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Veo 3.1 Lite Pricing

A 8-second 720p Veo 3.1 Lite video costs $0.30 (official $0.40). You pay as you go per second of video from a prepaid balance, with no subscription required (monthly plans are optional), and failed generations are free.

8 s video from
$0.30
720p
$10 buys
33
8 s 720p videos
Below official
up to 25%
With Max
$0.28
8 s video from · monthly plan
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Try it

Try Veo 3.1 Lite — the price is on the button

Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.

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Price per video

What a Veo 3.1 Lite video costs

By resolution and length. Every length is priced by the second, so you can pick exactly what you need.

Veo 3.1 Lite price per video by resolution and length
Resolution4 s video6 s video8 s videoSave
720p
8 s clip, audio included
$0.19$0.29$0.30−25%

Official: 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; video only $0.03 / $0.05), verified October 18, 2026. Our prices are live. Per second for every tier: Veo 3.1 Lite API Pricing .

Monthly plans lower prices on most models; you can still pay as you go. A 8 s video from $0.29 on Pro ($499/month), $0.28 on Max ($4,999/month).

Credits

What your credits buy

Top up once and spend it on Veo 3.1 Lite or any other model. Counted in 8-second videos.

Veo 3.1 Lite: videos per top-up amount
Resolution$10$25$50$100
720p3383166333

Pay as you go

How Veo 3.1 Lite pricing works

One balance and one price list for the Studio, the API and MCP.

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  • Pay as you go. No subscription needed and no seats. Add credits with a card; optional monthly plans add credits every month, and Pro and Max lower prices.
  • The price before you run. The exact cost is on the Generate button in the Studio, and the API's free quote endpoint returns it for any request.
  • Failed = free. A failed generation, or a job you cancel before it starts, is refunded in full automatically.
  • Same price everywhere. The Studio (no code), the API and MCP cost the same; audio and resolution are the only things that change the per-second rate.
  • Below the official price. Up to 25% less, for the same official model.

Veo

Other Veo models

A 8-second video on each, at its lowest tier. All of them side by side: Veo Pricing .

Veo 3.18 s · 720p · from $0.184/s$1.48Veo 3.1 Fast8 s · 720p · from $0.0736/s$0.59

FAQ

Veo 3.1 Lite Pricing: questions

Veo 3.1 Lite is billed per second of generated video: $0.0375/s. A 8-second video costs $0.30 at 720p. That's up to 25% below Google's official price.

No — every video has a cost, but you only pay for what you generate, with no subscription needed: $10 of credits buys 33 8-second 720p videos. Failed generations are refunded automatically.

No. CheaperGen is prepaid and pay-as-you-go: add credits with a card, spend them on Veo 3.1 Lite or any other model, in the Studio (no code) or through the API. If you generate every month, optional monthly plans add credits automatically, and Pro and Max also lower the price.

They cost the same. The Studio, the API and MCP use one balance and one price list; the exact price is on the Generate button before you run, and the API's free quote endpoint returns it for any request.

It's the same official Veo 3.1 Lite model. Direct partnerships with model labs, our own GPU inference for open-source models and automatic routing to the most cost-effective healthy channel lower what serving costs, and most of that saving is passed on. Official: 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; video only $0.03 / $0.05), verified October 18, 2026.

Veo 3.1 Lite API pricing lists every tier and endpoint per second; Veo 3.1 Lite API cost prices real projects and monthly budgets.