AI video ad cost calculator
Cheapest for 10 × 30 s videos: Hedra Pay-per-output API at $1.88 per video ($18.75 a month).
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| Tool | Per video | Per month | Credit rule | Paid ads | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HedraPay-per-output API · Generator | $1.88 | $18.75 | Pay per output · 6.25¢ per second1Character 3 talking avatar, 1080p | With limits | Visit Hedra ↗ |
| HeyGenCreator · Avatar | $2.90 | $29 | 600 credits/mo · 31 credits per minAvatar IV video look | With limits | Visit HeyGen ↗ |
| SynthesiaStarter · Avatar | $2.90 | $29 | 1,250 credits/mo · 100 credits per min2Avatar video, Synthesia's estimate | With limits | Visit Synthesia ↗ |
| CaptionsFrontier · Clips & captions | $7 | $69.99 | 1,400 credits/mo · 16 credits per 6 sPrompt to Video | With limits | Visit Captions ↗ |
| MakeUGCGrowth · UGC ads | $7.90 | $79 | 1,000 credits/mo · 100 credits per videoTalking actor, custom avatar, or Nova V2 | With limits | Try MakeUGC ↗ (affiliate link) |
| CreatifyAPI Starter · UGC ads | $9.90 | $99 | 500 credits/mo · 5 credits per 30 sAPI AI Avatar | With limits | Visit Creatify ↗ |
1 Hedra is ranked at 1080p, like the 1080p exports of the subscription tools; 540p and 720p are cheaper and listed on the Hedra page.
2 Synthesia’s own estimate: “A typical finished minute uses about 100 credits”.
Clips and captions
Priced per uploaded video.
| Tool | Per video | Per month | Credit rule | Paid ads | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpusClipStarter · Clips & captions | $1.50 | $15 | 150 credits/mo · 1 credit per source minClipping, per minute of source video | With limits | Try OpusClip ↗ (affiliate link) |
| SubmagicStarter · Clips & captions | $1.90 | $19 | 15 videos/mo · up to 2 min each1Captioned video, one upload | Not stated | Try Submagic ↗ (affiliate link) |
1 Business says “Up to 100 videos”; counted as 100.
Not yet verified (2)
- Arcads: No public USD price: /pricing is Page Not Found and plan prices are only in the logged-in app.
- Higgsfield: Plan prices are verified, but every talking and lip-sync model is listed at an approximate (~) credit rate.
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- Cost per video = the cheapest paid plan whose allowance covers your videos, divided by the number of videos.
- Credit rules are the vendor’s own: how many credits, minutes or videos one video uses. Footnotes mark a vendor’s estimate.
- Before tax, retries and add-ons. Free plans are not ranked: most watermark or forbid ads.
- Tools we cannot price exactly are listed as not yet verified, never estimated. Rankings never depend on affiliate links.
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What does one finished AI video ad cost?
Cheapest for 10 × 30 s videos: Hedra Pay-per-output API at $1.88 per video ($18.75 a month).
Which billing price is used?
Monthly billing by default. Yearly shows the monthly equivalent of the yearly price, from the same official pages.
How are these costs checked?
Every price, allowance and credit rule is copied from the vendor’s own pages, with the source linked and dated. Prices checked 21 Oct 2026. Tools we cannot price exactly are listed as not yet verified, never estimated. See the method or use the calculator.