FLUX 3 Max Pricing 2026: What a Clip Really Costs

FLUX 3 Max pricing on VIDEO AI ME is 17 credits per second at 720p and 29 credits per second at 1080p, where 1 credit is 1 cent of generation cost. A 10 second clip costs 170 credits at 720p or 290 at 1080p, and text to video and image to video cost the same.

That is the sticker price. The number that matters for ad work is cost per usable clip, which depends on how many drafts you run before one is good enough to ship. This page works through both, with the cost of every duration, clips per plan, a draft-to-final budget and a side by side with the rest of the catalogue.

How is FLUX 3 Max priced?

Every model on VIDEO AI ME bills the same way: credits per second of finished video. FLUX 3 Max has two rates, one per resolution.

Two things are not variables:

• Mode. Text to video and image to video cost the same. Attaching a reference image does not change the price.
• Sound. There is no audio setting to price. FLUX 3 Max always generates sound in the same pass as the picture.

So the two settings that set the bill are duration and resolution.

What does each FLUX 3 Max clip cost?

Every duration the editor offers, at both resolutions:

Every one of those is a single generation: a 20 second clip is one pass, not several shorter clips joined together.

How many FLUX 3 Max clips does each plan buy?

Video generation runs on a paid plan's monthly credits:

Clip counts are rounded down to whole clips. Other lengths shift the math:

Measured in seconds of finished FLUX 3 Max video, Starter covers about 82 seconds at 720p or 48 seconds at 1080p a month. Pro covers about 329 seconds at 720p, and Premium about 705. Full plan details are on the pricing page.

Is there a FLUX 3 Max launch rate?

Yes, for a limited window. Through November 6, 2026, FLUX 3 Max is billed at 5 credits per second at 720p and 8 at 1080p, so a 10 second clip is 50 credits at 720p or 80 at 1080p, and a 20 second 1080p clip is 160. That moves a Starter allowance from 8 ten second 720p clips to 28. The app switches to the standard rate automatically on November 7, 2026, and every other figure on this page is the standard rate.

What is the real cost of a usable FLUX 3 Max clip?

Nobody ships every draft. The practical workflow is to iterate at 720p, where the prompt is what you are testing, and render once at 1080p when the draft is right. Here is the budget for a 10 second ad clip, depending on how many 720p drafts it takes you:

This is where the developers' positioning becomes a money question. Its developers describe FLUX 3 Max, a post-trained variant of Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3 Video, as tuned for stronger prompt adherence. If that holds on your briefs, you land in the top rows of that table more often. If it does not, you land lower. The only way to know is to run your own brief, and the FLUX 3 Max review guide lays out a six-clip test plan that costs 1,310 credits.

Whatever the number, put it next to what the alternative costs you: a reshoot, a creator deliverable, or an editor's afternoon assembling silent footage and a separate audio track.

How does FLUX 3 Max pricing compare with other models?

Here is the catalogue, cheapest first, with the cost of a 10 second clip:

MiniMax H3 Max is not in this table. Check the pricing page for its current figure, and compare it on specs: 5 to 15 second clips at 480p or 768p, with up to 9 reference images or 3 reference videos.

The comparison most buyers are making: FLUX 3 Max at 1080p, at 29 credits per second, costs less per second than Seedance 2.5 at 720p, at 48. A 20 second clip is 580 credits at 1080p on FLUX 3 Max and 960 credits at 720p on Seedance 2.5. The Seedance 2.5 pricing guide covers that model's side in full.

Is FLUX 3 Max the cheapest option for your job?

Not per second, and it is worth being clear about that. Boreal has the lowest rate in the catalogue, 1 credit per second at 720p and 3 at 1080p, with generated sound and the same 5 to 20 second range. What the FLUX 3 Max rate buys is the developers' positioning: a model tuned for stronger prompt adherence and better visual quality. Whether that is worth the difference on your briefs is exactly what cost per usable clip measures.

Match the model to the job first, then compare price:

Boreal is also the model to use when your own audio track should drive the clip, since FLUX 3 Max takes no audio upload. Happy Horse 1.1 is a fair alternative at 1080p, with clips from 3 to 15 seconds; its costs are in the Happy Horse pricing guide. Run the same brief on the two or three models that fit, at 720p, before you commit a campaign to one.

How do you keep FLUX 3 Max costs down?

Draft at 720p. You are testing the prompt, not the pixels. Each 10 second 720p draft saves 120 credits against a 1080p one. For some placements 720p may be all you need: TikTok's video ad specifications recommend vertical video at 540×960 or larger. If YouTube is the destination, its recommended upload settings are listed per resolution. Weigh the trade-off in FLUX 3 Max 1080p vs 720p.

Test hooks at 5 seconds. A 5 second 720p hook is 85 credits. Find the opening that works before you pay for the full length.

Write the details that matter. The model expands short prompts and fills in whatever you leave open. Every detail you skip is a detail it may get wrong, and a wrong detail costs a whole draft.

Change one variable per retry. If two things change at once, you cannot tell which one fixed the clip, and you pay for the confusion.

Split scenes instead of cramming them. Twenty seconds is room for one beat done well, not a montage, so three scenes means three clips joined in the editor. Each one can be fixed on its own, instead of rerunning a 340 credit, 20 second clip because one beat missed.

Keep text and logos out of the prompt. Small on-screen text and exact logos inside generated frames are unreliable on every video model. Add them in the editor and never burn a draft on them.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does FLUX 3 Max cost?

On VIDEO AI ME, FLUX 3 Max costs 17 credits per second at 720p and 29 credits per second at 1080p. One credit is one cent of generation cost, so a second of 720p video costs 17 cents. Text to video and image to video are priced the same.

How much does a 10 second FLUX 3 Max video cost?

A 10 second FLUX 3 Max clip costs 170 credits at 720p and 290 credits at 1080p at the standard rate. A 5 second clip is 85 or 145 credits, and a 20 second clip is 340 or 580 credits. Sound is generated in the same pass.

How many FLUX 3 Max videos can I make per month?

Counting 10 second clips at the standard rate, Starter at $29/mo with 1,400 credits covers 8 at 720p or 4 at 1080p. Pro at $99/mo with 5,600 credits covers 32 or 19. Premium at $199/mo with 12,000 credits covers 70 or 41.

Is FLUX 3 Max cheaper than Seedance 2.5?

Per second, yes. FLUX 3 Max at 1080p costs 29 credits per second, less than Seedance 2.5 at 720p at 48 credits per second. A 20 second clip is 580 credits on FLUX 3 Max at 1080p against 960 on Seedance 2.5 at 720p. Seedance 2.5 offers longer clips and multi-reference inputs.

Does image to video cost more than text to video on FLUX 3 Max?

No. Text to video and image to video cost the same on FLUX 3 Max: 17 credits per second at 720p and 29 credits per second at 1080p. Attaching a reference image as the first frame does not change the price, and neither does the aspect ratio.

Should I generate FLUX 3 Max clips at 720p or 1080p?

Draft at 720p and deliver at 1080p. Drafts test the prompt, and a 10 second draft costs 170 credits at 720p against 290 at 1080p. Once a draft is right, rerun the same prompt at 1080p for the version that ships, unless 720p already meets your placement's spec.