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Per-second vs per-clip pricing for AI video APIs: how to budget a video workload
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Per-second vs per-clip pricing for AI video APIs: how to budget a video workload

Video models are billed by the second, by the clip or by credits. Here is how to turn each pricing unit into a real budget, with worked numbers for Seedance 2.0 and Wan 2.7 on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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2026/09/30
Why Cheap Model starts with one compatible integration layer
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Why Cheap Model starts with one compatible integration layer

Compatibility lowers migration cost, but it also creates a cleaner foundation for routing, pricing, and provider choice.

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2026/04/05
Using routing and fallback to control AI spend before it controls you
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Using routing and fallback to control AI spend before it controls you

A practical look at cost control when teams mix premium and lower-cost model routes.

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2026/04/03
Building one API surface for text, image, video, and audio workloads
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Building one API surface for text, image, video, and audio workloads

Why Cheap Model treats multimodal access as a platform problem instead of a collection of disconnected endpoints.

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2026/04/01
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