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Cost Breakdown All prices verified -- 6 generations tracked

An online course lesson costs $1.13 on FairStack.

5-minute narrated lesson with educational visuals, background music, and a chapter image. Here's every cost.

Online Course Lesson
$1.13
FairStack total
$50/mo
Subscription cost
Flat 20%
Platform fee, included in every rate
~15 minutes
Time to create

What you are producing

One lesson for an online course: 5 minutes of professional AI narration, 4 educational illustrations, background music, and a chapter thumbnail. The building block for a full course.

Deliverables: 5-minute narration, 4 illustrations, background music, chapter thumbnail

Every generation. Every cost.

Lesson narration (~4,000 chars, 5 min)
voice ElevenLabs TTS Turbo 2.5
$0.432
1 x $0.432
Rate: $0.108/1K chars
4,000 chars x $0.108/1K chars = $0.432
Educational illustrations
image Ideogram V3
$0.084
4 x $0.021
Rate: $0.021/image
1 x $0.021/image = $0.021, x 4 = $0.084
Background music track
music Suno Generate Music
$0.072
1 x $0.072
Rate: $0.072/track
1 x $0.072/track = $0.072
Chapter thumbnail
image GPT Image 2.5 Flare
$0.024696
2 x $0.012348
Rate: $0.012348/image (medium, 16:9)
1 x $0.012348/image (medium, 16:9) = $0.012348, x 2 = $0.024696
Alternate narration take
voice ElevenLabs TTS Turbo 2.5
$0.432
1 x $0.432
Rate: $0.108/1K chars
4,000 chars x $0.108/1K chars = $0.432
Alternate illustrations
image Ideogram V3
$0.084
4 x $0.021
Rate: $0.021/image
1 x $0.021/image = $0.021, x 4 = $0.084
Total on FairStack
6 generations -- pay-as-you-go, no subscription
$1.13

The subscription alternative

To produce the same project using individual AI tools, you would need:

ElevenLabs Creator plan
100K credits/mo
You use: ~8,000 chars (8% of plan)
$22/mo
Ideogram Plus plan
1,000 images/mo
You use: 10 images (1% of plan)
$20/mo
Suno Pro plan
500 songs/mo
You use: 1 track (0.2% of plan)
$8/mo
Subscriptions
$50/mo
3 separate tools
FairStack
$1.13
One account, pay-per-generation

Three subscriptions for one lesson. A 20-lesson course costs $22.57 on FairStack vs $50/mo for months of subscription overlap.

$1.13/lesson. A 20-lesson course = $22.57 total. On subscriptions, you'd pay $50-150+ across 1-3 months of production.

No unused credits

Subscriptions charge for capacity you do not use. FairStack charges for what you generate. Nothing more.

One account, all modalities

Video, voice, image, music, sound effects -- all from one platform. No juggling 3 subscriptions.

One price list, shown with its settings

Every rate on this page comes from the same public price list as the API quote, and is shown beside the settings it is priced at.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a full 20-lesson course cost?
20 lessons x $1.13 = $22.57 total. If you reuse the same background music, later lessons skip that step and cost $1.06 each.
Can I use a consistent voice across the entire course?
Yes. Use the same ElevenLabs voice (or clone your own) for every lesson. FairStack supports voice cloning for brand consistency.
What about video recording of my screen?
FairStack produces the AI elements: narration, illustrations, music. For screen recording, use OBS, Loom, or Camtasia.

More production cost breakdowns

See what other projects cost to produce with AI.

YouTube Explainer Video

$5.75 vs $58/mo subs

3-minute video with AI narration, 6 video clips (5s each), background music track, thumbnail image, 3 sound effects

See breakdown

Podcast Episode

$1.22 vs $33/mo subs

Intro/outro music, full transcription, episode artwork, 3 audiogram video clips

See breakdown

Audiobook Chapter

$5.40 vs $22/mo subs

~20 minutes of narrated audio

See breakdown

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Online Course Lesson for $1.13 instead of $50/mo. Same AI models. No subscription.

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All Cost Breakdowns Pricing Compare to Competitors

All FairStack prices come from the public price catalog, the same rates POST /v1/estimate and the charge use, platform fee included. Competitor prices from public pricing pages.

Subscription costs are monthly totals. FairStack charges per generation with no minimum commitment.