Short drama dubbing pricing: pay per character, see what an episode costs
No per-episode bundles and no per-minute rates: you spend credits on the characters you generate. What an episode costs depends on how much dialogue and narration it has.
Credits arrive every month, for series you update regularly
Creator
For solo creators getting a first series off the ground
400credits / month
≈ 6 Chinese episodes · about 46 min of finished audio
| Voice | Episodes | Price per episode |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS | ≈ 6 ep. | $1.56/ep. |
| ElevenLabs v3 | ≈ 1 ep. | $5.90/ep. |
- Every character voice, line-by-line emotion
- Chinese plus 8 foreign languages, same cast
- Failed runs refunded automatically
- Same features on every plan — only the credits differ
Pro
For drama teams shipping daily, in Chinese and abroad
1,200credits / month
≈ 19 Chinese episodes · about 140 min of finished audio
| Voice | Episodes | Price per episode |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS | ≈ 19 ep. | $1.31/ep. |
| ElevenLabs v3 | ≈ 5 ep. | $4.94/ep. |
- Every character voice, line-by-line emotion
- Chinese plus 8 foreign languages, same cast
- Failed runs refunded automatically
- Same features on every plan — only the credits differ
Studio
For studios running several shows and localizing at scale
5,400credits / month
≈ 85 Chinese episodes · about 631 min of finished audio
| Voice | Episodes | Price per episode |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS | ≈ 85 ep. | $1.17/ep. |
| ElevenLabs v3 | ≈ 22 ep. | $4.41/ep. |
- Every character voice, line-by-line emotion
- Chinese plus 8 foreign languages, same cast
- Failed runs refunded automatically
- Same features on every plan — only the credits differ
- Failed runs refunded automatically
- Alipay / WeChat Pay / card
- Cancel anytime
Monthly credits last for the billing period; yearly credits are granted up front and last a year; credit packs last a year from purchase.
Card subscriptions can be cancelled anytime from the billing page; you keep your plan until the period ends and aren't charged again.
"One episode" = 2,000 Chinese characters of dialogue and narration on the default voice, about 63 credits; more lines cost more.
What a credit buys
Credits follow the characters actually voiced. On the default voice, one credit voices about 31 Chinese characters.
| Voice model | Per 1,000 Chinese chars | Per 1,000 other chars | Per episode (2,000 chars) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSDefault | 31.5 | 9 | 63 |
| ElevenLabs Turbo 2.5 | 45.5 | 13 | 91 |
| ElevenLabs v3 | 119 | 34 | 238 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS | 21 | 6 | 42 |
- Translation into one language
- 2 credits per 1,000 source characters (about 4 per episode), then the translation is voiced at the rates above
- Cast analysis, line split, emotion tags
- Free
- A Chinese, Japanese or Korean character counts as 3.5 billable characters (it takes about as long to say as 3.5 English letters); English, Thai, Vietnamese and other scripts count as written, and runs of spaces count once.
- Foreign versions reserve credits up front and settle on the translated text once generated; any difference is refunded automatically.
- An episode is estimated at 2,000 Chinese characters, about 7 minutes of finished audio; the workshop shows the exact cost before you generate.
What does an episode cost?
Cost per minute and cost per episode both follow from character count.
Credits follow generated characters
Each run counts the text that is actually voiced: character lines, narration and inner monologue all count. Scene directions and stage notes that are written for you and never read aloud don't.
Foreign versions count their own text
English, Thai, Vietnamese and other versions are counted on the text in that language, separately from the Chinese original. Three languages for one episode means three counts.
Failed runs are refunded automatically
Whether it's the network or the model, if a run fails, the credits it took go straight back to your account. No support ticket needed.
Estimating an episode
An episode costs roughly its total dialogue and narration length, and how much text fits in a minute depends on pace and density. Compare your typical episode length with a plan's credits to see how many episodes a month it covers.
- Chinese original · dialogue + narrationChinese characters
- English versionEnglish text
- Thai versionThai text
- Failed linesRefunded
Illustration only, with no amounts. Actual charges follow your generation history in the workshop.
Pricing and billing FAQ
What an episode or a minute costs, payment methods and cancelling.
You pay per character: an episode costs the credits for its total dialogue and narration. Dense, narration-heavy episodes cost a bit more; lighter ones cost less. See the plan cards above for the credits each plan includes.
We don't bill by the minute. How much text fits in a minute depends on pace and dialogue density, so character count is the fairer measure: estimate the text in a minute, then compare it with a plan's credits.
Voice actors usually quote by the hour, by role or by episode, plus scheduling and retakes. AI dubbing spends credits per character, a script change is just a regeneration, and extra characters or languages don't mean hiring more people.
Each foreign version is counted on its own text, separately from the Chinese version, using the same credits in the same account. There's no language add-on to unlock.
No. When a run fails, the credits it took are refunded to your account automatically, and you can see the refund in your credit history.
Alipay, WeChat Pay and cards. Alipay and WeChat Pay are one-time purchases that never auto-renew; card subscriptions can be cancelled anytime from the billing page, and credits already granted stay usable until they expire.
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Try one episode, then pick a plan
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Billed by characters generated · Failed runs refunded automatically · Alipay, WeChat Pay and cards