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Cost Breakdown All prices verified -- 9 generations tracked

A 30-second game trailer costs $3.84 on FairStack.

Cinematic clips, epic voice-over, dramatic music, concept art, sound effects — everything for a reveal trailer. Here's every cost.

Game Trailer (30 seconds)
$3.84
FairStack total
$58/mo
Subscription cost
Flat 20%
Platform fee, included in every rate
~25 minutes
Time to create

What you are producing

A 30-second cinematic game trailer: 6 dramatic video clips, an epic voice-over narration, intense background music, concept art for key art and social media, sound effects for impacts and transitions, and a logo/title card.

Deliverables: 6 cinematic clips, voice-over narration, epic music, 4 concept art images, 6 sound effects, title card, alternate takes

Every generation. Every cost.

Cinematic video clips (6 × 4s)
video Seedance v1.5 Pro
$1.872
6 x $0.312
Rate: $0.078/s (720p, no audio, 4 s clip)
4s x $0.078/s (720p, no audio, 4 s clip) = $0.312, x 6 = $1.872
Epic voice-over narration (~1,000 chars)
voice ElevenLabs TTS Multilingual V2
$0.216
1 x $0.216
Rate: $0.216/1K chars
1,000 chars x $0.216/1K chars = $0.216
Dramatic music track
music Suno Generate Music
$0.072
1 x $0.072
Rate: $0.072/track
1 x $0.072/track = $0.072
Concept art / key art
image GPT Image 2.5 Flare
$0.063216
4 x $0.015804
Rate: $0.015804/image (medium, 1:1)
1 x $0.015804/image (medium, 1:1) = $0.015804, x 4 = $0.063216
Sound effects (impacts, whoosh, explosions ~5s each)
sfx ElevenLabs Sound Effects
$0.0432
6 x $0.0072
Rate: $0.00144/s
5s x $0.00144/s = $0.0072, x 6 = $0.0432
Logo / title card image
image Ideogram V3
$0.042
2 x $0.021
Rate: $0.021/image
1 x $0.021/image = $0.021, x 2 = $0.042
Alternate video takes
video Seedance v1.5 Pro
$1.248
4 x $0.312
Rate: $0.078/s (720p, no audio, 4 s clip)
4s x $0.078/s (720p, no audio, 4 s clip) = $0.312, x 4 = $1.248
Alternate voice-over take
voice ElevenLabs TTS Multilingual V2
$0.216
1 x $0.216
Rate: $0.216/1K chars
1,000 chars x $0.216/1K chars = $0.216
Alternate music
music Suno Generate Music
$0.072
1 x $0.072
Rate: $0.072/track
1 x $0.072/track = $0.072
Total on FairStack
9 generations -- pay-as-you-go, no subscription
$3.84

The subscription alternative

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

Runway Pro plan
2,250 credits/mo (37 Gen-4 clips max)
You use: 10 clips = 600 credits (27% of plan)
$28/mo
ElevenLabs Creator plan
100K credits/mo
You use: ~2,000 chars (2% of plan)
$22/mo
Suno Pro plan
500 songs/mo
You use: 2 tracks (0.4% of plan)
$8/mo
Subscriptions
$58/mo
3 separate tools
FairStack
$3.84
One account, pay-per-generation

Three subscriptions for one 30-second trailer. You'd use 27% of Runway and almost nothing of the others.

$3.84 vs $58/mo. An indie developer producing 3 trailers (reveal, gameplay, launch) at this scope generates $11.53 of content vs $58.

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

Can I use actual game footage instead of generated clips?
Yes. Use FairStack for the AI-generated polish — cinematic cutscene clips, voice-over, music, sound effects — and combine with your own gameplay footage in a video editor.
What about gameplay trailers vs cinematic trailers?
This breakdown covers a cinematic reveal trailer. For a gameplay trailer, you'd use your own screen recordings and just add voice-over, music, and SFX via FairStack — $0.33 for those steps as priced above.
Is the quality good enough for Steam or a store listing?
Seedance v1.5 Pro is priced here at $0.078/s (720p, no audio, 4 s clip). For higher-end trailers, use a premium video model — FairStack offers 62 video models at various quality/price tiers, each with its rate and settings on its model page.
Can I produce trailers for different platforms?
Yes. Generate different aspect ratios and lengths for Steam, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter. Re-generate the clips you need at the new dimensions; each one is billed at the same per-second rate shown above.

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

Product Demo Video

$1.40 vs $42/mo subs

Voice-over narration, background music, intro/outro clips, thumbnail, alternate takes

See breakdown

TikTok/Reels Batch (10 Videos)

$7.13 vs $62/mo subs

10 video clips, 10 voice-over hooks, background music tracks, alternate takes

See breakdown

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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.