GoogleVeo 3.1 API Cost
A 8-second 720p Veo 3.1 clip costs $1.48, against $1.60 at the official price. What you spend depends on resolution, length and how many takes you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.
- 8 s at 720p
- $1.48
- official $1.60
- 1 minute at 720p
- $11.04
- $33.12 at 4K + audio
- 100 × 8 s clips / month
- $147.20
- 720p
- Below official
- up to 24%
- failed runs: $0
Try it
Try Veo 3.1 — 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.
Calculator
Calculate your Veo 3.1 cost
Pick the resolution and clip length, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.
Per month · 100 generations
152.00
$160.00 at the official price
- Per clip
- 1.52
- Per kept clip
- 1.52
- Saved per month
- $8.00
- Saved per year
- $96.00
Live prices · failed generations are free
Cost drivers
What drives the Veo 3.1 API cost
5 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the Veo 3.1 API pricing page.
Resolution
The biggest lever. A 8-second clip costs 2.0× as much at 4K as at 720p.
- 720p
- $1.48
- 1.0×
- 1080p
- $1.48
- 1.0×
- 4K
- $2.95
- 2.0×
Clip length
With native audio on, every second is billed at the audio rate. At 720p, one clip costs $0.74–$1.48 across 4, 6, 8 s.
Audio
Native audio adds 65% at 720p: a 8-second clip is $1.48 silent and $2.44 with sound.
Task
Text to video and image to video cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.
Takes you keep
Every successful clip is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 8-second 720p clip cost $4.42 instead of $1.48. Failed generations are refunded.
Real work
What videos cost with Veo 3.1
Finished pieces priced end to end. One Veo 3.1 request makes up to 8 seconds, so longer pieces are several clips; the short film budgets three takes per shot.
| Deliverable | Generations | Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt test | 1 × 4 s | 720p | $0.74 | |
| Social clip | 1 × 8 s | 720p | $1.48 | |
| 15-second ad | 2 × 8 s | 1080p | $2.95 | |
| 1-minute explainer | 8 × 8 s | 720p | $11.78 | |
| 2-minute short film | 45 × 8 s (15 shots × 3 takes) | 1080p | $66.24 | |
| Daily social clips for a month | 30 × 8 s | 720p | $44.16 | |
| 15-second 4K with audio clip | 2 × 8 s | 4K + audio | $8.84 |
Budgets
What a Veo 3.1 budget buys
8-second clips per budget at each resolution, with the minutes of footage in brackets.
| Resolution | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
720p $1.48 per 8 s clip | 6(0.9 min) | 33(4.5 min) | 67(9.1 min) | 339(45 min) | 679(91 min) |
1080p $1.48 per 8 s clip | 6(0.9 min) | 33(4.5 min) | 67(9.1 min) | 339(45 min) | 679(91 min) |
4K $2.95 per 8 s clip | 3(0.5 min) | 16(2.3 min) | 33(4.5 min) | 169(23 min) | 339(45 min) |
Yearly difference
Veo 3.1 cost vs the official price
The same monthly volume at 720p, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).
100 × 8 s clips / month
$147.20
$160.00 official
$153.60 less a year
1,000 × 8 s clips / month
$1,472
$1,600 official
$1,536 less a year
10,000 × 8 s clips / month
$14,720
$16,000 official
$15,360 less a year
Compare
A 8-second 720p clip on other models
The same request on Veo models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest silent price for that resolution.
| Model | Tier | Cost | vs. Veo 3.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LTX-2.5 Lightricks | 720p | $0.23 | −85% |
| PixVerse V6 PixVerse | 720p | $0.30 | −80% |
| Veo 3.1 Lite Veo family | 720p | $0.30 | −80% |
| Vidu Q3 Turbo Shengshu | 720p | $0.33 | −78% |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini ByteDance | 720p | $0.51 | −66% |
| Veo 3.1 Fast Veo family | 720p | $0.59 | −60% |
| Veo 3.1 Google | 720p | $1.48 | — |
Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.
Cost control
Keep Veo 3.1 spend predictable
The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.
- Price it first.
POST /v1/quote/google/veo-3.1/text-to-videoreturns the exact price of any request, free. - Cap a request. Send
max_cost_usdand a request priced above it is refused without charge. - Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
- Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
- Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.
FAQ
Veo 3.1 API cost questions
Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. Veo 3.1 is developed by Google. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.