The Short Answer: Corporate Video Cost
A corporate video costs about $3,000–$25,000 to produce in 2026, and most professional projects land at $5,000–$20,000. Vidico's corporate video pricing guide puts most projects at $3,000–$50,000, or roughly $1,000–$5,000 per finished minute. Levitate Media calls $5,000–$25,000 typical. A one-day interview shoot sits at the bottom of that range. Multi-day brand films with actors and several locations run $20,000–$100,000 and up.
Those are other companies' published prices, read October 20, 2026, not ours. Mark Studios films corporate video on site in Palm Beach County, edits it for companies anywhere, and quotes each project, so there is no Mark Studios price on this page. If your footage is already shot, you're buying an edit, not a production. Our corporate video editing cost guide prices that separately.
Corporate Video Cost by Tier
Vidico sorts the market into four tiers. The tier depends on crew, shoot days and post-production, not on runtime:
| Tier | Published price | Typical videos | What the price buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI-generated or DIY | $100–$3,000 | Internal updates, drafts, high-volume social | AI avatar or text-to-video subscription, stock footage, phone filming, template edits |
| Basic | $1,500–$5,000 | CEO messages, FAQ videos, simple interviews | One- or two-person crew, one shoot day at one location, standard editing, 1–2 week turnaround |
| Mid-range | $5,000–$20,000 | Product demos, explainers, recruitment videos, event recaps | Full crew, script and storyboard, several cameras, color grade, custom motion graphics, 2–3 revision rounds, 3–5 weeks |
| Premium | $20,000–$100,000+ | Brand campaigns, documentary-style films, TV spots | Multi-day, multi-location shoots, actors, studio rental, drone and effects, original music |
Most business work lands in the middle two. Vidico says most SaaS and tech companies spend $5,000–$20,000 per corporate video for scripting, a full crew, color grading and custom graphics. On the AI tier, Vidico says it works for internal and high-volume content but is "not a like-for-like replacement for professional production." Our training video cost guide compares AI avatars with filmed lessons.
Per finished minute, the same company's video production cost guide runs between $500 for short social clips and $20,000 or more for a brand film:
Corporate Video Cost by Type
What the video is for changes the bill more than its length does. Here are both guides' published ranges by type, with our full cost guide for each type that has one:
| Video type | Vidico | Levitate Media | Full guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand or culture video | $10,000–$100,000+ | $8,000–$30,000 | — |
| Executive message | $1,500–$5,000 (basic tier) | $3,000–$16,000 | — |
| Internal communications | — | $4,500–$15,000 | — |
| Training video | $3,000–$25,000 | $5,000–$16,000 per module | Training video cost |
| Testimonial or case study | $3,000–$15,000 | $3,500–$25,000 | Testimonial video cost |
| Event recap | — | $6,000–$25,000 | Event videography cost |
| Explainer | $5,000–$40,000 | — | Animated explainer cost |
| Product demo | $5,000–$20,000 | — | Product video cost |
| Promotional or campaign | $8,000–$75,000+ | — | Commercial production cost |
| Social media video | $1,500–$10,000 | — | Social media video cost |
Levitate publishes what a price buys, which is more useful than the range. A brand film at $15,000–$20,000 is typically a two-minute story from one or two shoot days: a CEO interview, employee sound bites, office b-roll, light motion graphics and two to three rounds of edits. An executive message at $3,500–$6,000 is 60–90 seconds, recorded remotely, with branded lower thirds and a LinkedIn-ready export.
Where the Budget Goes
The shoot is the biggest share of the bill. Vidico puts it at 50–60% of the budget and Levitate at 40–55%. Each person on set is billed by the day, so every extra location or extra day adds a full set of day rates. Vidico's production guide prices a three-to-five-person crew at $2,500–$8,000 a day, before equipment rental at $1,000–$4,000 a day.
Post-production is where buyers get surprised. Vidico says a mid-range corporate video takes 20–40 hours of editing. At its $75–$150 hourly rate, that works out to roughly $1,500–$6,000 for the edit alone, before color grading, sound and graphics.
Freelancer, Agency or Studio?
Who you hire moves the price more than the camera does. Vidico prices freelancers at $600–$1,200 for a filming day, with project minimums of $1,000–$3,000, and agencies at $2,500–$8,000 a day, with $5,000–$15,000 minimums. Citing Clutch, it puts agency hourly rates at $100–$149 and the average project, across every size, near $42,000 over about five months.
Quotes for the same job also vary widely. Beverly Boy Productions collected a January 2026 Reddit thread in which professionals priced one short promo at anywhere between $300 and $6,000. Its own booking data puts 2026 videographer day rates at about $400 for a junior shooter and $4,000 or more for a commercial specialist with a full kit. Its freelance price list adds editors at $60–$175 an hour and studio time at $100–$400 an hour.
A lower quote usually leaves something out: the script, a second camera, the audio engineer, insurance or revisions. Ask what's included before you compare the totals. If you're weighing a subscription production company, our Vidico review and pricing page sets out its model. If you're hiring a freelancer instead, Fiverr vs Upwork vs an agency runs the fee math.
What Moves a Corporate Video Quote
- Shoot days and locations. Levitate's example: one office day is efficient, while three cities over two weeks multiplies crew, travel and coordination. Vidico puts crew travel at $1,000–$5,000 or more.
- People on camera. Two executives are straightforward. Ten staff across departments means more scheduling, release forms and edit time.
- Deliverables. One website master is one edit. Social cutdowns, vertical versions and an internal version are each more post-production.
- Revisions. Vidico calls extra rounds "the single most common budget surprise": most quotes include two or three, and more are billed at $75–$150 an hour.
- Languages. Subtitles, voiceover and a re-edit for another language run $600–$2,000 per language per video.
- Permits and updates. Filming in public or commercial spaces can need permits at $200–$2,000 or more. Updating a finished video after a product change costs $2,000–$5,000.
- Batching. Levitate prices three customer interviews shot in one city at $14,000–$22,000 for the series. Batching shoots into one day is one of the surest ways to cut the cost per video.
Settle who keeps the raw footage before the shoot, too. The rules are in who owns your video project files.
How to Get an Accurate Corporate Video Quote
Send these with your first message and every quote you get back prices the same job:
- The type of video and where it runs: website, LinkedIn, an internal LMS or paid ads.
- The finished length and every version you need, including vertical and social cutdowns.
- Who's on camera, and where: the number of people, locations and shoot days.
- Whether there's a script: written and approved, an outline, or scripting needed.
- Your brand kit and graphics needs: logo files, fonts, lower thirds, any animation.
- The deadline and who approves it, plus how many revision rounds you expect.
For a first estimate before you ask anyone, our free video production cost calculator prices a project from other studios' published rates.
Where Mark Studios Fits
We film corporate video on site across Palm Beach County, plus Broward and Martin: brand films, interviews and testimonials, and events. Everything we film is edited in-house. For Sovereign Self-Defense we've filmed workshops, range days and veteran interviews across South Florida, as well as its gala at PGA National Resort. Companies anywhere can send footage for corporate and B2B video editing under a free mutual NDA. Software companies will find demos and explainers on our video for SaaS companies page. Across 10,000+ projects for 4,500+ clients at a 4.9★ average, the quotes that hold are the ones that name the shoot days, the people on camera and every version you need. Standard delivery is 5–7 days, with expedited delivery available.
To compare South Florida studios side by side, see the best corporate video production companies in Fort Lauderdale.
The Bottom Line
A corporate video costs about $3,000–$25,000 to produce in 2026, and most professional work lands at $5,000–$20,000. The shoot is half the bill, and every extra day, location and version raises it. Compare quotes on what they include, not on the total.
