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AI video cost calculator: cost per included generation minute (2026)

Pricing recheck required: 2026-09-21. Recheck every 30 days and before publishing price changes. These prices are awaiting a documented recheck; confirm current plans with the vendor.

Synthesia and HeyGen monthly rows checked 19 September 2026. HeyGen Avatar IV scenarios use 16 credits/minute for Photo Look and 31 for Video Look. Each scenario assumes the entire shared balance is spent on that look. Displayed minutes are rounded down; coverage uses the unrounded allowance.

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Displayed rows verified 21 September 2026: Synthesia monthly (shared credits); HeyGen monthly Avatar IV Photo 16 / Video 31; Colossyan Professional annual. Synthesia and HeyGen annual rows remain omitted — Synthesia FAQ yearly totals ($264/$804) conflict with yearly card monthly-equivalents (~$18/$64). Confirm the vendor offer before buying.

Include billable revisions in your estimate. If all three renders of a four-minute video are billed in full, they consume 12 generation minutes. Partial-render and retry rules vary by tool; this is a planning example.

How to read the table

Cost per included minute divides the listed subscription price by the generation allowance. It is not the cost of a finished deliverable. Unused allowance, revisions, model choice and additional usage change your effective cost. A Yes in the table only means your entered estimate fits the listed allowance, subject to current vendor terms. Annual rows show a monthly equivalent with a yearly commitment.

Before paying, verify the current price, model-specific credit rate, rollover policy, seats and overage options on the vendor pricing page. This calculator does not quote top-ups or enterprise contracts. Colossyan lists 30 NEO and 10 NEO2 minutes per month; its annual FAQ says the yearly allowance is available upfront. The table uses monthly equivalents for comparison, not a claim that annual usage is capped each month.

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