RenderDrama

What a second of AI video costs, channel by channel

What three sellers charge for the Veo models

Three channels here publish a figure against a Veo model. The maker prints a five-tier curve from five cents a second to sixty; one reseller sits at the standard tier's forty cents and the other at fifteen, which is above the maker's own fast tier. As of 2026-09-22.

Two resellers, two different relationships to one price listThe maker publishes a five-tier curve from five cents a second to sixty. One reseller names the fast tier and charges fifty per cent above the maker's figure for it. The other names the standard tier and matches the maker's figure exactly.The marked-up routeThe pass-through routeTier namedThe fast tier at 720pThe standard tierMaker's figureTen cents a secondForty cents a secondReseller's figureFifteen cents a secondForty cents a secondVisible marginFifty per centNoneFailure guarantee reprintedAbsentAbsentOnly the maker's page states that a failed generation is not charged
Fig. 1 There is no single resale premium in this register. Each shop makes a per-row decision and prints it, and reading one row produces the wrong general conclusion.
Every channel here that publishes a figure against a Veo model, and the tier it names. Recorded 2026-09-22.
ChannelPublished figureTier named
VeoFive cents a second up to sixty, across five tiers3.1 Lite, Fast, Standard and 4K
WaveSpeed AIFifteen cents a secondVeo 3.1 Fast
falForty cents a secondVeo 3

Inclusion rule. Channels in this register publishing a figure against a Veo model on a public page. The tier is named because the maker's own curve spans twelve times. Order. Ascending by the cheapest published second.

1The production behind the price

Price aside, what goes into the seconds behind “Veo across sellers” is described in SceneMixer's guides:

In the editor this tier is greyed out for such a segment; pick a Seedance 2.5 or Wan tier.

SceneMixer, Seedance 2.0 (standard tier) — “Can a segment longer than 15 seconds use this tier?” (read 2026-10-13)

Every segment it can revise starts ticked; untick any of them, or press Clear and pick.

SceneMixer, Revise the Whole Episode: One Request, Every Segment — “Can I leave some segments alone?” (read 2026-10-13)

2Where this family sits against the others

Cheapest published second by model familyThe lowest second published for each family across every channel here, Veo marked. A conditional figure is excluded, so the floor shown is one a buyer reaches without negotiating or committing. Recorded 2026-09-22.Cheapest published second by model familySeedance$0.097 a second$0.097 a secondLTX-2.5$0.09 a second$0.09 a secondKling$0.07 a second$0.07 a secondVeo$0.05 a second$0.05 a secondMiniMax H3$0.046 a second$0.046 a secondWan$0.01 a second$0.01 a second
Fig. 2 The lowest second published for each family across every channel here, Veo marked. A conditional figure is excluded, so the floor shown is one a buyer reaches without negotiating or committing. Recorded 2026-09-22.
The cheapest unconditional second published for each model family here, with Veo marked. Recorded 2026-09-22.
Model familyCheapest published second
Kling$0.07 a second
LTX-2.5$0.09 a second
MiniMax H3$0.046 a second
Seedance$0.097 a second
Veo$0.05 a second
Wan$0.01 a second

Inclusion rule. Model families with a figure from more than one channel in this register, taking the lowest figure any of those channels publishes without a discount or a commitment attached. Order. Alphabetical by model family.

3A reseller marking up the fast tier by half again

The maker publishes ten cents a second for its fast tier at 720p. A reseller prints fifteen for what it names as the same tier, which is a markup of fifty per cent on a model it did not make. That is the clearest margin visible anywhere in this layer.

A markup is not a criticism. A reseller carrying dozens of families in one account with one key and one invoice is selling convenience, and fifty per cent of ten cents is five cents a second. Whether that is worth paying depends on how many other models the production needs.

4The other reseller matches the standard tier exactly

Forty cents a second against the maker's forty for its standard tier is a pass-through with no visible margin at all. Two resellers, two completely different relationships to the same maker's price list, on the same model family.

Reading only one of those rows would produce the wrong general conclusion about resale. There is no single resale premium in this register; there is a per-row decision that each shop makes and prints.

5The maker's page is the one that says what a failure costs

Alone among the pages behind this register, the maker's price page states that the charge applies only when the video is generated successfully. Neither reseller reprints that, and nothing says whether the guarantee survives the resale.

For a production with a real rejection rate that sentence can be worth more than the whole price difference above. A forty-cent second that never bills a failure may cost less per usable second than a fifteen-cent one that bills every attempt.

6Sources

Every figure is read from the page linked on that channel's own entry, checked 2026-09-22. What counts as a published rate is on the method page; the channels in full are on the ledger. Other families: Seedance, LTX-2.5. All of them: one model, several sellers.