Google Veo
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveGoogle DeepMind's video model, now Veo 3.1, generating 1080p and 4K clips with native audio
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
Gemini API, paid tier only, per second of video with audio: Veo 3.1 Lite $0.05 (720p) / $0.08 (1080p); Veo 3.1 Fast $0.10 / $0.12 / $0.30 (4K); Veo 3.1 Standard $0.40 (720p–1080p) / $0.60 (4K); charged only on successful generation. In the Gemini app and Flow, video generation sits behind Google AI Plus (200 Flow credits a month), Pro (1,000) and Ultra (10,000 or 25,000); the plans page served localised prices rather than USD, so no consumer plan price is recorded here.
Use tool ↗About Google Veo
Veo is Google DeepMind's video generation model, at version 3.1 as of this check. It produces clips from text, images or reference pictures of a character, object or scene, generates the sound effects, ambience and dialogue natively, outputs 1080p or 4K, and supports first-and-last-frame transitions, scene extension, outpainting, object insertion and removal and camera controls. Consumers reach it through the Gemini app, Google Flow and Google Vids under Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscriptions metered in Flow credits; developers call it through the Gemini API and AI Studio at per-second rates from $0.05 for the Lite model, with no free API tier.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Model page describes Veo 3.1 with native audio (sound effects, ambient noise, dialogue), 1080p and 4K output, text-, image- and reference-to-video, scene extension, first/last-frame transitions, outpainting, object insertion and removal, camera controls; available in the Gemini app, Google Flow, Google Vids, AI Studio, the Gemini API and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform; benchmark footnote says Veo videos are 8 seconds long (15 October 2026)deepmind.google ↗
- Gemini API pricing: Veo 3.1 Standard $0.40/sec at 720p–1080p and $0.60/sec at 4K; Veo 3.1 Fast $0.10 / $0.12 / $0.30; Veo 3.1 Lite $0.05 / $0.08, no 4K; every Veo variant 'Not available' on the free tier; charged only on successful generation (15 October 2026)ai.google.dev ↗
- Google AI plans page lists Flow credits of 200 (Plus), 1,000 (Pro), 10,000 and 25,000 (Ultra 5x / 20x) per month and says Veo 3.1 and Google Flow are available in over 140 countries; prices were served in local currency (15 October 2026)one.google.com ↗
Is Google Veo legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Sep 7, 2023 (3 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar MarkMonitor Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 9, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Google DeepMind, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Google Veo
Veo 3.1 is the video model to measure others against on sound: dialogue and effects come out of the same generation, so a clip is usable without a separate audio pass. The catch is access — you are choosing between a Google AI subscription metered in Flow credits and a per-second API bill where a single 8-second 4K clip on the Standard model costs nearly five dollars. Fine for finished shots, expensive for exploration unless you draft on Lite or Fast.
Pros
- Audio — effects, ambience, dialogue — is generated natively with the video
- 1080p and 4K output with reference-image and first/last-frame control
- Three API price points (Lite, Fast, Standard) let you draft cheaply and render once
- Reachable in the Gemini app, Flow, Vids, AI Studio and the Gemini API from one Google account
Cons
- No free tier for the API; every Veo variant is paid-only
- Per-second API billing: Standard 4K costs $0.60 a second
- Consumer access is metered in Flow credits that vary by plan and region
- Clips are short (benchmarks cite 8 seconds), so longer pieces need extension passes
Best for
- Marketing and social teams who need short clips with sound and no post-production
- Developers adding video generation to a product through the Gemini API
- Filmmakers prototyping in Flow with reference images and scene extension
Not for
- Anyone wanting a free tier for experimentation — the API has none
- Projects needing clips much longer than a few seconds in one pass
Watch out: Draft on Veo 3.1 Lite or Fast and render on Standard only at the end — at $0.40–0.60 a second, iterating on the Standard model burns through a budget faster than the clip lengths suggest.
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