ugc cost calculator

What does UGC actually cost you per winning ad?

The invoice says per video. Your economics run per winner. Drag your numbers in:

Videos per month

8

Price per video

$175

Winner rate

2%

Defaults: $175 average creator rate, 2% of creatives become ads you'd scale. Usage rights, which typically add 50–150%, are not even counted here.

with human creators

$8,750

per winning creative

$1,400/mo buys 8 videos and a winner every 7 months.

same winner rate, pamba videos

$75

per winning creative

Your $1,400 budget would buy 933 videos at about $1–2 each: more shots, same math, posted for you.

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About the math

Where do the default numbers come from?

Market averages: human UGC creators quote roughly $100 to $500 per video before usage rights, and only a small share of creatives become winners you'd scale, commonly cited around 1 in 50. Drag the sliders to your own numbers; the math updates live.

What counts as a winning ad?

A creative you'd actually put budget behind: it holds attention past the hook and converts. Most creatives don't, which is why the per-winner cost, not the per-video cost, is the number that decides your economics.

How is Pamba's figure calculated?

The Hobby plan's monthly credits spread across a month of daily videos comes out around $1 to $2 per finished, posted video. The same winner rate applied to a much cheaper video is what collapses the cost per winner.