AI Video Price Index
AI video cost per second, by model
A 5-second AI video clip costs from 35 credits ($0.54) with Grok Imagine to 191 credits ($2.94) with Seedance 2.5 on VlogMe. Every price below is computed from VlogMe's own billing code, per second and per 5- and 10-second clip, beside the price each model's maker lists on its own site.
- Edition
- October 17, 2026
- Covered
- 29 video models and workflows
- Credit price used
- $0.0154 per credit, the 650 credits for $10 pack
- Maker list prices
- 20 rows, from 9 makers' own pages
What this edition shows
- The cheapest second of generated video is Grok Imagine at 7 credits. The dearest is Veo 3.1 at 40 credits, about 6 times as much.
- Across the generation models, the median 5-second clip costs about 78 credits ($1.20).
- In 20 of the 26 rows priced at both lengths, a 10-second clip costs exactly twice a 5-second one: the price is set per second.
- Every dollar figure uses the smallest credit pack, $0.0154 per credit. On the Studio yearly plan a credit costs as little as $0.0093.
Video models: credits and dollars per clip
Each price is what VlogMe's billing code quotes today for a clip at 720p in 16:9, with the model's own defaults. Where the length follows your audio or source clip, both lengths are priced. Dollars are at the smallest credit pack, $0.0154 per credit.
| Model | Maker | Credits per second | 5 s clip | 10 s clip | Maker's list price |
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| Grok ImagineText to video | xAI | 7$0.108 | 35$0.54 | 70$1.08 |
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| Gemini Omni FlashText to video | 10$0.154 | 50$0.77 | 100$1.54 |
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| MiniMax H3Text to video | MiniMax | 13$0.20 | 65$1.00 | 130$2.00 |
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| Kling 3.0 ProText to video | Kuaishou | 16.8$0.258 | 84$1.29 | 168$2.58 |
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| Seedance 2.0Text to video | ByteDance | 24.3$0.374 | 122$1.88 | 243$3.74 | No list price from the maker |
| Seedance 2.5Text to video | ByteDance | 37.8$0.582 | 190$2.92 | 378$5.82 | No list price from the maker |
| Veo 3.1Text to video | 40$0.615 | Not a length it makes (4, 6, 8 s) | Not a length it makes (4, 6, 8 s) |
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| Gemini Omni FlashImage to video | 10$0.154 | 50$0.77 | 100$1.54 |
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| Wan 3.0Image to video | Alibaba | 10$0.154 | 50$0.77 | 100$1.54 |
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| MiniMax H3Image to video | MiniMax | 13$0.20 | 65$1.00 | 130$2.00 |
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| Grok Imagine 1.5Image to video | xAI | 14.1$0.217 | 71$1.09 | 141$2.17 |
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| Kling 3.0 ProImage to video | Kuaishou | 16.8$0.258 | 84$1.29 | 168$2.58 |
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| Seedance 2.0Image to video | ByteDance | 24.3$0.374 | 122$1.88 | 243$3.74 | No list price from the maker |
| Seedance 2.5Image to video | ByteDance | 38$0.585 | 191$2.94 | 380$5.85 | No list price from the maker |
| Veo 3.1Image to video | 40$0.615 | Not a length it makes (4, 6, 8 s) | Not a length it makes (4, 6, 8 s) |
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| MiniMax H3First & last frame | MiniMax | 13$0.20 | 65$1.00 | 130$2.00 |
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| Veo 3.1 Fast start/endFirst & last frame | 15$0.231 | Not a length it makes (8 s) | Not a length it makes (8 s) |
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| Kling 3.0 ProFirst & last frame | Kuaishou | 16.8$0.258 | 84$1.29 | 168$2.58 |
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| Seedance 2.0First & last frame | ByteDance | 24.3$0.374 | 122$1.88 | 243$3.74 | No list price from the maker |
| Model | Maker | Credits per second | 5 s clip | 10 s clip | Maker's list price |
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| Hedra AvatarTalking avatar | Hedra | 5$0.077 | 25$0.38 | 50$0.77 |
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| HeyGen Avatar VTalking avatar | HeyGen | 10$0.154 | 50$0.77 | 100$1.54 |
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| OmniHuman 1.5Talking avatar | ByteDance | 16$0.246 | 80$1.23 | 160$2.46 | No list price from the maker |
| Sync Lipsync 2 ProLip sync | Sync Labs | 8.4$0.129 | 42$0.65 | 84$1.29 |
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| Kling 3 Motion Control ProMotion control | Kuaishou | 16.8$0.258 | 84$1.29 | 168$2.58 |
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| Model | Maker | Credits per second | 5 s clip | 10 s clip | Maker's list price |
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| Grok Imagine EditVideo edit | xAI | 8$0.123 | 40$0.62 | 80$1.23 | No list price from the maker |
| Gemini Omni Flash EditVideo edit | 10$0.154 | 50$0.77 | 100$1.54 |
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| Runway Aleph 2Video edit | Runway | 33.6$0.517 | 168$2.58 | 336$5.17 |
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| Seedance 2.5Video edit | ByteDance | 45.4$0.698 | 227$3.49 | 454$6.98 | No list price from the maker |
| Topaz Video AIUpscale 2× | Topaz Labs | 8$0.123 | 40$0.62 | 80$1.23 | No list price from the maker |
Median render time: shown once enough completed jobs are recorded for a model.
Tasks: what a finished result costs
Common jobs, priced the same way. Each row links the page that explains the task.
| Task | Credits | US dollars |
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| Make a photo talk, 30 seconds with Hedra Avatar | 150 | $2.31 |
| Remove objects or people, 5 seconds at 720p with Aisma v2 | 108 | $1.66 |
| Music video, 30 seconds in 4 scenes with Director | 340 | $5.23 |
| HeyGen Avatar V presenter, 30 seconds | 300 | $4.62 |
| Make a character dance, 10 seconds | 168 | $2.58 |
| Lip sync a video, 30 seconds | 250 | $3.85 |
| Text to video, 5 seconds with the cheapest model | from 35 | from $0.54 |
| Image to video, 5 seconds with the cheapest model | from 50 | from $0.77 |
| News video with a presenter, 30 seconds at 720p | 286 | $4.40 |
| Dub a video into another language, 1 minute | 110 | $1.69 |
| Voice-over, 1,000 characters | 45 | $0.69 |
Image models: credits per image
One generated image at the model's standard size. Image edits in the editor are free within limits.
| Model | Maker | Credits per image | US dollars |
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| Seedream 5.0 Lite | ByteDance | 4 | $0.06 |
| Nano Banana 2 | 8 | $0.12 | |
| Ideogram 3 Quality | Ideogram | 9 | $0.14 |
| FLUX.2 Max | Black Forest Labs | 10 | $0.15 |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | ByteDance | 14 | $0.22 |
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI | 15 | $0.23 |
| Nano Banana Pro | 16 | $0.25 | |
| Recraft V4.1 Pro | Recraft | 21 | $0.32 |
How the Index is made
- VlogMe prices are computed when the site is built, by the same billing code that quotes a job before you confirm it. Nobody types them.
- Clips are priced at 720p in 16:9 with each model's default settings. A length a model does not make is marked, not estimated.
- Dollars use the smallest one-time credit pack, 650 credits for $10. Subscriptions lower the price of a credit to as little as $0.0093, on the Studio yearly plan.
- Maker list prices come only from each maker's own pricing page or documentation, with the page and the day it was read. Resellers' prices are never used, and a model whose maker publishes no US-dollar list price shows none.
- A maker's list price is what it charges developers who call its API directly. A VlogMe price is for the finished clip in VlogMe, quoted before it runs.
- Each edition is dated. A new one is recorded whenever a VlogMe price or a maker's list price changes, and at least once a month.
Sources of the maker list prices
Each maker's own page, as read on the day shown. Where a maker sets a price per token or per frame, the conversion to a second is given.
- Google Veo 3.1ai.google.dev
Gemini API, paid tier. “Veo 3.1 Standard video with audio price (default) … $0.40 (720p and 1080p) $0.60 (4k)”
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- Google Veo 3.1 Fastai.google.dev
Gemini API, paid tier. “Veo 3.1 Fast video with audio price (default) … $0.10 (720p) $0.12 (1080p) $0.30 (4k)”
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- Google Gemini Omni Flashai.google.dev
Gemini API, paid tier. “Output price … $17.50 (video) … 5,792 tokens per second of 720p video” Google prices this model per output token; USD per second = 5,792 × $17.50 / 1,000,000.
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- xAI Grok Imagine Video 1.5docs.x.ai
xAI API. “Pricing per second based on resolution 480p $0.08 720p $0.14 1080p $0.25”
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- xAI Grok Imagine Videodocs.x.ai
xAI API. “Pricing per second based on resolution 480p $0.05 720p $0.07”
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- Kuaishou Kling 3.0kling.ai
Kling API, prepaid units at list price ($0.14 per unit). “Kling 3.0 | Per second | With Native Audio x No Voice Control | 720P: 0.9 Units ($0.126) /s … 1080P: 1.2 Units ($0.168) /s”
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- Kuaishou Kling 3.0 Motion Controlkling.ai
Kling API, prepaid units at list price ($0.14 per unit). “Motion Control | 720P: 0.9 Units ($0.126) /s … 1080P: 1.2 Units ($0.168) /s”
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- MiniMax-H3platform.minimax.io
MiniMax API, pay as you go. “MiniMax-H3 768P Billed per second $0.08 / second MiniMax-H3 2K Billed per second $0.13 / second”
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- Alibaba Wan 3.0alibabacloud.com
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, international list price. “wan3.0-video International … 720P List price $0.1/second (Limited-time 30% off) … 1080P List price $0.2/second” Alibaba showed a limited-time 30% discount on 17 Oct 2026; the list price is shown.
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- Runway Aleph 2.0docs.dev.runwayml.com
Runway API, credits at $0.01. “aleph2 28 credits per second (56 credit minimum per generation)”
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- HeyGen Avatar V (Digital Twin)developers.heygen.com
HeyGen API, credits at the $0.50 self-serve rate HeyGen states. “Digital Twin 0.1 credits / sec … multiply the credit rate by $0.50”
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- Hedra Avatarhedra.com
Hedra API, prepaid balance. “540p 2.5¢/second, 720p 5¢/second, 1080p 6.25¢/second.”
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- Sync Labs lipsync-2-prosync.so
sync. API, Hobbyist and Creator plans (plans from $5 a month). “lipsync-2-pro Price / frame $0.00333 … Price / sec (25 FPS) $0.08325 / sec”
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No maker list price shown
- ByteDance publishes no USD list price for Seedance on its own site.
- ByteDance publishes no list price for OmniHuman 1.5 on its own site.
- Topaz Labs' own API pages give two different prices for the same upscale, so none is shown until they agree.
- No price for video editing was found on xAI's own model pages.
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Edition
- First edition: 29 video models and workflows on 15 model pages, 11 tasks and 8 image models. 20 of the 29 video rows carry their maker's own list price, from 9 makers.
Questions about AI video prices
How much does AI video cost per second?
Generating video on VlogMe costs from 7 credits per second with Grok Imagine to 40 credits per second with Veo 3.1, in this edition. The tables above give every model, and the pricing page gives the price of a credit.
Why do prices differ so much between models?
Each model costs a different amount to run per second of output, and its maker sets that price. Models with native audio, higher resolution or longer clips usually cost more.
What is the maker's list price?
It is the price the company that made the model publishes for developers who call its API directly, in US dollars per second of output, as read on the maker's own site on the day shown. VlogMe's price is for the finished clip in VlogMe.
Why do some models show no maker price?
The Index uses only prices a maker publishes on its own site. ByteDance publishes no US-dollar list price there for Seedance or OmniHuman 1.5, and a reseller's price is never used instead.
Can I start for free?
Yes, in Director: the story, images, voice-over and music cost nothing there, within usage limits. Every render is paid in credits, like the jobs you run in Image Studio or Audio Studio, and the exact price shows before you confirm.
How are credits converted to dollars here?
At the smallest one-time pack, 650 credits for $10, which is $0.0154 per credit. Subscriptions lower the price of a credit to as little as $0.0093 on the Studio yearly plan, so the same clip can cost less on a plan.
How often is the Index updated?
At least once a month, and whenever a VlogMe price or a maker's list price changes. Each edition and what changed in it is listed in the changelog.
Can I use the data?
Yes. Quote it, download the CSV or embed the table, and name this page and the edition date as the source.
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