GoogleCheap API

Cheap Veo 3.1 Lite API

Run Google's official Veo 3.1 Lite from $0.0206/s — 59% below the official $0.05/s. Pay per second, no subscription, failed generations refunded.

From: $0.0206/s; 720p
Official: $0.05/s; Google
You save: up to 59%
100 × 8 s clips: $16.50; official $40.00

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Price check

Veo 3.1 Lite: our price vs the official price

Every Veo 3.1 Lite tier, priced live from our catalog next to Google's official list price.

Veo 3.1 Lite price per second: official list price and Cheaper Gen. price for every tier
Tier	Google official	Cheaper Gen.	You save	8 s clip
720p 8 s clip, audio included	~~$0.05~~/s	$0.0206/s	−59%	$0.17$0.40

Official price: Google Cloud Vertex AI list price for veo-3.1-lite-generate-001 with audio ($0.05 / s at 720p, $0.08 / s at 1080p). Verified October 16, 2026. Our channel bills Lite per clip, so 4 s and 6 s clips cost the same as 8 s.

At scale

What Veo 3.1 Lite costs at volume

Totals for common batch sizes at today's per-second prices.

Veo 3.1 Lite cost examples at volume
Batch	Tier	Official	Cheaper Gen.	You keep
100 × 8 s clips	720p	$40.00	$16.50	$23.50
60 minutes of footage	720p	$180.00	$74.25	$105.75

Every tier and a calculator on the Veo 3.1 Lite pricing page

Why it costs less

Same official Veo 3.1 Lite, 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 Lite.

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 Lite 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 Lite

Test with 4-second clips

You pay per second of output (4, 6, 8 s per clip). A 4-second 720p test costs $0.17; 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.

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Start generating with Veo 3.1 Lite

Try Veo 3.1 Lite in the Studio, or call it from your code with one API key. A 8-second 720p clip costs $0.17 and failed generations are refunded.

Open in Studio API reference

curl -X POST https://cheapergen.com/api/v1/run/google/veo-3.1-lite/text-to-video \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHEAPERGEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt": "…"}'

FAQ

Cheap Veo 3.1 Lite API questions

Our prices on this page are live; Google's official prices were verified October 16, 2026.

Veo 3.1 Lite starts at $0.0206/s (720p) against Google's official $0.05/s. Across its pricing tier you pay 59% less than the official list price. Official prices were verified October 16, 2026; our prices on this page are live.

Yes. Veo 3.1 Lite is developed by Google. Cheaper Gen. provides API access to the official model through official upstream endpoints — the same model and output quality, at a lower price. We don't own the model.

Three things: direct partnerships with the official model labs give us their lowest partner and channel pricing; our own inference engine for open-source models (GPU scheduling, warm pools, per-model tuning) lowers costs further; and automatic routing sends every request to the most cost-effective healthy channel, with failover. Most of the saving is passed on in the price.

100 eight-second clips at 720p cost $16.50 here, versus $40.00 at the official price — $23.50 saved. Longer clips and higher resolutions scale per second; the pricing page has every tier.

There is no subscription and no monthly fee. Cheaper Gen. is prepaid: add credits from $10, spend them on any model in the API or the Studio, and failed generations are refunded automatically. The quote endpoint (POST /v1/quote/{endpoint}) is free, so you can price any request before you run it.

Veo 3.1 Lite 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.