Validation

Pricing validation and crawl evidence

This page collects the evidence a user, AI agent, directory reviewer, or future affiliate partner needs before trusting the calculator: priority crawl URLs, machine-readable pricing data, pricing update history, and the rule that paid relationships must not change rankings.

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

Priority crawl pages9 high-intent workflow calculators

Indexing action log

Current Google indexing baseline and next manual request batch

The site should not keep publishing many new pages while Google is still mostly discovering the homepage. This baseline turns the current indexing bottleneck into an explicit operating rule for Codex and the monitoring agent.

GSC window2026-05-17 to 2026-05-24

Finalized traffic1 click, 29 impressions, 3.45% CTR

Average position49.1

Indexed page with impressions/

Priority use-case pages are discovered slowly; samples have shown Discovered - currently not indexed or URL is unknown to Google.

PriorityURLReasonAction

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.Request indexing in Google Search Console URL Inspection Batch 1.2/use-cases/video-production-cost-calculatorCalculate and estimate AI-assisted video production cost for short-form content, ads, explainers, and internal videos using platform cost plus retry assumptions.Request indexing in Google Search Console URL Inspection 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.Request indexing in Google Search Console URL Inspection

Submit or refresh both sitemap.xml and priority-sitemap.xml in Search Console before repeating page expansion.

Crawl evidence

Priority URLs Google should discover first

These are the pages currently treated as the highest-value validation set. They are linked from the homepage, use-cases hub, HTML sitemap, XML sitemap, and the priority sitemap.

HTML sitemap XML sitemap Priority sitemap

Pricing evidence

Machine-readable pricing and update trail

Pricing assumptions are exposed in a JSON file and an RSS feed so monitoring agents, external reviewers, and users can inspect material changes without scraping the UI.

EvidenceStatusUpdatedPurpose

pricing-data.jsonMachine-readableMay 27, 2026Official pricing URLs, source-confidence labels, active/sunset status, and calculator inputs.feed.xmlRSS feed2026-05-27Material pricing, source-confidence, and monetization-policy changes.Pricing updatesHuman-readable log2026-05-27Public explanation of what changed and why it matters.

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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Corrections

Official sources first

Pricing corrections should include an official pricing URL, API documentation page, provider help article, or logged-in provider screenshot that can be reviewed before calculator data changes.

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