... script is roughly 1,500 words. At cloud TTS rates, that can eat through a monthly quota fast. Editing software: DaVinci Resolve (free tier): $0 Premiere Pro: $23/mo CapCut Pro: $8/mo Stock footage and images: Storyblocks: $20/mo (unlimited downloads) Pexels/Pixabay: $0 Artlist: $10-25/mo Music and SFX: Epidemic Sound: $15/mo YouTube Audio Library: $0 Artlist (bundled with video): see above Thumbnails: Canva Pro: $13/mo DIY in Figma: $0 Freelancer: $5-20 per thumbnail Realistic monthly total: Budget path ... ... Premium: $300-500/mo The voiceover line item is where most channels overspend or underspend. Cheap voice = viewers click away. Expensive voice = margins disappear. What's your monthly spend on a faceless channel? And where do you splurge vs