How we calculate
Every figure on this site comes from two numbers a tool publishes: what a plan includes each month, and how much of that one unit of work uses up.
The math
You tell us how much you make in a month. We multiply that by the tool’s published rate, for example credits per second of video, to get the allowance you need. Then we look at every self-serve plan and find the cheapest way to cover it.
If a plan falls short and the tool sells extra credits at a published price, we add what you would need and compare that total with the next plan up. Sometimes a small plan plus a few extra credits beats the bigger plan. When a tool doesn’t publish that price, we don’t guess one.
How results are ordered
By monthly cost, lowest first. Nothing else. Some tools pay us a commission and some don’t, and that never moves a tool up or down or keeps a tool off the list.
Where the numbers come from
From each tool’s own pricing page and help center, never from other comparison sites. Every tool page lists its sources and the date we last checked them. Every tool on this site was last checked on 14 November 2026.
When a tool’s own pages disagree, we use its published rate table over the rounded examples in its marketing copy. If two published figures still disagree, we use the more expensive one. Either way, we say so on that tool’s page.
What we leave out
- Tax, which depends on where you live.
- First-month discounts and coupons. We use the price you keep paying.
- Enterprise plans without a published price.
- Quality. This site compares cost. A cheaper tool is not always the right tool.
Units we use
- Avatar video and clipping are counted in minutes. Captioning is counted in videos.
- Generated video is counted in seconds, at the model named in each result.
- Voiceover is counted in minutes, at 1,000 characters of script per minute.