Official API
Gemini Developer API
Veo 3.1 Lite from $0.05/s; Fast from $0.10/s
Automated products and production pipelines
Source AI video cost calculator
API or subscription? Calculate the cheaper route.
Compare the cost of the output you actually need—including retries. The calculator filters out routes that do not support your resolution, volume, or workflow.
Describe the workload
Video cost check
9 families · 26 routes
Delivery
Cheapest comparable route
Third-party APIfal API
LTX-2.3
$19.20
$0.96 per usable video
40
generations
320s
billed output
Fits
your budget
Why this route ranks first
Open-source Lightricks video model with native audio and 6, 8, or 10-second Pro clips. It saves up to $204.80 per month versus the highest-cost compatible route. Only routes with a comparable cash billing amount participate in this ranking.
Open provider routeNext best options
02
Veo 3.1 Fast via Google
Subscription
$19.99
within budget
03
Veo 3.1 Lite via Google
Official API
$25.60
within budget
Published rates · not ranked
Billing rules Kling 3.0 Turbo via Kling AI
Official API · prepaid package floor unavailable
$44.80
usage-rate estimate
Kling 3.0 via Kling AI
Official API · prepaid package floor unavailable
$53.76
usage-rate estimate
Kling 3.0 Omni via Kling AI
Official API · prepaid package floor unavailable
$44.80
usage-rate estimate
The official page publishes a per-second list rate, but the prepaid resource-package purchase amount needed to calculate cash outlay is not publicly comparable.
20 videos × 2 attempts × (1 × 8s for 8s) × $0.06/sRates checked Aug 24, 2026
USD list-price comparison only. Estimates use the cheapest supported clip combination and assume clips can be trimmed and stitched. Confirm regional availability, billing currency, and taxes; editing, storage, and failed requests outside your retry estimate are excluded.
What is being compared
Nine model families, normalized to one workload.
Rates verified August 24, 2026
Official API
OpenAI API
Sora 2 from $0.10/s with synchronized audio
Legacy integrations only; API shutdown is scheduled for Sep 24, 2026
Source Official API
BytePlus ModelArk
Seedance 2.0 Fast 720p about $0.12/s; Standard from about $0.152/s
Official ByteDance API outside Mainland China; Volcengine Ark is the China route
Source Official API
Kling Developer APIKling 3.0 from $0.084/s; Turbo with audio from $0.112/s
Direct Kling access, including 720p, 1080p, and listed 4K routes; prepaid resource-package rules apply
Source Multi-model API
fal API
Veo, Seedance, Kling, Hailuo, PixVerse, and LTX
One integration across competing model families
Source Official API
Runway API
Gen-4 Turbo $0.05/s; Gen-4.5 $0.12/s
Runway-native generation and model routing
Source Official API
Luma API
Ray 3.2 from $0.30 per 5-second 720p clip
Cinematic controls and multi-keyframe work
Source Calculator methodology
Why retries belong in the price.
AI video rarely produces one usable asset per generation. If you need 20 finished videos and typically try twice, you pay for 40 generations. Ignoring that multiplier can understate the bill by half.
For lengths a model cannot generate directly, the estimate uses the cheapest supported clip combination and assumes you can trim and stitch the output. It does not claim equal model quality. Prices are USD list-price references; regional availability, currency, taxes, editing, storage, and unplanned failed requests are excluded.
Requested length is rounded up to each model’s supported clip durations before billing.
Subscription credits are checked against the full monthly workload.
Manual subscriptions are excluded from automated API workloads.
Unsupported resolutions and native-audio requirements are excluded before ranking.