KINGY / PRODUCTION BENCHMARKS
Compare the completed job: quality, retries, generation spending and the time someone spends fixing it.
01 / THE BUYING DECISION
15 seconds · 9:16 · sound-off
Approved bottle packshot + approved copy
Keep your current production workflow until a matched test clears your acceptance gates. We have no measured winner yet. Use this shortlist to scope a test for your own product.
Use the supplied packshot, approved copy and conventional editing.
Generate two visual sections, then add the same copy and end card.
Runway Dev API · gen4.5 · version 2024-11-06 · 720:1280 · two five-second shots · at most one retry per shot. The provider's model family ID is not a frozen weight snapshot.
Generate on the same billing surface, then use the same final edit.
Runway Dev API · veo3.1_fast · audio off · 720:1280 · two six-second requests · at most one retry per shot. This is not a direct Google API price comparison.
*Rate-card estimates, not observed costs or prices per accepted ad. Excludes editing, tax and software allocation. Rates checked September 23, 2026: Runway API pricing. This is a bounded shortlist, not a claim about the newest or best models.
02 / PUT EDITING IN THE BUDGET
Enter totals for the whole batch, including rejected work. Nothing here is a measured Kingy result.
(Generation consumption + allocated software/assets + all active operator minutes × hourly rate ÷ 60) ÷ accepted final ads. A purchased credit pack is not added again when its consumption is already counted. Research and benchmark review overhead are separate.
03 / REPORT 001
Kingy's September 5 exploratory pilot recorded five video requests and $4.11 in displayed generation consumption. Those records inform the new protocol, but do not qualify as its test results.
The old videos were not retained locally. Quality notes were preliminary AI-assisted observations; no human acceptance review or editing-time record exists. We cannot verify a winner or a finished-ad cost from them.
| Gateway route | Requests | Recorded consumption | Preliminary note |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax H3 | 3 | 3 × $0.52 = $1.56 | Full-product framing/crop drift |
| Kling v3.0 | 1 | $1.35 | Product cropped in sampled preview |
| Veo 3.1 Fast | 1 | $1.20 | Product cropped in sampled preview |
| Total | 5 | $4.11 | No human-approved final ads |
All five used Vercel AI Gateway, a different surface from the new planned cohort. Recorded consumption is not a new cash purchase or a current quote. Tax, credit commitments and source-image cost are unknown. Original logs and receipts are included in the download.
A stationary green bottle on a cream background. Seconds 0–5: “Meet the Field Bottle.” Seconds 5–10: “KINGY • 500 mL.” Seconds 10–15: “Explore the collection.” A persistent label identifies this as a demonstration. MP4/H.264, 720 × 1280, 24 fps, 15 seconds. Human quality review pending. The evidence ZIP includes the original source image and its checksum; the website poster is compressed for display.
04 / ACCEPTANCE COMES FIRST
Three briefs, three sessions each, identical source assets and a 30-minute operator limit. Every workflow produces the same 15-second deliverable.
Log every request and retry. Preserve raw files, receipts, exact prompts, settings and edit time. Uncertain requests are reconciled before more paid work.
Two independent people review anonymized exports against the brief. Product, copy and technical gates must pass. Disagreements get a third review.
Divide the full batch cost, including failures, by accepted ads. Show generation spending separately from the assumed dollar value of human time.
Exact product identity and approved copy; no blocking geometry, label, framing or claim error; readable copy at phone size. H.264, 720 × 1280, 24 fps, 15 ± 0.1 seconds, silent and decodable. Human fidelity, legibility, motion and brief-fit scores must each be at least 4/5. Both blind reviewers must accept, or a third adjudicates.
The first cohort uses one fictional bottle across introduction, detail and retargeting briefs. Nine sessions per workflow cannot establish a universal reliability ranking. It measures production acceptance, not ad performance. The protocol and source prices were checked September 23, 2026; new controlled trials have no test date yet. New model versions, materially different assets or changed workflow settings need a new cohort.
The proposed agency fee buys testing and a readout, never a favorable score. Providers cannot suppress failures. Kingy's wider media business accepts sponsorships; any supplied credits, affiliate relationships or sponsorship relevant to a test will be disclosed with that cohort. No provider funded this launch, and no paid pilot customer has validated the offer.
Kingy editorial and sponsorship standardsIt is a repeatable job with concrete brand-approval gates and visible editing costs. IAB's 2025 research reported that 86% of surveyed buyers used or planned to use GenAI for video creative. That is a category signal, not proof that agencies will pay for this product. Kingy's existing asset and pilot make it a practical first test.
We considered captioned shorts, support answers and coding-agent work. Product ads offered the best combination of existing Kingy material and a narrowly testable buyer decision. The conclusion remains a hypothesis.
IAB source · Commercial research and alternativesv1.1 · September 23, 2026: agency pilot capped at US$500 total for one brief and nine sessions.
v1.0 · September 23, 2026: protocol, system demonstration and historical evidence audit published. No new paid benchmark results.
Corrections retain the old record and identify affected totals. The ledger regenerates JSON, CSV and report together. Price updates become dated scenarios; historical consumption stays fixed. Send a correction through the inquiry form and identify the record.
05 / TEST YOUR ACTUAL WORK
US$500 maximum total
For a production lead deciding how to deliver recurring ecommerce creative. Price and demand are hypotheses; scope comes before payment.
Target delivery: five business days after scope, assets, access and reviewers are confirmed. The $500 maximum includes up to $25 generation consumption and any applicable taxes or fees. No add-on charges for the agreed pilot. No guarantee of usable ads, sales lift or platform approval. No purchase or newsletter signup occurs here.