Transparency
Pricing sources and site status
This page explains how the calculator is checked: which platforms are tracked, which pricing sources are public, where the data file lives, and why paid relationships should not change recommendations.
Tracked platforms14 AI video platforms
Official-source rows12 platforms with official rate, credit, or custom pricing sources
Needs logged-in check2 platforms clearly labeled before precision is claimed
Workflow calculators9 focused budget calculators linked from the site
Search visibility
Current public search signal
Search data is still early. The homepage has started appearing for AI video cost questions, while deeper workflow calculators still need more discovery before the site is ready for ads or paid-link decisions.
Checked window2026-05-16 to 2026-05-30
Finalized traffic1 click, 39 search appearances, 2.6% CTR
Average position42.4
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The next useful milestone is simple: more workflow calculator pages should appear in search and receive repeated pricing or production-cost questions.
PriorityURLReasonWhy it matters
Batch 1.1/use-cases/ai-video-priceCompare AI video price estimates across popular generation platforms, including retries, quality levels, and cost per usable clip.Useful starting page for users comparing AI video costs.Batch 1.2/use-cases/video-production-cost-calculatorEstimate AI-assisted video production cost for short-form content, ads, explainers, and internal videos using platform cost and retries.Useful starting page for users comparing AI video costs.Batch 1.3/use-cases/ai-video-cost-savings-calculatorCompare AI video generation cost against your current per-video production cost to estimate monthly savings.Useful starting page for users comparing AI video costs.These URLs are also listed in sitemap.xml and priority-sitemap.xml so search engines can find them.
Workflow pages
Focused calculators linked from the site
These calculators cover common user workflows: price comparisons, production estimating, savings checks, product videos, API usage, ad creative, animation, and explainer videos.
AI Video Price and Pricing CalculatorCompare AI video price estimates across popular generation platforms, including retries, quality levels, and cost per usable clip.Default: 20 usable videos/month, 8s clips, 2 retries.AI Video Production Cost Calculator and EstimatorEstimate AI-assisted video production cost for short-form content, ads, explainers, and internal videos using platform cost and retries.Default: 30 usable videos/month, 10s clips, 3 retries.AI Video Cost Savings CalculatorCompare AI video generation cost against your current per-video production cost to estimate monthly savings.Default: 30 usable videos/month, 8s clips, 2 retries.AI Product Video Cost CalculatorEstimate AI product video cost for ecommerce, landing pages, and social ads, including retries for product accuracy and visual quality.Default: 24 usable videos/month, 6s clips, 4 retries.AI Video API Cost Per Second CalculatorCompare AI video API cost per second across providers and estimate monthly API spend with retries, clip length, and quality settings.Default: 300 usable videos/month, 4s clips, 1 retries.AI Video Ad Creative Cost CalculatorEstimate AI video ad creative testing cost, including hooks, variants, retries, and usable clips for paid social campaigns.Default: 80 usable videos/month, 6s clips, 4 retries.How Much Does It Cost to Make an AI Video?Estimate how much it costs to make an AI video after platform pricing, length, retries, and usable-output quality are included.Default: 10 usable videos/month, 8s clips, 2 retries.Animated Video Production Cost CalculatorEstimate the AI generation budget for animated video production, including scenes, retries, clip length, and platform pricing.Default: 12 usable videos/month, 6s clips, 3 retries.AI Explainer Video Cost CalculatorEstimate the AI generation budget for explainer videos, including scene count, retry rate, clip length, and platform comparison.Default: 10 usable videos/month, 6s clips, 3 retries.
Pricing evidence
Machine-readable pricing and update trail
Pricing assumptions and AI-search context are exposed as plain text, JSON, and RSS so users, reviewers, and answer engines can inspect material changes without scraping the UI.
EvidenceStatusUpdatedPurpose
pricing-data.jsonMachine-readableJune 2, 2026Official pricing URLs, source-confidence labels, active/sunset status, and calculator inputs.llms.txtAI-search contextJune 2, 2026Short site context, priority calculators, pricing source notes, and recommendation boundaries.llms-full.txtFull AI contextJune 2, 2026Extended workflow, platform, comparison, source-confidence, and citation guidance.ai-context.jsonGEO JSONJune 2, 2026Compact machine-readable summary for answer engines and agent tools.feed.xmlRSS feed2026-06-02Material pricing, source-confidence, and recommendation-policy changes.Pricing updatesHuman-readable log2026-06-02Public explanation of what changed and why it matters.Advertising status
Ads and paid recommendations are not active yet.
The site is not using ads or paid-link replacements yet. It needs stronger usage evidence first: more workflow calculator visibility, repeated pricing questions, and real clicks to official pricing sources.
Readiness checkStatusCurrent evidenceNext action
Workflow page visibilityNot readyLatest checked search data on 2026-06-02 still shows the homepage first; workflow calculators need stronger visibility before ads or paid links are added.Keep improving the calculators that answer specific production, API, and ad-video budgets, then recheck whether those pages appear in search.
Repeated pricing questionsNot readyThe confirmed baseline is still early: 1 click and 39 search appearances through 2026-05-30, with 5 more in the latest 24-hour view. That is too small for ad or affiliate decisions.Improve the pages matching production-cost and cost-to-make-an-AI-video questions, then wait for repeated workflow-page visibility before expanding recommendations.
Provider-pricing click signalInstrumentedOfficial pricing exits route through /go/{platform} with source attribution, so Vercel logs can show whether organic visitors click provider pricing links.Review provider_outbound_click events after organic sessions begin; add affiliate links only where trust and source neutrality remain intact.
Calculator engagement signalInstrumentedCopying an estimate sends a same-origin estimate_interaction event without cookies, user identifiers, prompts, or exact current-cost values.Review estimate_interaction events alongside provider_outbound_click events to see whether visitors are using and sharing calculator results.
Policy and trust pagesReadyPrivacy, terms, contact, partnerships, validation evidence, pricing updates, RSS, and pricing-data JSON are already published.Keep these pages updated whenever pricing, source confidence, sponsorship, or affiliate policy changes.
Source confidence
Pricing source status by platform
The calculator should be useful without pretending every provider publishes perfect unit pricing. Platforms with login-only gaps stay labeled instead of being promoted as exact.
PlatformSource labelReviewedPricing basis
SoraOfficial unit rate2026-05-18Sora API pricing was listed as Sora 2 at $0.10/sec, Sora 2 Pro at $0.30/sec for 720p, and $0.50/sec at higher resolution. OpenAI says the Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026, and the Sora API will be discontinued on September 24, 2026.RunwayOfficial unit rate2026-05-27Runway API credits cost $0.01 each; Gen-4.5 is 12 credits/sec, Gen-4 Aleph is 15 credits/sec, Veo 3.1 Fast is 10 credits/sec without audio and 15 credits/sec with audio, and Veo 3.1 is 20 credits/sec without audio or 40 credits/sec with audio.PikaOfficial credit rules2026-05-27Pika yearly Basic is $8/mo with 80 monthly video credits, while yearly Standard is $28/mo with 700 monthly video credits. Pika 2.5 text-to-video and image-to-video costs 12 credits for 5s at 480p, 20 credits for 5s at 720p, and 40 credits for 5s at 1080p. Calculator estimates use the Standard 700-credit plan because it supports a more realistic monthly test budget.Luma AINeeds logged-in check2026-05-21Luma's public pricing page lists plan prices and Ray video credit burn, including Ray3.14 text-to-video or image-to-video at 20 credits/sec for 720p and 80 credits/sec for 1080p, but the public page does not expose a stable USD value per credit. The dollar estimate remains a planning placeholder until logged-in billing is checked.VeoOfficial unit rate2026-05-26Gemini API lists Veo 3.1 Lite video with audio at $0.05/sec for 720p and $0.08/sec for 1080p; Fast at $0.10/sec for 720p, $0.12/sec for 1080p, and $0.30/sec for 4K; Standard at $0.40/sec for 720p/1080p and $0.60/sec for 4K.Adobe FireflyOfficial credit rules2026-05-27Adobe Firefly Standard is $9.99/mo with 2,000 monthly generative credits. Video generation uses premium credits: 20 credits/sec at 540p, 50 credits/sec at 720p, and 100 credits/sec at 1080p.SeedanceOfficial unit rate2026-05-17BytePlus ModelArk prices video by output tokens; 720p at 24fps is about $0.151/sec at $7 per 1M tokens.Kling AINeeds logged-in check2026-05-17Official mainland release listed Gold at RMB 66/mo for 660 credits; Kling 3.0 guide lists 720p no-audio at 6 credits/sec, 1080p no-audio at 8 credits/sec, and native audio up to 12 credits/sec.WanOfficial unit rate2026-05-17Alibaba Cloud lists Wan 2.6 global text-to-video at $0.086012/sec for 720p and $0.143353/sec for 1080p.HailuoOfficial credit rules2026-05-17MiniMax Standard package is $1,000 for 3,760 units; Hailuo 2.3 Fast 768p/6s deducts 0.7 unit and 1080p/6s deducts 1.3 units.Hunyuan VideoOfficial credit rules2026-05-17Tencent Cloud lists prepaid points at RMB 1/point; text/image to 5s 720p video costs 1.5 points and 1080p costs 3 points.PixVerseOfficial credit rules2026-05-17PixVerse API credits are $1 for 200 credits; V6 no-audio costs 5 credits/sec at 360p, 9 at 720p, and 18 at 1080p.ViduOfficial unit rate2026-05-17Vidu API credits cost $0.005 each; Q3 540p is $0.05/sec, 720p is $0.125/sec, and 1080p is $0.15/sec.HaiperOfficial unit rate2026-05-17Haiper API lists Video 2.x/1.5 at $0.033/sec for 540p and $0.05/sec for 720p.Monetization guardrail
Paid relationships do not change rankings
Affiliate links, sponsorships, or paid placements must not change source-confidence labels, active/sunset status, cheapest active recommendations, or platform ranking logic.
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