Most AI video studios answer the pricing question with “contact us for a quote.” We’d rather just tell you: short pieces start around $25, and a full production like MIDIVOXX — six scenes, one consistent character, 30 days — runs $2,500–5,000. Here’s what actually moves that number.
Why “it depends” isn’t a real answer
Every AI video studio’s honest answer to “how much” is “it depends” — but that’s a starting point, not an ending point. What it depends on is knowable and mostly fixed before production starts: scene count, character complexity, runtime and delivery resolution. See the full breakdown on our AI video production cost page — this post is the music-video-specific version of that answer.
Scene count is the single biggest driver
Each new environment in a music video is a new generation-and-review cycle, not a re-use of the last one. A single-location video costs meaningfully less than a video like MIDIVOXX, which moves through six distinct environments while holding one character consistent across all of them. If you’re planning a video and want to manage cost, the number of distinct scenes is the first lever to pull, before anything else.
Character consistency work adds real time
A video built around one clearly recognizable artist — as on KING, produced for two artists whose likeness had to hold across every scene — costs more than a video where character consistency matters less. Locking a reference and checking every generation against it is real production time, and it’s the difference between a professional result and visible drift.
4K and finishing add cost predictably
Higher delivery resolution and a heavier post-production pass — full color grading, sound design, multiple platform cuts — add cost in a fairly linear, predictable way once scene count and character complexity are fixed. This is the easiest part of a quote to adjust up or down depending on where a video will actually be shown.
DIY tool cost vs. a produced service
A subscription AI video tool costs $12–300 a month and generates raw clips — it does not direct, lock character consistency, edit, grade or deliver a finished master. A produced AI music video production service costs more per project because it includes all of that. Which one is right depends on whether you need a finished, publishable video or a raw asset you’ll finish yourself.
How to brief a project for a predictable price
The fastest way to get an accurate quote: tell us the track length, how many distinct scenes or locations you’re imagining, whether one artist or several need to stay recognizable, and what resolution you need delivered. Send us your track and those four details, and we’ll reply with real numbers — not a “let’s hop on a call.”
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