Generative video
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Media production economics
AI Video and Audio Cost Calculator: Cost per Finished Minute
AI Video Cost Calculator: Cost per Finished Minute. Estimate landed cost, failed work, human review and cost per accepted outcome with editable assumptions.
Bottom line
The useful denominator is approved finished duration. Generated seconds, characters or credits understate cost when most takes are discarded or heavily edited.
Updated 2026-07-21 · Sources and decision basis shown below
Product guidance
What each option is for
Voiceover and dubbing
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Avatar video
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AI-assisted editing
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How to make the decision
Add plans, credits, generated duration or characters, failed takes, editing, rendering, storage and review, then divide by approved finished minutes.
Costs to include
model, duration, resolution and generation mode
generated versus retained duration
continuity, lip-sync and pronunciation retries
editing, rendering and storage
voice consent and commercial-rights review
Outcome economics
Estimate cost using your workload
Illustrative assumptions only. Replace them with current invoices, usage and labour.
Estimated monthly cost
USD 2,761.00
Cost per approved finished unit
USD 82.17
Human review and repair
USD 2,450.00
Recommendation
What to do next
Separate video and voice assumptions for detailed budgeting, then combine them at the final deliverable level.
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Common questions
Which option is the best fit on AI Video and Audio Cost Calculator: Cost per Finished Minute?+
The useful denominator is approved finished duration. Generated seconds, characters or credits understate cost when most takes are discarded or heavily edited.
What costs should be included?+
Add plans, credits, generated duration or characters, failed takes, editing, rendering, storage and review, then divide by approved finished minutes.
Where do buyers commonly overspend?+
Comparing credits or generated seconds without measuring how much media survives into the approved deliverable.
What is this recommendation based on?+
The linked product and pricing sources, published limits, the stated workload and the landed-cost factors shown on this page. Missing evidence is labelled rather than replaced with invented testing.