Clipping campaign cost calculator

Enter the views you want a month, or the budget you have, and read the rate per 1,000 verified views, the monthly charge and the total for the term. Free, no signup, and it prices from the same rate card the checkout charges.

1,000,000 views a month on a 3 month plan is $1,270 a month, or $3,810 across the term, at $1.27 per 1,000 verified views.

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Minimum 500,000 views a month. You can change it any month.

$1.50, $1.27 and $1.05 per 1,000 views. A longer term buys a lower rate. Every plan is billed monthly by card.

Adds $0.40 per 1,000 views. We favor creators whose audiences are mostly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. It is a preference we apply when choosing creators, not a guarantee of where viewers are.

Adds $0.30 per 1,000 views.

What that costs

  • Rate: $1.27 per 1,000 verified views
  • Monthly charge: $1,270 a month, charged to your card
  • Total for the term: $3,810 across 3 months
  • Views bought: 1,000,000 a month, 3,000,000 over the term
  • Saved by the term: $230 a month against the same plan bought one month at a time, 15% off the rate

That buys 3,000,000 verified views over 3 months, counted only on clips made and posted for your campaign on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Every month has 30 days to deliver its views, a shortfall rolls into the next month, and anything still undelivered when the plan ends is refunded to your card.

For scale: the same $1,270 a month at Gupta Media's published 2025 average of $4.82 per 1,000 TikTok ad impressions would buy about 263,485 impressions. An impression is an ad being shown to someone; a Seenfold view is counted on a creator's own post of your content, so the two numbers are not the same thing. Source: Gupta Media, average CPM rates as of October 2025.

How clipping is priced

You buy a number of verified views a month, not a number of clips and not a number of hours of editing. The rate per 1,000 views depends only on the term you commit to: $1.50 on a 1 month plan, $1.27 on 3 months and $1.05 on 6 months. A longer term costs less per view because it lets creators and footage be planned further ahead. The minimum is 500,000 views a month, which is $750 a month on 1 month or $525 a month on 6 months.

Two options change the rate, and nothing else does. A Tier 1 audience preference adds $0.40 per 1,000 views and means we favor creators whose audiences are mostly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia; it is a preference we apply when choosing creators, not a guarantee of where viewers are. Your logo on every clip adds $0.30 per 1,000 views. The calculator above adds them to the rate exactly as the checkout does, because both read the same rate card file.

Whatever term you pick, the plan is billed monthly by card. A 3 or 6 month plan is a commitment to that many months charged one month at a time, not a lump sum up front. Prices are in US dollars and do not include taxes.

What a view means here

A view is one view on a clip that was made and posted for your campaign, taken from the view count TikTok, Instagram or YouTube shows for that post. Nothing else is counted. Views on your own channel do not count, views on a creator's other posts do not count, and an ad impression is a different thing entirely: an impression is placement you bought, while a view here is a real view on a real post on a creator's own account. Views from bots or view farms are not allowed and can be excluded, along with the clips involved. Every clip, its creator, its link and its view count sit on your dashboard next to one number, views delivered against your plan. There is more detail in how clipping views are counted.

Delivery, rollover and refunds

Every month you buy has 30 days to deliver its views, counted from the payment. If a month ends short, the shortfall rolls into the next month on top of that month's own views, so nothing you paid for is lost to the calendar.

When your plan ends, any views still undelivered are refunded to the card you paid with, at the rate you actually paid for them, add-ons included. There is no claim to file and no form to send. The one exception is your first charge, which is kept if your plan ends before any footage ever arrives. The full rules are in the refund policy.

Plans renew automatically. When a term ends, a new term of the same length starts at the same rate, unless we email you a new rate at least 30 days before that term ends. You can stop renewal at any time, and your plan then runs to the end of the term it was bought on. Ending a 3 or 6 month term early re-bills the months already used at the 1 month rate. The whole rate card, with worked examples, is on the pricing page.

Questions

Is this calculator free?

Yes. It is free, there is no signup, and nothing is emailed to you. The answer is on this page as you change the inputs, and you only give us anything if you decide to start a campaign.

How much does a clipping campaign cost?

On Seenfold, $1.50 per 1,000 verified views on a 1 month plan, $1.27 on 3 months and $1.05 on 6 months. The minimum of 500,000 views a month works out at $750 a month on 1 month or $525 a month on 6 months. A Tier 1 audience preference adds $0.40 per 1,000 and your logo on every clip adds $0.30 per 1,000.

What is the minimum I can buy?

500,000 views a month. There is no minimum spend beyond that, no retainer and no setup fee.

Can I work backwards from a budget?

Yes. Switch the calculator to "Budget I have" and type what you can spend a month, and it prices the largest plan that fits inside it, rounded down to whole thousands of views.

What happens if the views are not delivered?

Each month has 30 days to deliver. A month that ends short rolls into the next one. Views still undelivered when your plan ends are refunded to your card at the rate you paid, except your first charge if your plan ends before any footage arrives.

Do the prices here match what I am actually charged?

Yes. This page, the campaign builder and the checkout all price from one rate card file, so a rate cannot be right on one and wrong on another. The checkout re-prices from scratch before taking a card.

Is a clipping view the same as a paid ad impression?

No. An ad impression is a placement you bought and paid to show. A view here is counted on a creator's own post of your content, shown to their audience by the platform. The comparison line in the calculator puts the two side by side for scale only.

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