Last checked: October 2026, every price read on 25 Oct 2026.
A corporate video costs $3,000 to $50,000, and most B2B and SaaS videos land at $5,000 to $20,000 (Vidico). Interviews and testimonials start near $2,500 (Lemonlight); animated corporate films run $15,000 to $30,000 (Demo Duck).
This guide lists 27 prices from 9 vendors, each copied from the vendor’s own page on 25 Oct 2026. Corporate video production costs cluster in three bands: $1,800 to $5,000 for a remote or doc-style interview, $5,000 to $20,000 for a scripted crewed video, and $15,000 to $50,000+ for animation and brand films. Production is 40% to 55% of a typical budget, so the biggest saving is fewer shoot days.
- What a corporate video costs in 2026
- The price table: 27 sourced figures
- Where the money goes
- Worked budgets from the published figures
- Freelancer, agency or subscription
- Six providers compared
- How to lower the cost without lowering the quality
- How we picked and gathered the numbers
- FAQ
- About this guide
What a corporate video costs in 2026
This guide prices the corporate video itself: the CEO interview, customer testimonial, culture or internal-comms film, product walkthrough and event recap that B2B marketing teams commission. It is narrower than two guides we already publish: our brand video production cost breakdown covers brand films and campaigns and our corporate training video cost guide covers L&D series. If you already have footage and only need it cut, see corporate video editing services and the wider video editing cost guide.
Studios publish ranges by video type, packaged vendors publish “from” prices and subscription vendors publish a monthly floor. We read all three from the vendors’ own pages, with a date and a source link on every figure.
Two numbers anchor the market. Vidico states most corporate video projects run $3,000 to $50,000, with SaaS and tech teams at $5,000 to $20,000 per video, and its cost guide puts most corporate work at $1,000 to $10,000 per finished minute. At the bottom end, the stated starting prices across seven interview, testimonial and corporate price lines are $1,800, $2,500, $3,000, $3,000, $3,500, $4,500 and $5,000, a median floor of $3,000 (our arithmetic, 25 Oct 2026).
Cost by corporate video type
No vendor we read prices culture films separately; Vidico’s training band is the nearest figure. See video editing for employer branding for scoping.
The price table: 27 sourced figures
Every row was copied from the vendor’s own page and checked against the fetched text by script. Rows with three tiers show all three.
All 27 rows read on 25 Oct 2026. Guide dates: Levitate Media 19 Mar 2026, Vidico cost guide 21 Sep 2026, Video Editing Company page 15 Oct 2026. “+” means an open-ended top end.
⚠️ Read the unit: Vidico alone publishes $3,000 to $50,000 per project, $1,000 to $10,000 per finished minute and $5,000 a month. Compare like with like before ranking vendors on price.
Where the money goes
Corporate video production costs split into three phases. Vidico’s guide puts pre-production (concept, script, storyboard, casting) at 15% to 25% of the budget, production (crew, equipment, location, talent) at 40% to 55% and post-production (editing, sound, grading, revisions) at 25% to 35%. That is why the shoot, not the edit, usually sets the price.
Line items from the same guide; a typical 2 to 3 minute corporate video needs one to two production days.
Vidico cost guide dated 21 Sep 2026, read 25 Oct 2026. Vidico also states the filming-day headline as $1,000 to $10,000+; its itemised day components add up to more ($4,700 to $17,000 including talent and catering), so treat the headline as the low-complexity case.
Worked budgets from the published figures
The table turns the published numbers into planning budgets using only addition and multiplication on the vendors’ own line items and rates. None of it is a quote, and vendors differ on what a base price includes.
Arithmetic on figures read on 25 Oct 2026. Scenario one assumes an internal speaker, one shoot day and basic editing.
The first row lands close to Vidico’s own $4,500 to $20,000 band for a 1 to 3 minute corporate video, a useful check that the itemised costs and the headline range agree. The testimonial row shows the bigger lever: six remote interviews at $1,800 instead of six on-site shoots at $6,500 save $28,200 on ContentBeta’s published prices. For how to structure a customer story, see our B2B video case study guide.
Freelancer, agency or subscription
A freelancer is cheapest and carries the most management overhead; an agency folds in a producer and crew, which is what the $5,000 to $15,000 project minimum buys. Subscriptions pay off only with steady volume. Our video editing subscription comparison and B2B video agency cost guide cover monthly models; our corporate video production companies ranking compares vendors, not prices.
For market-wide context, our B2B video agency pricing index compares 30 agencies, our best video production services ranking sorts providers by type, and the video editing pricing survey holds the editing-side data. Vidico’s own plans are reviewed in our Vidico pricing guide.
✅ When a retainer beats a project: Shoot once, edit many times. One interview day can feed a flagship video, six social cutdowns and a sales clip, which is where an editing retainer such as Video Editing Company or per-project editing from Increditors earns its cost. See one interview, 20 assets.
Six providers compared
These six cover the four common models: studio, packaged vendor, subscription and editing team. Increditors is first and Video Editing Company second, both disclosed in the method section; the other four use the figures their own pages state. Every entry has the same seven fields in the same order. Ratings were read on Clutch on 24 to 25 Oct 2026.
1. Increditors
- Best for: B2B and SaaS teams that need interviews, testimonials, culture and product videos edited or animated from their own footage. We edit and animate; we do not run multi-day crewed shoots.
- Pricing: Custom quote after scoping; not published here
- Turnaround: 1 to 2 days for short-form and YouTube edits; 14 days for a 2D animation (per our site)
- Capacity model: Per-project packages, or a monthly dedicated-team plan
- Rating: Clutch 5.0 from 12 reviews
- Based in: Remote-first; Clutch lists Sheridan, WY, USA
- Named clients: Emerj / The Trajectory, TuMeke, Riley Coleman, Trade with Pat, VYVE Wellness, Dr. Jonathan Tam, GoDaddy pilot, eSafetyFirst, Rhythm Monster
2. Video Editing Company (our sister division)
- Best for: SaaS and B2B teams that want a standing editing team for demos, testimonials, ads and social clips
- Pricing: Growth $5,000, Core $9,500, Scale $16,000 per month, month-to-month (read on its pricing page, updated 15 Oct 2026, read 25 Oct 2026)
- Turnaround: 3 to 7 days per asset (per its site)
- Capacity model: Monthly retainer, dedicated 3 to 5 person team, 10 to 48 assets a month
- Rating: Clutch profile: no reviews yet
- Based in: Remote; Clutch lists Sheridan, WY, USA
- Named clients: TuMeke, eSafetyFirst Canada, Emerj / The Trajectory, RecSystems, Blue Zones Health, VYVE Wellness (per its site)
3. Vidico
- Best for: SaaS and tech teams that want live action, animation and ad creative from one studio
- Pricing: $3,000 to $50,000 per corporate video, $5,000 to $20,000 for SaaS and tech; plans from $5,000 a month (read on Vidico site, 25 Oct 2026)
- Turnaround: Not published; set on a strategy call
- Capacity model: Per project, or monthly subscription with rollover
- Rating: Clutch 4.9 from 58 reviews
- Based in: Offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Dubai and Singapore (per its page)
- Named clients: Square, Spotify, NinjaOne, Digital Ocean (per Vidico)
4. Lemonlight
- Best for: Teams with no footage that want a packaged, priced video from one vendor
- Pricing: Doc-style testimonial from $2,500, studio from $5,000, lifestyle from $10,000 (read on Lemonlight site, 25 Oct 2026)
- Turnaround: 3 to 8 weeks doc-style, 5 to 12 weeks studio (per Lemonlight)
- Capacity model: Predetermined per-video packages
- Rating: Clutch 4.9 from 49 reviews
- Based in: Los Angeles, CA, USA (Clutch lists Inglewood, CA)
- Named clients: Disney, Amazon, Walmart, Google, Lego, Netflix (per Lemonlight)
5. Levitate Media
- Best for: Crewed B2B shoots: events, testimonials and brand films
- Pricing: Testimonial $3,500 to $20,000+, event $4,500 to $25,000+, brand film $5,000 to $60,000+ by tier (guide dated 19 Mar 2026, read 25 Oct 2026)
- Turnaround: 6 to 10 weeks typical, pre-production to delivery (per its guide)
- Capacity model: Project-based; bundled shoots cut day-rate duplication
- Rating: Clutch 4.8 from 91 reviews
- Based in: HQ not stated on the page we read; lists 13 service cities including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago
- Named clients: Not stated on the pages we read
6. Shootsta
- Best for: Enterprise comms, HR, L&D and marketing teams producing steady internal and brand video
- Pricing: From US$1,000 per month plus taxes, annual term (read on Shootsta site, 25 Oct 2026)
- Turnaround: First version of every edit in 48 hours (per Shootsta)
- Capacity model: Subscription with prepaid credits that roll over
- Rating: Clutch profile: no reviews yet
- Based in: Sydney, Australia; offices in London, Singapore and San Diego (per its site)
- Named clients: Dual North America, HarperCollins, Clinique, Reece Group, Grab, Charter Hall (per its case studies)
A customer testimonial we edited for TuMeke. Read the full TuMeke case study or browse all case studies.
Increditors is a video editing agency with 1,700+ videos delivered and a 5.0 rating from 12 reviews on Clutch. We fit when footage exists or can be recorded remotely and the work is editing, motion graphics or animation. For a multi-day crewed shoot, Levitate Media, Vidico or Lemonlight are built for it. Our prices are not published here, so use the vendor figures above as the benchmark and ask any provider, us included, for a written quote.
How to lower the cost without lowering the quality
- Cut shoot days first. Production is 40% to 55% of the budget. Batch interviews into one day; Levitate notes that combining testimonials, brand film and social content in one shoot reduces day-rate duplication.
- Record remotely when you can. ContentBeta’s remote testimonial starts at $1,800 against $6,500 on-site, 3.6 times cheaper on its own prices (6,500 divided by 1,800).
- Lock the script, limit revisions, avoid rush. Vidico says skipping pre-production costs more in reshoots; each extra round costs $500 to $2,000 and a rush adds 25% to 50%.
- Plan for reuse. Record clean audio and ask for cutdowns up front; Levitate calls bundling assets from one shoot one of the most effective ways to save per deliverable.
How we picked and gathered the numbers
Sources. We opened each vendor’s live public pricing, service or cost page on 25 Oct 2026 and copied the price with its unit. Vendors: Vidico, Levitate Media, Lemonlight, Demo Duck, ContentBeta, Shootsta, Superside, Wyzowl and Video Editing Company. Dataset: 27 price rows plus 23 line items, each with a source URL.
Inclusion rule. A figure is in if a vendor publishes it with a unit and we could read it on the day. Left out: Wyzowl’s pricing page and Superside’s video page (no figures), Epipheo and Videodeck (not corporate-specific), and Upwork and Thumbtack (cost pages did not load).
What we did not do. No estimates, conversions or averages across vendors; the only calculations are labelled sums and ratios. Figures are what vendors say they charge, not what buyers paid.
📌 How we picked and disclosure: Criteria: a published price with a unit, a page that loaded on 25 Oct 2026, a source link per row, and relevance to a B2B corporate video. Data date: 25 Oct 2026. This guide is published by Increditors, a video editing agency, and includes our own services; Video Editing Company is our sister division, listed second with the figures its own page states.
FAQ
How much does a corporate video cost in 2026?
Vidico states most corporate video projects run $3,000 to $50,000, and Lemonlight states budgets of $5,000 to $50,000+. Most B2B and SaaS videos land at $5,000 to $20,000 (Vidico). Interviews and testimonials start lower: from $2,500 at Lemonlight and $1,800 for a remote testimonial at ContentBeta. Animated corporate films cost $15,000 to $30,000 at Demo Duck. All figures were read on 25 October 2026.
What are corporate video production rates per minute?
Vidico’s 2026 cost guide puts most corporate and explainer work between $1,000 and $10,000 per finished minute. The spread exists because an interview with an internal speaker is cheap per minute and a crewed, scripted piece with motion graphics is not. Treat per-minute pricing as a planning shorthand, not a quote.
How much does a one-day corporate interview shoot cost?
Using Vidico’s published line items, a one-day shoot for a 2 to 3 minute interview with an internal speaker costs about $4,000 to $15,000 for crew, equipment and location, plus $750 to $4,500 for editing and $300 to $3,000 for sound and music: roughly $5,050 to $22,500 in total. That is our arithmetic on their figures.
Is a video subscription cheaper than paying per video?
Only if you use the capacity. Vidico states an in-house team breaks even at 8 to 12 videos a month; below that, outsourcing costs less per video. Published subscription entry points are from US$1,000 a month at Shootsta (annual term), $3,000 at ContentBeta and from $5,000 at Vidico. For one or two hero videos a year, a per-project quote is usually cheaper.
How long does a corporate video take to produce?
Levitate Media says most professional projects run six to ten weeks from pre-production to delivery. Lemonlight lists 3 to 8 weeks for doc-style and 5 to 12 weeks for studio testimonial videos. ContentBeta states 10 days for its $2,000 videos, and Shootsta states a first version of each edit in 48 hours. The shorter times are for editing supplied material, not crewed shoots.
What is the difference between corporate video production and editing?
Production covers planning, scripting, crew, shooting and post. Editing starts from footage you already have, such as interviews, webinars or event recordings, and turns it into finished video. Editing retainers are priced per month (for example $5,000 to $16,000 at Video Editing Company), production per project. Many B2B teams shoot once and edit many times.
📅 Last checked and changelog: Last checked October 2026. Changelog: 7 Nov 2026 – first published (27 prices read 25 Oct 2026).
About this guide
The Increditors editorial team is the group of editors and strategists behind our video work for B2B companies, with 1,700+ videos delivered. We build pricing guides from the vendors’ own pages and name every source and date.
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