Short answer
- Veo 3.1: $0.40 per second of video with audio at 720p or 1080p, $0.60 per second in 4K.
- Veo 3.1 Fast: $0.10 per second at 720p, $0.12 at 1080p and $0.30 in 4K.
- Veo 3.1 Lite: the cheapest Veo price, $0.05 per second at 720p and $0.08 at 1080p. No 4K.
- Silent video is cheaper on Google Cloud: Veo 3.1 without audio is listed at $0.20 at 720p or 1080p.
- No API free tier: the Gemini API lists Veo as not available on the free tier. In the Gemini app, Veo comes with paid Google AI plans: a limited Veo 3.1 Lite trial on AI Pro ($19.99 a month) and Veo 3.1 on AI Ultra (from $99.99 a month).
Veo price per second on the Gemini API
The Gemini Developer API charges for Veo by the second of generated video. These are the paid tier prices for video with audio, which is the default:
| Model | 720p | 1080p | 4K | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 | $0.40 | $0.40 | $0.60 | Not available |
| Veo 3.1 Fast | $0.10 | $0.12 | $0.30 | Not available |
| Veo 3.1 Lite | $0.05 | $0.08 | Not supported | Not available |
Google notes that an audio processing issue can occasionally stop a video from being generated, and that you are only charged when a video is generated successfully. The page also says paid tier data is not used to improve Google’s products, while free tier data is.
Veo pricing on Google Cloud
Google Cloud’s generative AI pricing page for the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (the old Vertex AI pricing address now redirects there) lists the same Veo 3.1 prices for video with audio, and adds cheaper rates for silent video and for older Veo models. Google writes each price as a rate per “count”; the Gemini API page gives the identical with-audio figures per second.
| Model | Video + audio | Video only |
|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 | $0.40 (720p, 1080p); $0.60 (4K) | $0.20 (720p, 1080p); $0.40 (4K) |
| Veo 3.1 Fast | $0.10 (720p); $0.12 (1080p); $0.30 (4K) | $0.08 (720p); $0.10 (1080p); $0.25 (4K) |
| Veo 3.1 Lite | $0.05 (720p); $0.08 (1080p) | $0.03 (720p); $0.05 (1080p) |
| Veo 3 | $0.40 (720p, 1080p) | $0.20 (720p, 1080p) |
| Veo 3 Fast | $0.10 (720p); $0.12 (1080p) | $0.08 (720p); $0.10 (1080p) |
| Veo 2 | Not listed | $0.50 (720p) |
Veo 2 also has Advanced Controls (start and end frame interpolation, extending a generated video and camera controls) at $0.50 at 720p. If you pay in another currency, Google says the prices for your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.
What a Veo clip costs
Because Veo is billed per second, the price of a clip is its length times the rate. Our multiplication of Google’s per-second prices, for video with audio:
| Model and resolution | 8-second clip | One minute |
|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1, 720p or 1080p | $3.20 | $24.00 |
| Veo 3.1, 4K | $4.80 | $36.00 |
| Veo 3.1 Fast, 1080p | $0.96 | $7.20 |
| Veo 3.1 Fast, 720p | $0.80 | $6.00 |
| Veo 3.1 Lite, 1080p | $0.64 | $4.80 |
| Veo 3.1 Lite, 720p | $0.40 | $3.00 |
These totals assume every generation is kept. In practice you will run several takes for each shot you use, so budget for retries. Silent Veo 3.1 video on Google Cloud halves the standard rate, to $1.60 for 8 seconds or $12 a minute.
Veo in Google AI plans
If you do not want an API account, Veo comes through Google AI subscriptions, which cover the Gemini app and Google’s Flow creative studio. US prices from Google’s subscriptions page:
| Plan | Price | Google Flow credits | What Google says about video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 a month | Limited Flow access | Flow access includes limited Nano Banana Pro (an image model); no Veo mentioned |
| Google AI Plus | $4.99 a month | 200 | Access to “more features like video generation”; Flow with Gemini Omni Flash |
| Google AI Pro | $19.99 a month | 1,000 | A limited trial of Veo 3.1 Lite; Flow with Gemini Omni Flash |
| Google AI Ultra | From $99.99 a month (5× AI Pro limits) or $199.99 (20×) | 10,000 or 25,000 | Video generation with Veo 3.1; Flow with Gemini Omni Flash |
The subscriptions page does not say how many Veo videos each plan allows, or how many Flow credits a Veo clip uses, so we cannot turn these plans into a price per video. Plans also include storage and other Google features, and prices and availability vary by country.
Is Veo free?
Not really. On the Gemini API, all three Veo 3.1 models are listed as not available on the free tier. In the Gemini app, Google’s subscriptions page ties Veo to paid plans: a limited trial of Veo 3.1 Lite on Google AI Pro and Veo 3.1 on Google AI Ultra. The free plan’s Flow access, as described, covers limited Nano Banana Pro image generation rather than Veo. For other tools with real free plans, see our AI video free plans list.
The October 2026 change
Dated note, October 22, 2026: Google’s Gemini API deprecations page (last updated October 20, 2026) lists October 22, 2026 as the shutdown date for the three Veo 3.1 preview models: veo-3.1-generate-preview and veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview (released October 15, 2025) and veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview (released March 31, 2026). The recommended replacement for all three is Gemini Omni Flash (gemini-omni-1.1-flash). The pricing page adds a second route: the generally available Veo models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Neither page names the GA Veo 3.1 model IDs on that platform, so we treat those IDs as unverified. When we re-read the pages on the evening of October 22, the Gemini API pricing page still showed the Veo 3.1 per-second prices above, with the shutdown warning. We have not confirmed whether those Gemini API prices still apply after the shutdown (unverified). The Google Cloud Veo 3.1 prices were also unchanged.
The same deprecations page lists the older GA IDs veo-3.0-generate-001, veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 and veo-2.0-generate-001 as shut down on the Gemini API on June 30, 2026. Their replacement is again gemini-omni-1.1-flash or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Veo 3, Veo 3 Fast and Veo 2 still appear with prices on the Google Cloud pricing page, as shown in the table above.
Gemini Omni Flash, Google’s newer video generation and editing model, is priced by tokens: $1.50 per million input tokens and $17.50 per million output tokens for video. Google says 720p video is counted at 5,792 tokens per second, an effective price of about $0.10 per second. That is close to Veo 3.1 Fast at 720p.
Veo pricing compared
Per second, Veo 3.1 with audio is one of the more expensive video models. On our Seedance pricing page, BytePlus’s own examples put Seedance 2.0 at about $0.37 a second at 1080p and Seedance 2.0 Fast at about $0.12 a second at 720p, read the same day. App subscriptions price video in credits instead; compare them on Kling AI pricing, Runway pricing, Higgsfield AI pricing and invideo AI pricing, or the full AI video pricing tracker.
Which Veo option to pick
- Drafts and tests: Veo 3.1 Lite at 720p, $0.05 a second, or $0.40 for an 8-second clip.
- Social clips at 1080p: Veo 3.1 Fast at $0.12 a second, under $1 for 8 seconds.
- Final shots and 4K: Veo 3.1 at $0.40 a second, $0.60 in 4K.
- No sound needed: use the video-only rates on Google Cloud, which are about half the price for Veo 3.1.
- No developer account: Google AI Ultra is the plan Google lists with Veo 3.1; AI Pro only includes a limited Veo 3.1 Lite trial. If you mainly want video, compare an app plan on our AI video generator picker.
How we checked Veo pricing
On October 22, 2026 we downloaded Google’s Gemini Developer API pricing page (last updated October 19, 2026) and read the Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni Flash sections, including the shutdown notice, and re-read them on the evening of October 22, 2026, together with the Gemini API deprecations page (last updated October 20, 2026). We also read the Veo section of Google Cloud’s generative AI pricing page for the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, formerly at the Vertex AI pricing address, and the US plan cards on Google’s AI subscriptions page. All prices are in USD as Google lists them. The per-clip and per-minute totals and the silent-video totals are our own multiplication. We did not cover enterprise discounts, committed-use pricing or prices outside the US.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Veo cost per second?
On October 22, 2026 Google’s Gemini API pricing page listed Veo 3.1 at $0.40 per second of video with audio at 720p or 1080p and $0.60 per second in 4K. Veo 3.1 Fast was $0.10 (720p), $0.12 (1080p) and $0.30 (4K) per second, and Veo 3.1 Lite $0.05 (720p) and $0.08 (1080p).
How much does an 8-second Veo video cost?
By our multiplication of Google’s per-second prices, an 8-second Veo 3.1 clip with audio costs about $3.20 at 720p or 1080p and $4.80 in 4K. The same clip costs about $0.96 on Veo 3.1 Fast at 1080p and $0.40 on Veo 3.1 Lite at 720p.
Is Veo free?
Not on the API: the Gemini API lists no free tier for Veo 3.1. In the Gemini app, Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month in the US) includes a limited trial of Veo 3.1 Lite, and Google AI Ultra includes video generation with Veo 3.1.
Which Google AI plan includes Veo?
Google’s subscriptions page says Google AI Pro unlocks a limited trial of Veo 3.1 Lite and Google AI Ultra, from $99.99 a month, gives video generation with Veo 3.1. Paid plans also come with Google Flow credits: 200 on AI Plus, 1,000 on AI Pro and 10,000 or 25,000 on AI Ultra.
Do you pay for failed Veo generations?
No. The Gemini API pricing page says you are only charged if your video is successfully generated.
Is this about Veo cameras?
No. This page covers Google’s Veo AI video model. Veo is also the name of a sports camera company, whose prices are not covered here.
Have you tested Veo?
No. This page is a documentation check of Google’s public pricing pages. We have not scored output quality or speed.
Sources
Vendor facts on this page come from these public pages, checked October 22, 2026. Prices and plan limits change; confirm them at checkout.
- Google AI for Developers: Gemini Developer API pricing (Veo 3.1, Gemini Omni Flash)
- Google Cloud: Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform generative AI pricing (Veo; the old Vertex AI pricing URL redirects here)
- Google AI for Developers: Gemini API deprecations (Veo shutdown dates and replacements)
- Google: Google AI subscriptions (Free, AI Plus, AI Pro, AI Ultra)