No production team? How to control the cost of 30 product videos a month
A verifiable credit calculation for comparing xGrowthAI Essential, Professional, and managed-service options when producing 30 fifteen-second commerce videos each month.
The short answer
Calculate from output volume, not the plan name: 30 videos at 15 seconds each require about 900 credits at 2 credits per second. Professional includes 1,500 monthly credits and covers that baseline; Essential includes 500, leaving about 400 credits to purchase separately. Review, rework, and operator time still belong in the real cost.
Key takeaways
- Formula: 30 videos × 15 seconds × 2 credits per second = 900 credits
- Essential: ¥380 for the first month, ¥500 on renewal, with 500 monthly credits
- Professional: ¥990 for the first month, ¥1,500 on renewal, with 1,500 monthly credits
- True unit cost also includes asset preparation, review, rework, and operator time
- Pricing and top-up rules change; verify the live plan and checkout pages before purchase
Start by calculating the credits for 30 videos
xGrowthAI currently charges video generation by duration at 2 credits per second. A 15-second video therefore costs 30 credits, and 30 such videos require 900 credits. That number covers generation allowance, not the complete production cost.
Track actual average duration, refund behavior after failures, the number of retries, and any image-generation usage. If most videos run longer than 15 seconds, 900 credits is no longer a reliable budget.
| Output | Formula | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| One 15-second video | 15 seconds × 2 credits/second | 30 |
| 30 videos per month | 30 × 30 credits | 900 |
| 50 videos per month | 50 × 30 credits | 1,500 |
Choosing Essential or Professional
At a steady 30 videos per month, Professional's 1,500 monthly credits cover the 900-credit baseline and leave room for tests or rework. Essential includes 500 credits, so the same output needs about 400 additional credits; whether that costs less depends on the live top-up price.
| Option | Monthly credits | At the 30-video baseline | Verify before buying |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | 500 | About 400 credits short | Top-up price and credit expiry |
| Professional | 1,500 | Covers 900 credits with headroom | Renewal price and entitlements |
| Managed service | Quoted by scope | For teams without an operator | Deliverables, revisions, and publishing scope |
As of September 2026, the current plan configuration lists Essential at ¥380 for the first month and ¥500 on renewal with 500 credits, and Professional at ¥990 for the first month and ¥1,500 on renewal with 1,500 credits. The live offer and signed terms remain authoritative at purchase time.
What a no-shoot workflow still needs
Thirty videos per month means completing roughly 1.5 videos each working day. Delivery depends less on a single generation speed claim than on reusable product assets, inspectable script and storyboard approvals, recoverable tasks, and a shared acceptance checklist.
- Viral Replication analyzes the structure and pacing of authorized references, then recomposes them around your product;
- Creative Workshop moves through creative direction, script, storyboard, and video with human checkpoints;
- AI image generation can create supporting product scenes and aspect-ratio variants;
- The asset library reuses product, person, and brand materials across tasks.
Include hidden production costs
Divide monthly subscription and top-up spend, operator hours, and outside review or editing fees by the number of videos that passed acceptance. Do not divide by generation tasks: failed, duplicate, or rejected outputs are not usable production.
- Record first-pass approval rate and average rework count;
- Separate generated output from publishable output;
- Keep human checks for product facts, asset rights, subtitles, and platform rules;
- Recalculate the credit budget from actual average duration each month.
Frequently asked questions
Should a 30-video month use Essential or Professional?
At 15 seconds each, the baseline is about 900 credits. Professional includes 1,500 and covers it directly; Essential includes 500 and needs about 400 more. Compare live top-up prices, expiry rules, and service entitlements.
Do 30 videos always require only 900 credits?
No. The estimate assumes every video is exactly 15 seconds at 2 credits per second. Longer duration, image generation, and rework change the budget.
Are extra credits charged automatically?
Users choose whether to top up. Confirm the current price, validity, and rollover rules on the plan page, checkout page, and signed agreement.
Can a team without editors publish AI output directly?
Skipping review is not recommended. Check product appearance, price and claims, subtitles, asset rights, AI-content labels, and current platform policies.
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Author
Jayden ZhuFounder & CEO of xGrowthAI
Jayden Zhu is the founder and CEO of xGrowthAI, with a combined background in computer science and business. He holds a B.Eng. in Software Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and an MBA from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He previously served as Marketing Product Director at JD.com and Chief Product Officer of the Attractions & Activities business unit at Trip.com Group, building solid B2B and B2C product experience across leading internet companies and a dual methodology spanning product engineering and marketing growth. He founded xGrowthAI to build AI products for e-commerce merchandising, helping merchants efficiently meet their image, video, and content-creation needs so that every merchant has the possibility of unlimited growth.
About Jayden ZhuStart with one real SKU and complete 5–10 videos. Calculate unit cost from accepted outputs, then choose between Essential plus top-ups and Professional after measuring asset reuse, rework, and operator time.
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