Real numbers from my own Shorts

What One Faceless YouTube Short Really Costs (AI Credits Breakdown)

This is what one 22-second Short costs me in credits, with the exact settings I use. Your plan decides what a credit is worth in dollars, so the kit has a fill-in calculator for that.

Item	Setting	Qty × credits	Credits
Still images	9:16 · 2K	8 × 2	16
Animated clips	8 s · 720p · sound off	5 × 8	40
Voice-over	Eleven v3 · one take	1 × 1.4	≈1.4
Re-dos	about one bad shot	1	≈4
Total Per Short			≈60 credits

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Receipt showing the cost of one faceless YouTube Short: 16 credits of images, 40 credits of animated clips, 1.4 for voice, about 4 for re-dos, about 60 credits total.

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The stack I actually use

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Job	Tool I use	Why	Free option
Visuals	Higgsfield	Cinematic motion and consistent characters	Pexels stock + Canva
Voice	ElevenLabs	The most natural narration I've tested	ElevenLabs free tier
Captions & edit	Submagic	Animated captions in minutes	CapCut auto-captions
Email list	Kit	Owning your audience	Kit free plan