Compare · big-job cost
On big Remotion jobs, tiny cloud containers burn rate-card dollars. Macs burn fractions of a cent.
This page is the dollar duel for long kinetic Remotion: 3 minutes and 20 minutes. Mac figures are package electricity. Cloud figures are Cloudflare Containers standard-1 published rate-card estimates for the walls we measured or projected. Not invoices. Not a RenderMac buyer price list.
| Big job | Mac wall | Cloud wall | Mac elec (ABS) | Cloud $ (rate-card) | Approx $ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remotion 3 min kinetic | 111.5 s | 2175 s CF live | ~$0.00017 | ~$0.0435 | ~250× |
| Remotion 20 min kinetic | 679.5 s | ~14502 s PROJECTED | ~$0.0010 | ~$0.29 PROJECTED | ~290× PROJECTED |
| Encode 20 min x264 | 103 s | 2371 s Docker CF-shape | n/a | ~$0.0474 | cloud pays time |
Source: 2026-07-22 bakeoff conclusion §6. CF $ ≈ wall_s × $0.00002 for standard-1 (4 GiB + 0.5 vCPU). Mac elec = ABS Wh × $0.1883/kWh. Not invoices. Not a RenderMac buyer rate card. Method: benchmark methodology.
Wall-clock behind those dollars
| Job | Output | M2 Max | M1 Silver1 | M1 Silver2 | CF live |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LongKinetic3m | 3:00 (5400 f) | 111.5 s | 133.7 s | 145.6 s | 2175.3 s |
| LongKinetic20m | 20:00 (36000 f) | 679.5 s | - | - | 14502 s PROJECTED |
LongKinetic20m CF column is PROJECTED (×20/3 from measured 3-minute CF live). Method: benchmark methodology.
Full architecture Prefer table: Apple Silicon vs cloud containers. Narrative: Remotion cost comparison. CF-only table: CF Remotion cost.
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