Batch video production billing-Intelligent Media Services(IMS)-阿里云帮助中心

Learn about the billing rules and pricing for batch video production features, including text generation, script-to-video, image-text matching, and highlight extraction.

Note

To use the feature, you must purchase an IMS subscription service. For details, see Subscription.

Billing

Rules:
- Charges are calculated based on the total duration of input and output videos. Durations are rounded up to the nearest minute. Any duration less than 1 minute is billed as 1 minute. No charges are incurred for failed production tasks.
- Intelligent text generation is billed based on the number of tokens consumed. Token counts are rounded up to the nearest thousand. Any usage under 1,000 tokens is billed as 1,000 tokens. No charges are incurred for failed generation tasks.
Billing cycle: Bills are generated hourly. Alibaba Cloud measures your service usage from the previous billing cycle and issues a bill in the next one. The exact billing time is subject to system processing.

Feature	Billing method	Unit price	Unit	Documentation
Intelligent Text Generation	Billed by the number of tokens	0.12	CNY per 1,000 tokens	SubmitTextGenerateJob
Script-to-Video	Same as video editing: Billed by output duration and resolution. If you only generate a Timeline (GeneratePreviewOnly is true), no fee is charged. If you subsequently compose the Timeline into a final video, the composition will still be billed according to the standards for video editing.	Same as video editing	Same as video editing	Script-Based Automated Video Production
Image-Text Matching (Common Scenarios)	Billed by the total duration of the input and output videos. Note: If assets are sourced via a theme description search, the actual input duration may be longer than the search result duration to allow for creative randomness. If you only generate a Timeline (GeneratePreviewOnlyis true), the output duration is calculated based on the total duration of the Timeline.	0.3	CNY per minute	Image-Text Matching Common scenarios Movie collections
Image-Text Matching (Movie Collections)	Billed by the total duration of the input and output videos If you only generate a timeline (that is, GeneratePreviewOnly=true), the output duration is calculated based on the total duration of the timeline.	1	CNY per minute	Image-Text Matching Common scenarios Movie collections
Sports highlights	Billed by the total duration of the input and output videos If you generate only a Timeline (GeneratePreviewOnly is true), the output duration is calculated based on the total duration of the Timeline.	1	CNY per minute	Sports highlights Parameters
Highlight Mashup	Billed by the total duration of the input and output videos If only a Timeline is generated (when GeneratePreviewOnly is true), the output duration is calculated based on the total duration of the Timeline.	2	CNY per minute	Highlight Mashup Parameters
Highlight extraction	Billed by the input video duration.	2	CNY per minute	Highlight extraction

Billing examples

Assume that between 8:00 and 9:00, you use the Image-Text Matching (Common Scenarios) feature in the Chinese mainland region. You provide a 90-second input video and produce a 23-second output video. You also use the Intelligent Text Generation feature, consuming 900 tokens.

The total cost is calculated as follows:

Video production cost:
- Total billable duration = Input duration + Output duration = (90s + 23s) / 60 = 1.88 minutes.
- Rounded up to the nearest minute, the total duration is 2 minutes.
- Cost = 0.3 CNY per minute × 2 minutes = 0.6 CNY.
Text generation cost:
- Total tokens consumed = 900 tokens.
- Rounded up to the nearest thousand, the total is 1,000 tokens.
- Cost = 0.12 CNY per 1000 tokens × 1 = 0.12 CNY.
Total cost:
- The total cost for the batch video production between 8:00 and 9:00 is 0.12 + 0.6 = 0.72 CNY.