How much does a minute of AI video actually cost?

How much does a minute of AI video actually cost? So, I've compared some of the most popular video models and calculated their price per minute. And believe me, this is way more confusing than it looks. The price changes based on quality, sound integration, input type, and whether you're using it on the native platform or via an API aggregator. So I used API for some of the models, converted credits into real money for others, and some of these numbers will shock you. First is Wan 2.7. Text-to-video and image-to-video cost around $6 at 720p and $9 per minute at 1080p. But surprisingly, reference-to-video stays at $6 even for 1080p. Next is HappyHorse, a new video model from Alibaba. It costs around $8.40 per minute at 720p and $16.80 per minute at 1080p for both image-to-video and text-to-video. Simple pricing, but not exactly the cheapest. Then we have Runway Gen-4.5. Their flagship video model costs around $7.20 per minute. But Aleph 2.0, their video editing model, jumps to around $20 per minute. Now Google is a bit different. Veo 3.1 costs $9 per minute for fast and $24 per minute for quality. But the new Gemini Omni Flash does not have public API yet. So I used Google Flow, converted the credits into real money, and got to around 77 cents per minute for text-to-video and $2 per minute for video editing. This sounds really cheap, but once it gets the API pricing, I'm pretty sure it will get way more expensive. And we have Grok Imagine Video 1.5. This one is image-to-video only, and it costs around $4.80 per minute at 480p and $8.40 per minute at 720p. Kling 3.0 gets more complex. At 720p, it costs around $10 per minute without and $15 per minute with sound. At 1080p, it costs $13 per minute and around $20 per minute with audio. And if you want 4K, that jumps around to $25 per minute. And I know you were all waiting for this one, Seedance 2.0. The fast version costs around $4.20 per minute at 480p and $9 at 720p. For the Omni mode with video input, it goes up to $4.80 and $10.20. The full version of Seedance 2.0 costs around $4.80 at 480p quality, $10.80 at 720p, and 27 bucks at 1080p. And for Omni, it jumps to $6, $13, and $33 per minute. Let me know what you think. Are these prices worth it, and which AI model are you using the most right now?