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Veo 3.1
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Veo 3.1
One-line summary: Google's January 2026 cinematic Veo generation line; official Standard price $0.40/s but only mid-pack (Elo ~1,089) on the 2026-08-18 AA boards — Lite is the cost-effective Veo SKU.
What it is
The Veo 3.1 family on the Gemini API: Standard, Fast, and Lite, all with native audio. Google still sells it for extension / last-frame / legacy pipelines; gemini-omni-flash is the default generate-and-edit model. From 2026-08-18-autoresearch-best-ai-video-generation-tools.
Why it matters to ai-video-generation
Veo is the Western "film-grade" name Grokipedia still leads with. Independent Elo plus official prices show Standard is a poor quality-per-dollar buy versus Omni Flash and versus Veo's own Fast/Lite SKUs.
Key facts
- Vendor: Google (Gemini API / Vertex).
- Official paid-tier prices (video + audio, per second): Standard $0.40 (720p/1080p) / $0.60 (4K); Fast $0.10 / $0.12 / $0.30; Lite $0.05 (720p) / $0.08 (1080p), no 4K.
- AA T2V with audio (2026-08-18): Veo 3.1 and Veo 3.1 Fast both Elo 1,089; Lite 1,087 — ranks 11–15. API $/min on AA: $24.00 / $9.00 / $4.80.
- On Runway: Veo 3.1 with audio is 40 credits/sec vs Omni Flash 10/sec.
Strengths (from our perspective)
- Lite is among the cheapest Western mid-pack APIs on AA.
- 4K is on the official Standard/Fast menu (Lite excluded).
Weaknesses (from our perspective)
- Standard costs 4× Omni Flash for ~150 fewer Elo points on T2V-with-audio.
- Fast and Lite sit in the same Elo band as Standard — paying Standard is hard to justify from this source.
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