Usage and billing
You are billed by output minutes: the minutes of video and audio a job produces, by category.
| Category | What counts |
|---|---|
sd |
Each quality whose short side is under 720 pixels (240p, 360p, 480p, 540p…). |
hd |
720 to 1080 pixels (720p, 1080p). |
uhd |
Over 1080 pixels (1440p, 2160p). |
audio |
Each audio deliverable: every language of the streaming, and the MP3. |
The short side is what counts, so a vertical 720×1280 video is HD, like a horizontal 1280×720 one.
A minute is counted once per quality, even when that quality feeds both the streaming and an MP4. A clip counts only its own duration. Only jobs that succeed are billed: a failed or canceled job costs nothing.
For example, a 10-minute video delivered as streaming in 1080p, 720p and 480p, plus a 720p MP4, with Spanish and English audio: 10 HD (1080p) + 10 HD (720p, shared with the MP4) + 10 SD (480p) + 20 audio (two languages).
Your usage
Section titled “Your usage”GET /v1/usage?from=2026-09-01&to=2026-10-01Minutes per category, in total and per UTC day; this month so far by default. A finished job shows its own in billed_minutes.
Your plan
Section titled “Your plan”GET /v1/organizationplan has your limits:
monthly_minutes: minutes of video your jobs may process per calendar month (UTC), counted on the source (or the clip), whatever the outputs;nullfor unlimited. When they are used up, new jobs answer402 quota_exceeded.max_upload_bytes: the largest source file.max_concurrent_jobs: how many jobs run at once; the rest wait inqueuedand start in order as others finish.
Each finished job is charged to your balance at your plan’s prices: first the credit your plan includes each month (it expires when the month ends), then your prepaid credit (it never expires). With nothing left, new jobs answer 402 insufficient_balance; jobs already running finish. The dashboard shows your balance and every charge under Usage.
usage shows processed_minutes_this_month, what counts against monthly_minutes, and average_speed_this_month: how many times faster than real time this month’s jobs were processed.