ShengshuVidu Q4 API Cost
A 5-second 720p Vidu Q4 clip costs $0.35, against $0.48 at the official price. What you spend depends on resolution, length and how many takes you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.
- 5 s at 720p
- $0.35
- official $0.48
- 1 minute at 540p
- $1.99
- $17.20 at 4K
- 100 × 5 s clips / month
- $34.92
- 720p
- Below official
- up to 27%
- failed runs: $0
Try it
Try Vidu Q4 — the price is on the button
Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.
Calculator
Calculate your Vidu Q4 cost
Pick the resolution and clip length, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.
Per month · 100 generations
16.54
$22.50 at the official price
- Per clip
- 0.17
- Per kept clip
- 0.17
- Saved per month
- $5.96
- Saved per year
- $71.54
Live prices · failed generations are free
Cost drivers
What drives the Vidu Q4 API cost
5 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the Vidu Q4 API pricing page.
Resolution
The biggest lever. A 5-second clip costs 8.7× as much at 4K as at 540p.
- 540p
- $0.17
- 1.0×
- 720p
- $0.35
- 2.1×
- 1080p
- $0.45
- 2.7×
- 2K
- $0.70
- 4.2×
- 4K
- $1.44
- 8.7×
Clip length
You pay per second of output. At 720p, each second is $0.0699, so one clip costs $0.21–$1.12 across 3–16 s.
Audio
No extra charge: Vidu Q4 generates synchronized sound within the per-second price.
Task
Image to video and reference to video cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.
Takes you keep
Every successful clip is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 5-second 720p clip cost $1.05 instead of $0.35. Failed generations are refunded.
Real work
What videos cost with Vidu Q4
Finished pieces priced end to end. One Vidu Q4 request makes up to 16 seconds, so longer pieces are several clips; the short film budgets three takes per shot.
| Deliverable | Generations | Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt test | 1 × 3 s | 540p | $0.10 | |
| Social clip | 1 × 10 s | 720p | $0.70 | |
| 15-second ad | 1 × 15 s | 1080p | $1.33 | |
| 1-minute explainer | 4 × 15 s | 720p | $4.19 | |
| 2-minute short film | 24 × 15 s (8 shots × 3 takes) | 1080p | $31.76 | |
| Daily social clips for a month | 30 × 10 s | 720p | $20.95 | |
| 15-second 4K clip | 1 × 15 s | 4K | $4.30 |
Budgets
What a Vidu Q4 budget buys
5-second clips per budget at each resolution, with the minutes of footage in brackets.
| Resolution | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
540p $0.17 per 5 s clip | 60(5.0 min) | 302(25 min) | 604(50 min) | 3,023(252 min) | 6,046(504 min) |
720p $0.35 per 5 s clip | 28(2.4 min) | 143(12 min) | 286(24 min) | 1,432(119 min) | 2,864(239 min) |
1080p $0.45 per 5 s clip | 22(1.9 min) | 113(9.4 min) | 226(19 min) | 1,133(94 min) | 2,267(189 min) |
2K $0.70 per 5 s clip | 14(1.2 min) | 71(6.0 min) | 143(12 min) | 716(60 min) | 1,432(119 min) |
4K $1.44 per 5 s clip | 6(0.6 min) | 34(2.9 min) | 69(5.8 min) | 348(29 min) | 697(58 min) |
Yearly difference
Vidu Q4 cost vs the official price
The same monthly volume at 720p, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).
100 × 5 s clips / month
$34.92
$47.50 official
$151.05 less a year
1,000 × 5 s clips / month
$349.13
$475.00 official
$1,511 less a year
10,000 × 5 s clips / month
$3,492
$4,750 official
$15,105 less a year
Compare
A 5-second 720p clip on other models
The same request on Vidu models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest silent price for that resolution.
| Model | Tier | Cost | vs. Vidu Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LTX-2.5 Lightricks | 720p | $0.15 | −59% |
| PixVerse V6 PixVerse | 720p | $0.19 | −47% |
| Vidu Q3 Turbo Vidu family | 720p | $0.21 | −41% |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini ByteDance | 720p | $0.32 | −10% |
| Grok Imagine Video 1.5 xAI | 720p | $0.34 | −3% |
| Vidu Q4 Shengshu | 720p | $0.35 | — |
| Vidu Q3 Pro Vidu family | 720p | $0.38 | +7% |
Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.
Cost control
Keep Vidu Q4 spend predictable
The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.
- Price it first.
POST /v1/quote/shengshu/vidu-q4/image-to-videoreturns the exact price of any request, free. - Cap a request. Send
max_cost_usdand a request priced above it is refused without charge. - Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
- Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
- Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.
FAQ
Vidu Q4 API cost questions
Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. Vidu Q4 is developed by Shengshu. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.