low, $0.075 medium and $0.275 high per image on Sume. Twenty-five posters cost $0.94, $1.88 or $6.88, a 7.33x spread.
Pricing
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
283 Nano Banana 2.1 images at 2K: Sume $42.45, Google $14.26 or $7.13
283 Nano Banana 2.1 images at 2K cost $42.45 at Sume's $0.15 each. Google's page lists $0.0504 standard and $0.0252 batch per 2K image. Read 2026-10-09.
53-second Avatar Video: $9.75 standard, $12.99 plus, $29.15 max
A 53-second Avatar Video costs $9.752 on standard, $12.985 on plus and $29.15 on max at Sume's per-second rates, plus $0.95 once to create the avatar.
A 60-second ad on Sume: voice, music, render, captions for 47 cents
900 characters of TTS ($0.04275), one music track ($0.125), a 1-minute render ($0.10) and a caption job ($0.20) total $0.46775, before video clips.
9 face-swap clips of 13 s on Sume: $21.53 standard, $64.35 max
Nine 13-second face-swap clips are 117 seconds: $21.528 on standard, $28.665 on plus and $64.35 on max at Sume's beta rates. The 15-second source limit applies.
Audit 100 competitor videos on Sume: $30 analysis plus $20 captions
Video analysis is $0.30 per accepted video on Sume, standalone captions $0.20. 100 videos cost $30, $20, or $50 for both; a trending search is $0.10 a call.
Divide by 1.25: recover the provider list rate from a Sume video price
Sume bills video at provider list x 1.25. Divide a Sume per-second rate by 1.25 to get the list rate: seedance-2 720p at $0.378 becomes $0.3024.
ElevenLabs v4 Turbo promo ends Oct 12: a 120,000-character batch
At the 72% promo, 120,000 characters on ElevenLabs v4 Turbo is $1.32; at the regular $0.04 per 1K it is $4.80. Sume bills the same text at $5.70 in six jobs.
Face swap beta on a 13-second clip at plus: reserves $3.68, not $3.19
Sume Avatar Face Swap (beta) reserves the 15-second price for any source clip: 15 x $0.245 = $3.675 at plus. A 13-second clip at that rate would be $3.185.
A five-step edit chain on Sume costs 27 cents: trim to render
Trim $0.02, filter $0.02, audio concat $0.01, compose $0.02 and a 2-minute render $0.20 total $0.27 per finished video on Sume. 1,000 chains is $270.
FLUX.3 4K at $0.607 vs Nano Banana 2.1 4K at $0.20 on Sume: 11 heroes
Eleven 4K hero images: $6.68 at Black Forest Labs' FLUX.3 list price, $2.20 for Nano Banana 2.1 on Sume. Sume does not list FLUX.3 yet. Read 2026-10-09.
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS: 30,000 ten-second product clips cost $45
30,000 ten-second product voice clips are 250 audio tokens each: $45 on Flash-Lite and $67.50 on Flash in 2026, $90 and $135 from January 1, before text input.
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS free tier vs paid: test five lines, then budget
Google's pricing page lists Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS as free of charge on the free tier. Sume bills each TTS job, with a 1-cent catalog minimum.
GPT Image 2.5 quality auto holds the max price: a 12-image batch
Quality auto on gpt-image-2.5 (Flare, Sunburst) reserves max: $0.21072 of output at 1024x1024 before Sume pricing, so twelve images hold $3.16 or more.
Sume video prices are provider list x 1.25: checked on Omni Flash
Sume bills video at provider list times 1.25. Dividing Omni Flash's $0.125 by 1.25 gives $0.10 per second, which matches Google's page. Full implied-list table.
12 MiniMax H3 clips at 768p and 13 s fit a $12 wallet: $11.70
MiniMax H3 at 768p costs $0.075 per second on Sume, so a 13-second clip is $0.975 and a $12 balance buys 12. H3 Max and 480p compared, with the leftover.
37 hours of calls on Sume STT: $22.20 in 222 ten-minute chunks
Sume STT 1.0 is $0.01 per audio minute and one request reserves at most 10 minutes ($0.10). 37 hours is 2,220 minutes, so 222 chunks and $22.20.
An 80-cent cap per clip: longest Sume video each model and tier allows
With a hard $0.80 ceiling per clip, which Sume video models can run, and for how long? Wan 3.0 at 480p reaches 12 s; Seedance 2.5 at 1080p cannot start.
$13 of AI video on Sume: seconds each model and resolution buys
Thirteen dollars buys 9 seconds of Seedance 2.5 at 1080p, 104 s of Wan 3.0 at 720p or 208 s at 480p. Seconds-per-dollar table for every Sume video row.
A $4.44 ceiling per clip at 1080p or 4K: which Sume models still run
Under a $4.44 cap per clip, Wan 3.0 1080p runs 17 s and H3 Max 1080p its full 15 s, but Seedance 2.5 1080p cannot start. Table of the longest clip per row.
$47 of 15-second clips: how many fit on Seedance, Wan and MiniMax H3
A $47 balance buys 41 fifteen-second MiniMax H3 clips at 768p, 25 on Wan 3.0 at 720p, 8 on Seedance 2.0 and 5 on Seedance 2.5. Arithmetic and leftovers.
37-second AI avatar video: $6.81 standard, $9.07 plus, $20.35 max
A 37-second Sume avatar video is 37 x $0.184 = $6.81 at standard, $9.07 at plus and $20.35 at max. The arithmetic, the 4-60 s window and the plus default.
37 Wan 3.0 clips of 17 s: $39.31 at 480p, $157.25 at 1080p
A 37-clip batch of 17-second Wan 3.0 videos costs $39.31 at 480p, $78.63 at 720p and $157.25 at 1080p on Sume. The arithmetic, and a draft-then-finalize plan.
$7.30 image wallet: how many images each Sume row buys
A $7.30 balance buys 294 GPT Image 2.5 low images, 166 Seedream 5 Lite, 73 Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K, 32 GPT Image 2.5 high at 4K, or 324 cutouts.
One AI image a day for 365 days: $9.03 to $36.50 on Sume
A daily image for a year costs $9.03 on GPT Image 2.5 low, $15.97 on Seedream 5 Lite, $27.38 on Nano Banana 2.1 at 0.5K and $36.50 at 1K on Sume.
$25 avatar budget: 9 standard, 6 plus or 3 max 15-second clips on Sume
$25 buys 9 standard (15 s x $0.184 = $2.76), 6 plus ($3.675) or 3 max ($8.25) avatar clips on Sume. How the remainders are spent and the mixed-tier option.
28 s of Seedance 2.5: one job or seven 4 s jobs, $16.18 either way
Sume prices video per output second, so one 28 s Seedance 2.5 720p job and seven 4 s jobs both hold $16.18; joining them adds a $0.10 timeline render.
300 captioned clips on Sume: $60, and a restyle pass costs $60 more
Each Sume caption job reserves and captures $0.20 for videos up to 60 seconds. 300 clips are $60.00; restyling all 300 in a second style is another $60.00.
39 vertical Omni Flash clips of 7 s: $34.13 at 720p, $51.19 at 1080p
39 clips of 7 seconds on Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 is 273 seconds: $10.24 at 360p, $34.13 at 720p, $51.19 at 1080p and $102.38 at 4K on Sume, with native audio.
4K hero image on Sume: native $0.20 or 1K plus upscale $0.30
Nano Banana 2.1 at 4K is $0.20 on Sume. A 1K image ($0.10) plus Image Upscale ($0.20) is $0.30. The upscale pays off only on an image you already have.
FLUX.3 Image in credits: 4.1, 4.8, 10 and 60.7 per image
Black Forest Labs bills FLUX.3 Image at 1 credit = $0.01. A $50 balance buys 1,219 images at 768sq, 1,041 at 1k, 500 at 2k and 82 at 4k. Sume does not list it.
Free plan seventh submit: 429 queue_full is free, 402 can come first
On Sume Free, six paid jobs fit (1 processing, 5 queued). The seventh gets 429 queue_full with its hold released. Which error comes first, and the cost.
Gemini 3.8 TTS for a 17-minute weekly audio newsletter: 2026 vs 2027
A 17-minute newsletter is 25,500 audio tokens: $0.23 per issue on Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS in 2026, $0.46 from January 1. Year totals for Flash and Flash-Lite.
Cheapest image on Sume: GPT Image 2.5 low $0.02475 vs grok $0.025
GPT Image 2.5 at low quality and 1K lists at $0.02475 on Sume, a quarter cent under grok-image at $0.025. What 10,000 images cost on each.
Seedance 2 at 1080p: 14 s fits a $12 balance, 15 s returns 402
On Sume, Seedance 2 at 1080p costs $0.8505 per second. A $12.00 balance covers 14 seconds ($11.907) but not 15 ($12.7575), so the 15-second submit gets a 402.
Timeline plan endpoint: a free estimate before a 91 s render ($0.20)
POST /v1/timeline-1.0/plan is unbilled and returns billable_minutes and estimated_cost_usd_micros. A 91-second render is 2 minutes, $0.20; 120 s is the same.
100 square GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $1.00
One square GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.01 on Sume, so 100 cost $1.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
100 square GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $2.00
One square GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.02 on Sume, so 100 cost $2.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
100 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $3.00
One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.03 on Sume, so 100 cost $3.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
100 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $6.00
One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.06 on Sume, so 100 cost $6.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
1,000 square GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $70.00
One square GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.07 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $70.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
1,000 square GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $10.00
One square GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.01 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $10.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
1,000 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $230.00
One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.23 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $230.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
1,000 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $30.00
One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.03 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $30.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
20 square GPT Image 2.5 max images on Sume: $5.40
One square GPT Image 2.5 image at max quality reserves $0.27 on Sume, so 20 cost $5.40. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
20 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 max images on Sume: $17.80
One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at max quality reserves $0.89 on Sume, so 20 cost $17.80. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
200 square GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $14.00
One square GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.07 on Sume, so 200 cost $14.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.
200 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $46.00
One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.23 on Sume, so 200 cost $46.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09.