The median cost of one second of 720p AI video is $0.05 across the 14 indexed models; the median cost of one 1024×1024 AI image is$0.034 across 25 image models; the median cost of 1,000 characters of AI speech is$0.04 across 10 TTS models — each model priced at its cheapest available channel, stamped September 7, 2026.
The price index for AI generation
Every video, image, and voice model — normalized, cross-provider, dated. The same model can cost 2–5× more depending on where you buy it. This index shows the spread.
Video index →
median $0.05 per second, 720p
| LTX-2 | from $0.01 |
| Seedance 1.0 | from $0.02 |
| Wan 2.2 | from $0.02 |
| Pika 2.2 | from $0.04 |
| Hailuo 02 | from $0.045 |
| Kling 2.1 | from $0.05 |
Image index →
median $0.034 per image, 1024×1024
| Z-Image Turbo | from $0.0030 |
| GPT Image 1 Mini | from $0.0050 |
| GPT Image 2 | from $0.0060 |
| Midjourney | from $0.0083 |
| GPT Image 1.5 | from $0.0090 |
| FLUX.2 [flex] | from $0.012 |
Voice index →
median $0.04 per 1,000 characters
| Qwen3-TTS | from $0.0060 |
| Fish Audio | from $0.015 |
| OpenAI gpt-4o-mini-tts | from $0.015 |
| Deepgram Aura-2 | from $0.03 |
| PlayAI Dialog | from $0.03 |
| Cartesia Sonic 3 | from $0.05 |
Video calculator
1,000 clips of 8s? 60 seconds? Priced on every model at once.
Image calculator
100 or 10,000 images on every model and tier at once.
Voice calculator
10,000 characters on every TTS model and tier at once.
Change log
Every price change, dated and diffed. RSS for the newsroom.
Latest from the log
- 2026-09-07 — all-image: 25 image models added
- 2026-08-28 — all-video: 14 video models seeded
- 2026-08-28 — all-voice: 10 voice models seeded
Why trust these numbers?
Every price carries a label — verified, derived, estimated, hidden, ordisputed — a date stamp, and a source URL. The normalization math is published, the dataset is an open CC-BY download, and every change lands in a public log. The index is seeded from the operational cost audit of a team that runs 400+ media models in production, and re-verified weekly once live.Read the methodology.