GoogleCheap Veo 3.1 Fast API
Run Google's official Veo 3.1 Fast from $0.0413/s — 59% below the official $0.10/s. Pay per second, no subscription, failed generations refunded.
- From
- $0.0413/s
- 720p + audio
- Official
- $0.10/s
- You save
- up to 59%
- 100 × 8 s clips
- $33.00
- official $80.00
Price check
Veo 3.1 Fast: our price vs the official price
Every Veo 3.1 Fast tier, priced live from our catalog next to Google's official list price.
| Tier | Google official | Cheaper Gen. | You save | 8 s clip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
720p + audio with native audio | $0.0413/s | −59% | $0.33$0.80 | |
720p silent | $0.0704/s | −12% | $0.56$0.64 | |
1080p + audio with native audio | $0.1056/s | −12% | $0.84$0.96 | |
1080p silent | $0.088/s | −12% | $0.70$0.80 | |
4K + audio with native audio | $0.264/s | −12% | $2.11$2.40 | |
4K silent | $0.22/s | −12% | $1.76$2.00 |
Official price: Google Cloud Vertex AI list price for veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 (with audio $0.10 / $0.12 / $0.30 per s at 720p / 1080p / 4K; video only $0.08 / $0.10 / $0.25). Verified October 16, 2026. With native audio on, every second is billed at the audio rate.
At scale
What Veo 3.1 Fast costs at volume
Totals for common batch sizes at today's per-second prices.
| Batch | Tier | Official | Cheaper Gen. | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 × 8 s clips | 720p + audio | $80.00 | $33.00 | $47.00 |
| 100 × 8 s clips | 720p | $64.00 | $56.32 | $7.68 |
| 100 × 8 s clips | 1080p + audio | $96.00 | $84.48 | $11.52 |
| 100 × 8 s clips | 1080p | $80.00 | $70.40 | $9.60 |
| 60 minutes of footage | 720p + audio | $360.00 | $148.50 | $211.50 |
Why it costs less
Same official Veo 3.1 Fast, lower price
The model and its output are the same; the cost of serving it is lower. How our inference works.
Official partnerships
Direct partnerships with the official model labs give us their lowest partner and channel pricing on official models like Veo 3.1 Fast.
Our own inference engine
For open-source models, our own inference engine — GPU scheduling, warm pools and per-model tuning — lowers the cost of every output further.
Automatic routing
Every Veo 3.1 Fast request is routed to the most cost-effective healthy channel, with live health checks and failover.
Spend less
Ways to pay even less for Veo 3.1 Fast
Draft at 720p + audio, deliver at 4K + audio
A second of 720p + audio costs $0.0413 — 16% of the 4K + audio rate ($0.264/s). Iterate on prompts and camera moves cheaply, then render the final cut with the same prompt.
Turn audio off when you don't need it
Veo 3.1 Fast bills native audio at a higher rate: 720p is $0.0704/s silent vs $0.0413/s with audio (-71% less). If you add music or voice-over in post, generate silent clips.
Test with 4-second clips
You pay per second of output (4, 6, 8 s per clip). A 4-second 720p + audio test costs $0.33; lengthen only the takes you keep.
Failed generations cost nothing
The price is held when you submit and refunded in full if a generation fails or you cancel it while it is queued. You only pay for outputs you get.
Volume pricing below these rates
Committed monthly volume unlocks rates below the public price list, plus invoicing and dedicated capacity.
Cheaper alternatives
Cheaper alternatives to Veo 3.1 Fast
Other official video models with an overlapping task, cheapest first. Price per second at each model's lowest tier.
Start generating with Veo 3.1 Fast
Try Veo 3.1 Fast in the Studio, or call it from your code with one API key. A 8-second 720p + audio clip costs $0.33 and failed generations are refunded.
curl -X POST https://cheapergen.com/api/v1/run/google/veo-3.1-fast/text-to-video \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CHEAPERGEN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"prompt": "…"}'FAQ
Cheap Veo 3.1 Fast API questions
Our prices on this page are live; Google's official prices were verified October 16, 2026.
Veo 3.1 Fast is developed by Google. Cheaper Gen. provides API access through official upstream endpoints and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.