Lesson 2 of 4 · 5 min
What a run costs
You can estimate a month of work before committing to a plan.
The useful skill is not memorising rates. It is being able to estimate a month before you commit.
Steps
- Write down what a normal week produces: how many images, how many videos, how many batches.
- Run one of each and note the actual cost.
- Multiply out to a month and add margin for iteration.
- Compare against plans.
Add margin for iteration
The estimate people get wrong is iteration. First attempts are rarely the final asset, and a realistic month includes the two or three versions that came before the one you shipped. Doubling a naive estimate is usually closer than not.
What to watch for
Video and batches dominate any estimate. A month with one video project in it looks nothing like a month without one.