How much should you charge for an AI video?
Seedance 2 team · Updated
Start from your own cost: on Seedance 2, a 15-second Seedance 2.5 clip costs 180 credits at 720p (443 at 1080p), multiply by the takes you expect, convert credits to dollars at your plan's rate, then add your hours and the revisions you include. We give the cost and the formula; the rate for your time is yours to set.
The quote formula
- Generation cost = credits per clip × clips in the final video × takes per clip × your dollar cost per credit.
- Time = hours for brief, prompts, review, editing and delivery × your hourly rate.
- Revisions = the rounds included in the price; each round costs more generations and time.
- Quote = generation cost + time + revisions, plus any music, voice or stock you license separately.
Your generation cost per clip
A credit costs $0.02 on the Plus Plan yearly and $0.10 on the Mini Plan monthly, the cheapest and dearest plan rates. Seedance 2.5 credits per clip, from the price list:
| Seedance 2.5 clip | 480p | 720p | 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 s | 28 | 60 | 148 |
| 10 s | 55 | 120 | 295 |
| 15 s | 83 | 180 | 443 |
| 30 s | 165 | 360 | 885 |
Worked example (cost side only)
A 30-second ad as two 15-second Seedance 2.5 shots at 1080p, three takes each: 2 × 3 × 443 = 2658 credits, or $62.02–$259.16 depending on plan. Drafting each shot first on Seedance 2 Mini at 480p (12 credits per 15-second draft) can cut the full-quality takes you need.
Add your time and revisions on top. We don't publish what others charge.
Before you deliver to a client
Seedance and Veo videos are watermarked until you are on a paid plan; videos made on a paid plan have no watermark.
Seedance 2's terms of service say generated content is for your personal or authorized commercial use, and that commercial usage may require appropriate licensing (https://www.seedance2.net/terms-of-service). Anything you upload (a product photo, a face, a logo) must be yours or used with the owner's permission.
Use the client's own product photos and logo, or ones they have the rights to; don't put real people's faces in a video without their consent.
Make client videos with Seedance 2.5
- Open Seedance 2.5 on https://www.seedance2.net/seedance-2-5, or connect https://www.seedance2.net/mcp to Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Codex and ask there.
- Write the shot: subject, action, camera move, light and sound. The prompt guide has the structure that works best.
- Draft on Seedance 2 Mini or at 480p, then render the take you keep on Seedance 2.5 at 720p or 1080p (up to 30 seconds in one clip).
- Check the price shown before you generate; failed generations are refunded automatically.
Prompts for common client jobs
- Product ad, 9:16, 10 seconds: a ceramic pour-over coffee set on a walnut counter at sunrise, steam rising, slow push-in, then a top-down shot of coffee filling the cup. Warm light, soft room tone and a gentle pour sound.
- UGC-style ad with your own photo as the first frame, 9:16, 12 seconds: the person holds the skincare bottle up to the camera in a bright bathroom, smiles and says "I use this every morning." Handheld phone look.
- Short-drama opening, 16:9, 15 seconds: 0–5s a young woman finds an old letter under a floorboard, close-up on her hands; 5–10s she reads it by window light, rack focus to her face; 10–15s footsteps on the stairs, she looks up. Sound: creaking wood, rain outside.
Questions
- How much do AI video makers charge?
- There is no standard rate and we don't quote one. Work out your generation cost from the credit price, add your time and the revisions you include, and price from there.
- How much are you charging clients for a 30-second AI-generated video?
- The generation part of a 30-second Seedance 2.5 video is 885 credits per 1080p take (360 at 720p). Multiply by your takes, convert at your plan's credit rate, then add your time.
- Should I charge per second or per video?
- Your cost is per second (credits scale with length and resolution), so per-second or per-shot pricing tracks it closely; a per-video price should state the length, resolution and number of revisions it includes.
- Can I use Seedance videos for client work?
- Seedance 2's terms of service say generated content is for your personal or authorized commercial use, and that commercial usage may require appropriate licensing (https://www.seedance2.net/terms-of-service). Anything you upload (a product photo, a face, a logo) must be yours or used with the owner's permission.
- Do client videos have a watermark?
- Seedance and Veo videos are watermarked until you are on a paid plan; videos made on a paid plan have no watermark.