Pricing Overview
Last updated: 2025-11-11 15:11:59
The fee of the User Generated Short Video (UGSV) SDK contains the following parts:
Fee type | Description |
Usage authorization fee of UGSV SDK (Android & iOS). | |
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SDK License
The UGSV SDK has two types: Shooting & Editing SDK and Template-based Editing SDK.
UGSV SDK Type | Key Capabilities | Available License |
Shooting, Editing, Splicing, Special Effects, Playback. | Lite, Standard, Premium | |
Generate template-based videos in seconds. | Template-based Editing |
To use the UGSV SDK, you need to purchase a UGSV license. For details, please refer to SDK Features.
Note:
If you only need the video playback feature, we recommend using the Player SDK with a smaller package size.
Pricing of UGSV licenses
License Type | Validity Period | Capability | Price (USD) | How to Get | |
UGSV Standard (Trial) | 28 days | UGSV (Standard) + Video playback | 0 | ||
| UGSV Lite | One year | UGSV (Lite) + Video playback | 1,899 | |
| UGSV Standard | One year | UGSV (Standard) + Video playback | 9,999 | |
| UGSV Premium | One year | Video production (premium) + Filter | 49,999 | |
UGSV Template-based Editing | One year | Video template-based production + Filter&Sticker | 79,999 | | |
Usage Rule
Each Tencent Cloud account can apply for one UGSV standard license for free to try out the corresponding capabilities. You can use a trial license for at most 28 days.
About validity: The license is valid for one year from the date of successful purchase(expires at 00:00:00 the next day). After purchasing, please go to the console and bind the package name in a timely manner.
Each license can be bound to one iOS bundle ID and one Android package name, regardless of whether you use it in the development or production environment. If you want to use the UGSV SDK with more than one application, you need to purchase multiple licenses.
A purchased license is not refundable after it’s bound to an application.
Example
The customer purchased the UGSV standard License A at 11:36:59 on July 1, 2022; one day later, at 12:32:50 on July 2, 2022, they bind the iOS Application A1 and Android Application A2. Therefore:
After the purchase, the UGSV standard License A is in an activated status, with a validity period from 11:36:59 on July 1, 2022, to 00:00:00 on July 2, 2023.
After binding, both Application A1 and Application A2 obtain permission for the usage of the UGSV SDK, and the validity period of the authorization for Application A1 and Application A2 is the same as the validity period of License A.
Other Related Cloud Services Fees
In addition to license fees, using the UGSV SDK may also incur the following service fees. Related fees will not be generated if the related services are not used.
Video on Demand (VOD)
Tencent Cloud’s VOD service provides functions such as video upload, storage, transcoding, acceleration distribution playback, copyright protection, and play quality monitoring.
Billing of VOD:
Storage fees are charged based on the storage space used by files uploaded to VOD and their transcoding outputs.
If you transcode files stored in VOD, transcoding fees are charged based on the specifications and durations of the outputs.
If you use VOD’s acceleration service to deliver videos, acceleration fees will be charged based on the traffic consumed for playback.
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SDK Features and Corresponding License Type
To use the UGSV SDK, you need to purchase a UGSV license. The UGSV SDK has two types: Shooting & Editing SDK and Template-based Editing SDK.
Shooting & Editing SDK
The Shooting & Editing SDK offers a wide range of video production features focused on shooting, editing, splicing, playback etc. It comes in three license plans: Lite, Standard and Premium. If you need Premium, please submit a ticket to contact us for integration. The table below outlines the differences among three licenses.
Module | Feature | Description | Lite License | Standard License | Premium License |
License | Price(USD/year) | Pricing of Licenses | 1,899 | 9,999 | 49,999 |
Beauty Effects | Advanced beautification | Apply effects including big eyes, slim face, V shape, slim chin, short face, and slim nose, and adjust the strength | Beauty effects-related features are value-added capabilities, and the UGSV SDK does not support them. If you need to use them in combination, please purchase the Tencent Effect SDK to unlock the Beauty Effects feature module. | | |
| | | Animated stickers | Apply face reshaping effects and stickers based on facial recognition technology | |
| AI-based keying | Change the background to an animated image, PowerPoint, or other background image | | | |
| | | Green screen keying | Replace the green background of a video with an animated image, PowerPoint, or other image | |
UI | Custom UI | We provide a complete set of UI interaction source code in the UGSV demo app. You can reuse the code directly or customize your own UI based on it | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
shooting | Aspect ratio | Shoot videos in the aspect ratio of 16:9, 4:3, or 1:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video quality selection | Shoot videos in SD, HD, or FHD and at a specified bitrate, frame rate, and GOP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shooting control | Switch the camera and adjust brightness during shooting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Duration limits | Set the maximum and minimum video duration allowed | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Watermarking | Add a watermark to the video shot | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Focal length | Adjust the focal length during shooting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Focus mode | Auto or manual focus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Segment-based shooting | Pause shooting to generate a video segment, which can be deleted | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photo | Take photos | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speed change | Shoot a video in slow or fast motion | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background music | Select a local MP3 file as the background music before shooting | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice change/reverb | Select a voice changing effect (such as girl or man) or reverb effect (such as karaoke room or hall) before shooting | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filters | Swipe to preview the video with different filters applied; customize filters; set the filter strength | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basic beautification | Apply effects including smooth skin, brightening, and rosy skin and adjust the strength | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Basic editing | Quick import | Quickly import videos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video clipping | Create a video clip from an original video by specifying a start and end time | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bitrate setting | Generate a video at the specified bitrate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnail generation | Capture a video frame at the specified time to use as the thumbnail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Preview by frame | Move the cursor across the timeline to preview a video at a specific time point | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filters | Apply filters and set the filter strength | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time effects | Apply time effects to a video such as reverse, loop, and slow motion | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basic effects | Add basic effects such as soul out, rock light, split screen, and phantom | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background music | Select a preset track or local MP3 file to use as the background music (you can clip the track and adjust the music volume) | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Static/Animated stickers | Add an animated or static sticker to the specified segment of a video at the specified location | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basic subtitles | Add text of a specific style (such as speech bubbles) to the specified segment of a video at the specified location | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image transitions | Add transition effects such as rotate and fade between multiple images and convert the images into a video | × | ✓ | ✓ |
Advanced editing | Mixed import | Supports importing multiple photos and videos simultaneously. | × | × | ✓ |
| Advanced effects | Add dynamic effects such as transitions, split screens, and emphasis to your videos. | × | × | ✓ |
| Video splitting | Quickly split videos and edit the resulting segments individually. | × | × | ✓ |
| Screen cropping | Supports cropping video frames, including aspect ratio adjustments and rotation. | × | × | ✓ |
| Video speed control | Adjust the speed of selected video clips, with one-tap restoration. | × | × | ✓ |
| Advanced subtitles | Supports multi-style subtitle editing, including font, color, size, text effects, and decorations. | × | × | ✓ |
| Picture-in-picture | Overlay a video on the main track to create a Picture-in-Picture effect. | × | × | ✓ |
| Multiple BGM import | Supports setting multiple background music (BGM) tracks with options to split, replace, duplicate, delete, and adjust volume. | × | × | ✓ |
| Voice recording | Record audio for your video, with options to delete, split, and adjust volume. | × | × | ✓ |
| Undo/Redo | Supports undoing and redoing operations during the editing process. | × | × | ✓ |
Draft box | | Supports saving unfinished video segments to the Draft Box for later, continued editing. | × | × | ✓ |
Material creation tools | | Provides integrated tools for creating Materials like masks, stickers, subtitles, animations, transitions, and templates for direct import and use. | × | × | ✓ |
Video splicing | Splicing | Splice videos in the specified sequence | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Co-shooting | Shoot a video while playing an existing video and splice the two videos into one split-screen video | × | ✓ | ✓ |
Video export | One-click export | Enables video exportation at a specified quality level. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom export | Supports video exportation with designated resolution, bitrate, frame rate, and encoding format. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Video upload | Upload to VOD | VOD offers services such as media management and content moderation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Playback | VOD player | A VOD player-based, open-source solution that integrates features including data pulling, orientation change, definition selection, on-screen comments, and time shifting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Template-based Editing SDK
Template-based editing SDK is an efficient new video creation solution for the Short Video SDK Family. It allows users to create videos in seconds with high-quality templates, applying specific video effects, transitions, filters, and text styles to new video projects, thereby improving the efficiency and quality of video editing. Users can quickly create a video in the same popular style by selecting a template and filling it with their own images or videos.
The features are listed below：
Feature | Description | Template-based editing License Price(USD/year) | SDK Download |
Template-based editing video creation | Instantly create videos using templates. Comes with 20 free templates to help customers quickly go live and allows importing custom templates. | 79,999 | |
Custom UI | Provides a complete set of UI source code that developers can reuse or customize. | | |
Template Creation Tool | Enables editing of existing templates (e.g. replacing text, stickers), and allows users to create and import their own video templates. | | |
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