Wallet & Pricing

Vidiking uses a simple pay-as-you-go wallet. Deposit USD funds and each API operation deducts a known amount. No subscriptions, no monthly minimums.

How It Works

1. Deposit — Add funds to your wallet via Stripe (card payment). Minimum $10.
2. Hold — When you submit a job, Vidiking places a hold on the estimated cost.
3. Settlement — When the job completes, the hold is settled to the actual amount used.
4. Refund — If a job fails, the held amount is returned to your wallet.

Deposit Amounts

Deposit any amount from $10 to $10,000. An admin fee covers payment processing:

• Stripe fee: 2.9% + $0.30
• Admin margin: 25% on the Stripe fee

Example: $100 deposit → $3.99 admin fee → $103.99 total charged → $100 credits received.

Operation Pricing

Every job has a $0.10 infrastructure fee plus the operation cost.

Video Processing

Operation	Cost	Unit
Video render	$0.12 + $0.10	per minute
Stitch clips	$0.025 + $0.10	per clip
Trim/cut	$0.01 + $0.10	per cut
Overlay (PIP)	$0.025 + $0.10	per overlay
4K upscale	$0.12 + $0.10	per video
Add audio track	$0.05 + $0.10	per track
GIF convert	$0.025 + $0.10	per video
Thumbnail extract	$0.01 + $0.10	per image
Audio remove	$0.01 + $0.10	per video

AI Generation

Operation	Cost	Unit	Provider
DALL-E 3 Standard	$0.08 + $0.10	per image	OpenAI
DALL-E 3 HD	$0.15 + $0.10	per image	OpenAI
Flux	$0.04 + $0.10	per image	Replicate
Runway Turbo 5s	$0.45 + $0.10	per clip	Runway Gen-4
Runway Turbo 10s	$0.85 + $0.10	per clip	Runway Gen-4
Runway HQ 5s	$1.00 + $0.10	per clip	Runway Gen-4
Image to Video 5s	$0.45 + $0.10	per clip	Runway
Image to Video 10s	$0.85 + $0.10	per clip	Runway
Voiceover (Flash)	$0.12 + $0.10	per minute	ElevenLabs
Voiceover (HD)	$0.18 + $0.10	per minute	ElevenLabs
AI Script	$0.10 + $0.10	per script	Claude

Checking Your Balance

curl https://api.vidiking.com/v1/wallet/balance \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "balance": "47.50",
    "currency": "USD",
    "totalDeposited": "100.00",
    "totalSpent": "52.50"
  }
}

Estimating Costs

Before submitting a job, you can estimate the cost:

curl -X POST https://api.vidiking.com/v1/wallet/estimate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "operations": [
      {"operation": "render", "quantity": 2},
      {"operation": "elevenlabs_flash", "quantity": 1}
    ]
  }'

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "totalEstimate": "0.54",
    "breakdown": [
      {"operation": "render", "quantity": 2, "operationCost": "0.24", "infraFee": "0.10", "totalCost": "0.34"},
      {"operation": "elevenlabs_flash", "quantity": 1, "operationCost": "0.12", "infraFee": "0.10", "totalCost": "0.22"}
    ],
    "currentBalance": "47.50",
    "affordable": true,
    "shortfall": "0"
  }
}

Depositing Funds

curl -X POST https://api.vidiking.com/v1/wallet/deposit \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"amount": 50}'

This creates a Stripe PaymentIntent. The response includes a clientSecret which you can use with Stripe.js to collect card details and confirm the payment.

Transaction History

curl "https://api.vidiking.com/v1/wallet/history?limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Response includes paginated transactions with type (DEPOSIT, DEDUCTION, REFUND), amount, description, and timestamps.

Insufficient Balance

If your wallet balance is too low for a job, the API returns a 402 error:

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "message": "Insufficient wallet balance",
    "code": "INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE",
    "shortfall": "0.35",
    "currentBalance": "0.10"
  }
}

Deposit more funds and retry. Failed jobs are automatically refunded.