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How much does it cost to edit an existing video with AI?

Editing an existing video with AI costs $0.15 to $0.58 per source second on Wan 3.0 Edit and $0.25 to $0.80 on Seedance 2.5 Edit (480p to 1080p): a 10-second 720p edit is $2.90 or $4.50, and both take clips up to 120 seconds.

Updated 2026-11-09ยท4 min read
How much does it cost to edit an existing video with AI?
An AI edit follows the motion and timing of your footage and changes what you ask for: the product, its packaging, the background, the setting or the light. Use it on videos you own or have the rights to.

Price per second: Seedance 2.5 Edit vs Wan 3.0 Edit

Both are billed per second of the source video you select, at the resolution you choose. The price is shown before you start. Both edit modes, next to every other model: the AI model index

ResolutionWan 3.0 EditSeedance 2.5 Edit
480p$0.15/s$0.25/s
720p$0.29/s$0.45/s
1080p$0.58/s$0.80/s
1 credit = $0.01, the $10 pack. Bigger packs and plans cost the same or less per credit.
Source length (720p)Wan 3.0 EditSeedance 2.5 Edit
10 seconds$2.90$4.50
30 seconds$8.70$13.50
60 seconds$17.40$27.00
120 seconds$34.80$54.00

Trim before you edit: only the part you keep is billed. Cutting a 30-second clip to the 12 seconds that matter cuts the price by more than half.

How long a clip each one accepts

  • Wan 3.0 Edit: 2 to 120 seconds of source, 480p, 720p or 1080p, up to 10 reference images (for example your product from several angles). The result has sound.
  • Seedance 2.5 Edit: 1 to 120 seconds of source, 480p, 720p or 1080p, up to 9 reference images. The result has sound.

What AI editing is for, and what is refused

Good jobs for an AI edit, on footage you own:

  • Put your product, or its new packaging, in place of the one in the video.
  • Move the scene somewhere else: a kitchen, a bathroom shelf, a studio backdrop.
  • Change the light or the season of a product shot without filming it again.
  • Make a version of a packshot or a b-roll clip for each market or each colorway.

Seedance 2.5 Edit refuses any source video in which it detects a real person, and its content policy refuses more. Use it on product shots, packshots and scenes without people. Neither model is a tool for changing a real person: do not use AI editing to alter someone's face, body or identity.

Over the last 90 days, 8 of the 17 Seedance 2.5 Edit requests from customers were refused because a real person was in the source and 7 by the content policy (measured November 9, 2026).

How long an edit takes

Wan 3.0 Edit: about 7 minutes from request to finished video (median of 109 completed edits over the last 60 days, all lengths together). Longer sources take longer. Seedance 2.5 Edit: too few completed edits to publish a time yet.

Failed edits are refunded

A refused or failed edit gives its credits back automatically. Over the last 90 days, 45 of 48 Wan 3.0 Edit requests finished and the 3 others were refunded; the 16 other Seedance 2.5 Edit requests, refused or failed, were all refunded. A finished edit is billed, and running it again is billed again.

Questions

Edit a product video

Upload a clip you own, add your product photo, see the price before you start.