Tool · 93 tracked prices · 11 providers87 verified

AI Video API Cost Calculator

What will your workload actually cost? Set a model, clip length and monthly volume — every provider is re-ranked instantly, normalized to cost per second.

Step 1 · your workload

Set your numbers

Model, resolution, clip length and monthly volume. Everything below re-ranks instantly — nothing is rounded or estimated on your behalf.

10 comparable options tracked for Seedance 2.0 across all resolutions · 6 verified · 5s clips × 100 per month.

Step 2 · 5s × 100 clips per month

What provider choice is worth

Same model, same clip length, same output — the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive tracked option for this selection.

$301/month
potential saving at your volume — $40.00 on Replicate versus $341 on fal.ai, for the same 100 × 5s clips of Seedance 2.0
$40.00
Cheapest · Replicate · $0.080/s
$341
Most expensive · fal.ai · $0.68/s
8.5×
Spread across 10 options
$301
Monthly saving if you pick right

Step 3 · every option ranked

Seedance 2.0 at 5s × 100 clips/month

Sorted by normalized $/second — cheapest first, never by payout. Identical prices that differ only by mode are merged into one row.

ProviderModeTierResAudio$ / secondPer 5s clipMonthly (100 clips)
ReplicateCHEAPESTText→Videostandard480p?$0.080$0.40$40.00
WaveSpeedAIText→Videostandard720p$0.10$0.50$50.00
WaveSpeedAIText→Videofast720p$0.10$0.50$50.00
WaveSpeedAIText→Videostandard1080p$0.15$0.75$75.00
BytePlus (official)Text→Videostandard720p$0.15$0.76$75.60
ReplicateText→Videostandard720p$0.18$0.90$90.00
fal.aiText→Videofast720p$0.24$1.21$121
fal.aiImage→Videostandard720p$0.30$1.51$151
fal.aiText→Videostandard720p$0.30$1.52$152
fal.aiText→Videostandard1080p$0.68$3.41$341

Rates are normalized cost-per-second; per-clip billing schemes assume your clip length divides evenly into the provider's billing increments. Verify final pricing on the provider's page before committing volume.

Skip the math · 14 models · cheapest first

Already know the model?

The floor rate we currently track for each model, with the ranked provider list behind it — same dataset the calculator runs on.

Lightricksverified

Cheapest LTX-2

3 providers · up to $0.24/s · WaveSpeedAI leads
from $0.016/s · 5s clip $0.080
MiniMaxverified

Cheapest Hailuo 2.3

1 providers · up to $0.067/s · PiAPI leads
from $0.027/s · 5s clip $0.13
Google DeepMindverified

Cheapest Veo 3.1

3 providers · up to $0.60/s · Google Vertex AI (official) leads
from $0.030/s · 5s clip $0.15
Tencentverified

Cheapest HunyuanVideo 1.5

2 providers · up to $0.075/s · WaveSpeedAI leads
from $0.040/s · 5s clip $0.20
PixVerseverified

Cheapest PixVerse V6

2 providers · up to $0.18/s · fal.ai leads
from $0.045/s · 5s clip $0.22
Runwayverified

Cheapest Runway Gen-4.5

1 providers · up to $0.12/s · Runway (official) leads
from $0.050/s · 5s clip $0.25
ShengShu (Vidu)verified

Cheapest Vidu Q3

2 providers · up to $0.12/s · Vidu (official) leads
from $0.055/s · 5s clip $0.28
Kuaishouverified

Cheapest Kling 3.0

4 providers · up to $0.42/s · fal.ai leads
from $0.084/s · 5s clip $0.42
ByteDanceverified

Cheapest Seedance 2.0

4 providers · up to $0.68/s · WaveSpeedAI leads
from $0.10/s · 5s clip $0.50
Alibabaverified

Cheapest Wan 2.6

1 providers · up to $0.15/s · WaveSpeedAI leads
from $0.10/s · 5s clip $0.50
OpenAIverified

Cheapest Sora 2

1 providers · up to $0.70/s · OpenAI (official) leads
from $0.10/s · 5s clip $0.50
Luma AIverified

Cheapest Luma Ray 2

1 providers · up to $0.40/s · fal.ai leads
from $0.10/s · 5s clip $0.50
ByteDanceverified

Cheapest Seedance 2.5

1 providers · up to $0.23/s · BytePlus (official) leads
from $0.10/s · 5s clip $0.52
Luma AIverified

Cheapest Luma Ray 3.2

2 providers · up to $0.40/s · fal.ai leads
from $0.20/s · 5s clip $1.00

How the number is built · live dataset

What the calculator does

It normalizes four incompatible billing schemes to one comparable number, then ranks every tracked provider at your exact clip length and volume — cheapest first, never by payout.

What it compares

  • Per-clip, per-token and credit prices are all converted to USD per second so schemes are directly comparable — see the methodology for the formulas.
  • Every option is re-ranked instantly at your numbers; identical rates that differ only by mode (text→video / image→video) are merged into one row.
  • Rankings compare like-for-like: resolution, tier and audio are labeled and never silently mixed.
  • verified rates were checked on the provider's own page; reported rates are from a credible secondary source.

14 models · 11 providers · 93 price points · 87 verified · last verified Aug 1, 2026.

Calculator FAQ

How does the AI video cost calculator work?
Pick a model, resolution, clip length and monthly clip volume. The calculator multiplies each provider's normalized cost-per-second rate by your usage and ranks every option — using our dataset of 93 tracked prices (last verified Aug 1, 2026).
Which AI video API is cheapest overall?
There is no single answer — it depends on the model, resolution and whether you need audio. Budget relays are often 2–5× cheaper than premium aggregators for the same model, and official first-party APIs are sometimes cheapest of all. That's exactly what the calculator shows for your specific workload.
Can I use this data programmatically?
Yes — the full normalized dataset is free at /api/v1/prices (no API key). Attribution with a link is appreciated.