How much does an animated video cost?
A Tradimation advert costs £97 and a service film £197, including VAT. Packs of films start at £497.
Our prices
Five ways to buy, and every price includes VAT.
| Film or pack | What you get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Advert | One 30-second advert | £97 |
| Service film | One 90-second service film, on one job you do | £197 |
| Sales story | One sales story of about 2 minutes, telling your business's story to win customers | £397 |
| Film pack | Two service films and two adverts, or one service film and four adverts£588 or £585 bought one by one | £497 |
| Founder pack | Your founder story, three service films and three adverts£882 for the service films and adverts bought one by one | £997 |
Prices include VAT.
Orders open soon. Start with the free cartoon.
A single advert or service film suits one job you want more of. A pack suits a business with several services: the film pack is two service films and two adverts, or one service film and four adverts, and you choose the mix.
More films on a pack
Once you have a film pack or a founder pack, each extra service film is £147 and each extra advert £67, when you order or within a year of paying for your pack.
Extra films use the answers, the cartoon and the voice you have already given us. So each extra film costs us less to make, and you pay less for it: £147 against £197 for a service film, and £67 against £97 for an advert.
- £147
- each extra service film
- £67
- each extra advert
What it costs for your business
Count the services you want more work for, then pick the pack that covers most of them.
Four services
Say you fix boilers, service them, power flush and fit new ones. The film pack gives you two service films and two adverts, and two more service films at £147 make it £791. One by one, the same films would be £982.
Six services
The founder pack and three more service films at £147 come to £1,438: your founder story, a service film for every service and three adverts.
Only want one thing done? A single advert at £97 is a fine place to start.
What every film includes
Every film comes in landscape, vertical and square versions, captions burnt in and as a file, and a poster image.
Advert, 30 seconds
Every version above.
Service film, 90 seconds
Every version above, plus 30 and 15-second cut-downs for adverts.
Founder story, about 3 minutes
Every version above, plus 30 and 15-second cut-downs for adverts and a 60-second trailer. It comes in the founder pack.
Music is made in-house for every film, so no licence is needed, and a person watches each film before it reaches you. Each film arrives within two working days of your approving its voiceover.
Watch the sample filmsChanges and refunds
You get a full refund until you approve your cartoon; after that, each film has one free change within 14 days and each further change costs £49.
So if the cartoon never looks like you, you're not stuck with it. If you're buying as a consumer, you also have 14 days from paying to cancel, and the terms set out what you get back.
Read your rights as a consumerWhat studios and apps charge
Most studios sell video production packages by the day or by the project, usually plus VAT, freelance marketplaces list videos from under £30 to over £1,600 each, and do-it-yourself video apps charge a monthly subscription.
One UK studio’s cost guide, read on 14 November 2026, puts most business videos between £1,000 and £10,000, and on another studio’s enquiry form the lowest budget you can pick is under £2,500. An app leaves the filming, the voice and the editing to you. Our prices cover each film made for you, with your approval at each step, and they are on this page before you start.
Paying for your films
Orders open soon: once card payments are switched on, you pay once by card before your cartoon is made, and you get a receipt.
Payments are taken by Stripe, so we never see your full card number. Want to know when orders open? Leave your email on the free cartoon page after your clip, and tick the box if you'd like us to tell you.
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