reelsdk pricing
Pay only for the video you render.
No subscription and no minimum: you top up prepaid credit and your first $1 of renders is free. Slideshows and captions cost $0.02 per output minute (voiceover $0.05 per 1,000 characters), faceless shorts $0.25 up to 60 seconds or $0.35 up to 90 seconds, and raw ffmpeg $0.01 per compute minute.
Get your API keySlideshows and captions
$0.02per output minute
Voiceover $0.05 per 1,000 characters
Transitions, Ken Burns motion and burned-in captions, with transcription included.
Faceless shorts
All included$0.25per short up to 60 s
$0.35 for shorts up to 90 s
Script, AI scene images, voiceover, word-by-word captions and music in 6 languages.
Raw ffmpeg
$0.01per compute minute
ffmpeg 8.1 on a fresh machine per job
Any command or filter graph, with inputs up to 500 MB each.
Price per minute of 1080p video
Public list prices for rendering one minute of 1080p video, checked October 2026.
| Provider | Plan | Per 1080p minute |
|---|---|---|
| reelsdk | Pay as you go, slideshows and captions | $0.02 |
| Shotstack | Pay as you go, $10 for 50 minutes | $0.20 |
| Shotstack | Starter, $39 a month for 250 minutes | $0.16 |
| JSON2Video | Professional, $49.95 a month for 200 minutes | $0.25 |
| Creatomate | Essential, $54 a month, 1080p at 25 fps | $0.84 |
Default limits per API key
One key covers every endpoint. Email us to raise any limit.
| Concurrent jobs | 3 per key |
|---|---|
| Jobs per day | 500 per key |
| Uploads per day | 5 GiB per key |
| Input files | 500 MB each, 1 GB per job |
| Media length | Up to 15 minutes |
| Job run time | Up to 10 minutes |
| Waiting for a result | 60 s by default, up to 300 s |
| Output retention | 7 days |
| Webhooks | HMAC-SHA256 signed, 3 attempts |
FAQ
Pricing questions
Is there a subscription or minimum spend?
No. There's no subscription and no minimum. You top up prepaid credit, each render draws from it, and your first $1 of renders is free. One API key covers all four endpoints.
How do you count a minute?
For slideshows and captions, by the length of the finished video you get back. Raw ffmpeg jobs are billed at $0.01 per minute of compute time instead, because their output can be anything.
What's included in the faceless shorts price?
Everything. $0.25 covers shorts up to 60 seconds and $0.35 up to 90 seconds, including the script, AI images for every scene, the voiceover, word-by-word captions and a music bed, in 8 visual styles and 6 languages.
Do transcription or voiceovers cost extra?
Transcription for captions is included in the $0.02 per output minute. On slideshows, optional AI voiceover costs $0.05 per 1,000 characters. Faceless shorts include the voiceover in the flat price.
What are the limits per key?
By default one key gets 3 concurrent jobs, 500 jobs a day and 20 GiB of uploads a day. Input files can be up to 500 MB each (1 GB per job), media up to 15 minutes and jobs can run up to 10 minutes. Email us if you need more.
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Your first $1 of renders is free, and one key covers every endpoint.
