How tokens work
Simple, honest pricing with no surprises. Here's exactly how we charge you — every detail, including the edge cases most tools bury.
The basics
1 token = 1 minute of source video. Upload a 15-minute video, it costs 15 tokens — and a 2-minute video costs 2. You're charged for the length of video you process, not the number of clips you get back. Every video gives you a curated set of the best moments; a longer video simply costs more tokens because there's more footage to process.
Trim before you process — and pay less
You don't have to process the whole video. Use the trim tool to select just the section you care about, and you're only charged for that window. Got a 60-minute podcast but only want clips from the best 10 minutes? Trim to those 10 minutes and pay 10 tokens, not 60. Most tools charge you for the full upload. We don't.
Captions are included
Captions are included at no extra cost. Turn them on and we transcribe your audio and burn in accurate, word-by-word captions — at the same flat rate of 1 token per minute. Turn them off and you pay exactly the same. No surcharge, no asterisk: the price is identical either way, and always shown to you before you process.
No fractions, no fiddly math
We deal in whole tokens — so your costs are always clean, round numbers you can predict at a glance. No decimals, no fractional charges, no working out what 0.7 of a token means. Short clips are billed at a whole-token minimum, which keeps everything simple and predictable.
Your tokens refresh every month
Your monthly token allowance resets at the start of each billing cycle. Unused tokens don't roll over — but your stored projects stay put. Nothing you've made gets deleted when your tokens reset; your clips and projects remain on your plan until you choose to remove them.
Running out? Overage has your back (paid plans)
On Basic and above, if you hit your monthly cap mid-flow, you can keep going with automatic overage at $0.06 per token. You'll always see a confirmation before any overage is charged — it never happens silently. The Free plan doesn't include overage; if you hit your cap, you simply upgrade to keep processing.
A worked example
You upload a 25-minute interview. You trim to the best 8 minutes and turn captions on. You're charged: 8 minutes = 8 tokens — captions included, no extra. You see that number before you process. No surprises.
Questions about pricing? Talk to us.