API Credit Costs

Base render is 1 credit per rendered minute. Transcription adds 1 credit. Caption analysis adds 1 credit.

Face tracking adds 1 credit minimum, or rendered minutes x 1 credit, whichever is higher. Minimum charge is 2 credits.

The same formula applies whether captions are generated from ASR or supplied with SRT.

Every AI Dubbing API request must include durationSeconds. Subclip checks the estimated credit requirement before creating the job.

The preflight formula is transcription minutes when no transcript is supplied, plus dubbing minutes, plus voice clone and background-preservation add-ons when requested.

AI Clipping API jobs add 5 API orchestration credits for source import, API packaging, and final render orchestration.

When you omit segments, the existing AI clipping pipeline costs still apply. When dynamicCaptions is true, Viral Captions analysis costs also apply.

When youtubeTranscript is true and the YouTube transcript is fetched, the completed job adds 1 credit. If transcript fetch fails and the job falls back to ASR, that extra credit is not counted.

Credits are estimated before the job starts. Text to Speech costs 5 credits per generated audio minute with a 1 credit minimum. Voice clone adds 5 credits.

Subclip imports the media first, probes duration, then checks credits before transcription starts.

Cost is 1 credit per source media minute, rounded up to a whole minute.

Without AI analysis or add-ons, cost is 2 credits minimum, or rendered minutes x 1 credit, whichever is higher.

BGM or SFX adds 1 credit total. bgmQuery has no separate search charge.

AI planning adds 2 credits when aiAnalysis is true. Vision analysis adds 0.25 credits per image and 1 credit per video. Audio analysis adds 1 credit per uploaded audio file.

Voiceover adds 1 credit minimum, or rendered minutes x 5 credits, whichever is higher. Stock B-roll search is not exposed in the Video Studio API right now.

API background music separation is disabled. Provider choice does not change the credit formula.

Cost is 1 credit minimum, or duration seconds x 0.10816 credits, whichever is higher. The result is rounded up to the next whole credit.

That works out to about 6.49 credits per minute.