API pricing

Metered USD rates for generation over the public API, billed per job, second, character, or minute as listed.

Public API rates

Metered USD pricing for generation over the public API. Subscription plans still gate concurrency and included allotments.

Quick startAPI docs

Avatar

  • Create avatar$1.008per avatar

    One-time avatar creation for reusable Sume Avatar 1.0 video workflows.

  • Standard · no product$0.19424per second
  • Standard · with product$0.2048per second
  • Plus · no product$0.25856per second
  • Plus · with product$0.27232per second
  • Max · no product$0.58032per second
  • Max · with product$0.612per second
  • VEED Fabric 1.0$0.19792per audio second (720p)

    VEED Fabric 1.0 priced per ceil(audio second). 480p $0.1056/s, 720p $0.19792/s. Max 300 seconds. Audio must be Sume-hosted and under 10 MB.

Audio

  • Music generation$0.144per audio

    One audio generation using Sume Music 1.0.

  • Speech transcription$0.01056per audio minute

    Sume STT 1.0 transcription priced per audio minute. Omit duration_seconds to reserve for 1 minute; max 10 minutes.

  • Text to speech$0.05024per 1,000 characters

    Sume TTS 1.0 priced per transcript character, quoted per 1,000 characters. Spaces and punctuation count. Maximum 20000 characters.

Media tools

  • Remove background$0.032per image

    One background-removal generation using Sume RMBG 1.0.

  • Image upscale$0.224per image

    One image upscale using Sume Image Upscale 1.0 (reserved ~16 megapixels of generative output).

  • Video upscale$0.0096per video second

    Sume Video Upscale 1.0 priced per input second. Omit duration_seconds to reserve 5 seconds; max 30 seconds.

  • Timeline render$0.1056per output minute

    Sume Timeline 1.0 declarative long-form assembly reserved at $0.1056 per ceil(output minute) and captured at the render's own compute, never above the reservation. Max 1800 seconds. All media URLs must be Sume-hosted.

Image & video generation

  • Image 1.0Meteredper job

    Sume-managed image generation. Exact bands vary by request.

  • Video 1.0Meteredper job

    Sume-managed video generation. Exact bands vary by request.

  • Image RouterPass-throughper model

    Provider list rates × Sume margin. Per-model rates in the catalog.

  • Video RouterPass-throughper model

    Provider list rates × Sume margin. Per-model rates in the catalog.

Full rates for managed models and routers: GET /v1/catalog, or the public API docs. docs.sume.com/public-api

Plans include API access

Free and paid subscriptions include API and MCP. Upgrade for higher concurrency and prepaid generation allotments.

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