Cheapest at your usage
$1.50/mo
fal · Pay as you go
For 10 videos a month, 5 s each
Channels that sell it
4
Subscriptions: 2 · APIs: 2
Official specs
1080p · 4 / 6 / 8 seconds
Generates its own audio
Last confirmed
Sep 18, 2026
Next review Oct 18, 2026
The light version of Veo 3.1, in preview on Google's Gemini API. Billed per second with audio by default: $0.05 a second at 720p and $0.08 at 1080p, with no 4K. None of the subscription tools this site tracks list it.
Cheapest place to buy it at your volume
50 seconds of generation a month: 10 videos × 5 seconds each × 1 (average attempts per video). At least 720p, no audio needed. Change usage ↗
| Where to buy | Setting | How to buy | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| fal API | 720p No audio · Per second | Pay as you go $0.03 per second | $1.50 |
| Gemini API API | 720p With audio · Per second | Pay as you go $0.05 per second | $2.50 |
Does the cheapest way to pay change with volume?
One line per channel: an API is a straight line; a subscription is the cheapest plan that covers the month, so it climbs in steps and stops past the largest plan (extra credit packs are not counted).
At 10 videos a month, each channel costs:
- fal · API$1.50/moCheapest
- Gemini API$2.50/mo
- 1–50 videos a month: fal · API is cheapest
Official specs
| Clip length | 4 / 6 / 8 seconds |
|---|---|
| What it can do | Text to video, Image to video |
| Highest resolution | 1080p |
| Audio | Generates its own audio |
The docs state: text-to-video and image-to-video only, with no extension, first/last frame or reference images; 8 seconds only at 1080p or with reference images.
From Google's own page, confirmed on Sep 20, 2026. This is what the model can do; whether a given channel sells it, and at which settings, is in the prices below. Official spec page
Third-party blind-vote ranking
| Name on the leaderboard | Category | Rank | Elo score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 Lite | With audio | #16 | 1083 |
| Veo 3.1 Lite | No audio | #17 | 1215 |
The text-to-video board of the Artificial Analysis Video Arena: people watch two clips, pick the better one without knowing which model made it, and the votes give an Elo score. The rank is the model's place in the board's default view (current models), and names are written as the board writes them; checked Sep 26, 2026. Scores move every week and are a guide to quality only. See the leaderboard ↗
Where it is available
| Tool | Type | Lowest monthly price | Price status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Flow | Video generation | $4.99 | Price verified |
| Krea | Multi-model platform | $9 | Manually recorded price |
"Lowest monthly price" is the cheapest confirmed monthly plan for that tool. It does not mean that plan includes this model — premium models are often limited to pricier plans. Each tool's official pricing page is the authority.
Pay-as-you-go API prices
| API provider | API model name | Resolution | Audio | Official price | Per second | Minimum per generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fal | fal-ai/veo3.1/lite | 720p | No audio | $0.03/s | $0.030 | — |
| Gemini API | veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview | 720p | With audio | $0.05/s | $0.050 | — |
| fal | fal-ai/veo3.1/lite | 720p | With audio | $0.05/s | $0.050 | — |
| fal | fal-ai/veo3.1/lite | 1080p | No audio | $0.05/s | $0.050 | — |
| Gemini API | veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview | 1080p | With audio | $0.08/s | $0.080 | — |
| fal | fal-ai/veo3.1/lite | 1080p | With audio | $0.08/s | $0.080 | — |
Prices as each provider's official pricing page states them, confirmed Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 26, 2026. No subscription: you pay for the seconds generated. Prices exclude tax.
How much Veo 3.1 Lite video the credits buy
On Google Flow
| Resolution | Audio | Billing | Credits per second | Plus 200 credits | Pro 1,000 credits | Ultra 5x 10,000 credits | Ultra 20x 25,000 credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not split by resolution | Not specified | Per 4s clip 10 credits · Plus, Pro only | 2.5 | 80 s ≈20 clips of 4s | 400 s ≈100 clips of 4s | — | — |
| Not split by resolution | Not specified | Per 4s clip 5 credits · Ultra 5x, Ultra 20x only | 1.25 | — | — | 8000 s ≈2000 clips of 4s | 20000 s ≈5000 clips of 4s |
| Not split by resolution | Not specified | Per 6s clip 10 credits · Plus, Pro only | 1.67 | 120 s ≈20 clips of 6s | 600 s ≈100 clips of 6s | — | — |
| Not split by resolution | Not specified | Per 6s clip 5 credits · Ultra 5x, Ultra 20x only | 0.83 | — | — | 12000 s ≈2000 clips of 6s | 30000 s ≈5000 clips of 6s |
| Not split by resolution | Not specified | Per 8s clip 10 credits · Plus, Pro only | 1.25 | 160 s ≈20 clips of 8s | 800 s ≈100 clips of 8s | — | — |
| Not split by resolution | Not specified | Per 8s clip 5 credits · Ultra 5x, Ultra 20x only | 0.63 | — | — | 16000 s ≈2000 clips of 8s | 40000 s ≈5000 clips of 8s |
Rates come from Google Flow's official pricing page; seconds are the plan's credits divided by the rate. That is the ceiling if you do nothing else — credits also go to images, voice, upscaling and more, so the real total is lower. Where a model has several rows, the vendor prices clip lengths separately — the per-second rates really differ; it is not a typo. Models without an exact official rate we could find are left out; we don't estimate for them.
This model is included in plans on Krea, but we found no exact official rate for it there, so no durations are listed — we don't estimate on a vendor's behalf.
How the status is checked
Whether a model still runs is checked separately from prices: prices change monthly, but a model can disappear between two price syncs, quietly making every page that mentions it wrong. So each model record has its own confirmation date and review deadline; overdue records are flagged, never assumed to still be running.
Last confirmed on Sep 18, 2026; due to be rechecked by Oct 18, 2026.
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