Pricing

Transcoding is billed per minute of output. The price depends on the output resolution, codec, frame rate, and whether you enable per-title optimization.

The rates below are in USD and apply to both Pay as you go and Team. Your team's Billing page shows your actual rates, including any Custom agreement.

Video rates

Start with the rate for your output resolution. These base rates use H.264 at up to 30 fps, with per-title optimization disabled.

Output tier	Per output minute
SD	$0.0040
HD	$0.0080
2K	$0.0150
4K / UHD	$0.0300

Tiers use total pixel count: SD up to 720 × 576, HD up to 1920 × 1080, 2K up to 2560 × 1440, and 4K / UHD above that. Portrait videos use the same tiers; 720p is HD. Published video rates cover outputs up to 4K.

Encoding settings

Multiply the base rate by the factor for your codec, frame rate, and per-title setting.

Setting	Multiplier
H.264	×1
VP9	×2
H.265 / HEVC	×2.5
AV1	×3
Up to 30 fps	×1
Over 30, up to 60 fps	×2
Above 60 fps	×3
Per-title disabled	×1
Per-title enabled	×1.5

For example, a 90-second HD transcode with H.265, 60 fps, and per-title optimization costs $0.09:

1.5 output minutes × $0.0080 × 2.5 × 2 × 1.5 = $0.09.

Each transcode creates one file. If you create several versions, each one is billed separately.

Audio-only exports

Audio-only transcoding costs $0.0005 per output minute. Video resolution, codec, frame-rate, and per-title multipliers do not apply.

For example, a 10-minute M4A export costs $0.005. See Audio exports for setup.

Duration and rounding

Exporting a shorter interval changes the billable output duration. Chunkify rounds that duration up to a whole second, then calculates the charge from the per-minute rate. There is no minimum duration charge.

Each final charge rounds up to $0.0001. Rounding applies to each transcode, so several short exports can total slightly more than one export with the same combined duration.

Credits and payment

Chunkify reserves the processing cost when you create a transcode, using available dollar credits before wallet funds. You need enough available credit to cover the request.

The accepted price stays fixed throughout processing. Changes in measured file duration or the bitrate selected by per-title optimization do not change it.

Successful file publication confirms the charge. Failure or cancellation releases the processing reservation.

See the pricing page for plan fees, credits, and the cost calculator.

Storage and delivery

Output transfer charges may apply when Chunkify publishes the file to your storage. Outputs already published still count toward transfer usage if processing later fails.

Your storage and CDN providers bill storage and delivery separately from Chunkify's processing charges.