What a second of Veo 3 costs, on each page that prints a figure
Google's API page prints Veo by tier: $0.05 a second on Veo 3.1 Lite, $0.10 on Fast at 720p, $0.40 on Standard and $0.60 at 4K, charged only when a video is generated. Flow sells the same models as a subscription metered in credits, which is a different product. As of 2026-10-13.
1What this ledger already records
Every Veo figure this register holds: the four API tiers, the billing condition that travels with them, and the two reseller figures with the basis one of them states.
- Veo 3.1 Lite$0.05 per secondthe lowest published Veo rate
- Veo 3.1 Fast at 720p$0.10 per second
- Veo 3.1 Standard at 720p and 1080p$0.40 per second
- Veo 3.1 Standard at 4K$0.60 per second
- What a failed generation costsCharged only when the video is generated successfullystated on the price page
- Veo 3$0.4 per second
- Veo 3.1 Fast$0.15 per second
- The assumption printed under the comparisonFigures rest on an estimated average video of 5 seconds at 720p, and the page says actual output may vary by model, resolution and prompt complexity
2The API rate, tier by tier
Google's API pricing page prints a figure against each Veo tier: $0.05 a second on Veo 3.1 Lite, $0.10 on Fast at 720p, $0.40 on Standard across 720p and 1080p, and $0.60 on Standard at 4K. A twelvefold spread sits inside one model line, and the tier table is the only place it appears — a comparison that quotes one Veo price has quoted a choice somebody made inside the ladder.
The same page carries the one billing condition in this register that prices failure correctly: the charge lands only when the video is generated successfully. For a production discarding attempts, that line is worth more than a small discount on the rate, and it is the kind of sentence a budget should quote back when a vendor's figure looks higher than a competitor's.
3What a Flow subscription prices instead
Flow sells the same models inside a subscription: free with a Google account at 50 daily credits, Google AI Plus at $4.99 a month adding 200 monthly credits, AI Pro at $19.99 adding 1,000, and AI Ultra at $99.99 adding 10,000. Characters and avatars are generated from references, which is the subscription's answer to keeping a face across shots.
Nothing on that page converts a credit into a second, and the page says its features vary by subscription tier, platform and region. So the two Google pages describe two products: access with a credit allowance, and output priced by the second. This ledger records only the second as a rate, and treats the subscription the way it treats every monthly allowance — as something that cannot be divided into a per-second figure without guessing how much of it gets used.
4The same model, two resellers, and the basis one of them prints
fal prints $0.4 a second for Veo 3 and states the ground its figures rest on: an estimated average video of 5 seconds at 720p, with actual output varying by model, resolution and prompt complexity. WaveSpeed prints $0.15 a second for Veo 3.1 Fast. Read beside Google's own $0.10 for Fast at 720p, the three figures describe three different things, and only one of them says so.
That is the whole argument for a basis column. A figure with a stated assumption can be challenged and corrected; a figure without one cannot, and it will usually be the one quoted in a comparison. Where a reseller's page names a model version and a tier, this register records both, because the same model name at a different resolution is a different price.
5What the threads ask about Veo now
The r/aivideo material collected for this column counts Veo posts, comment mentions and the share of model names read; the tables below carry the figures as counted. The threads themselves have moved from what Veo can do to whether people are still using it, and a second theme asks whether a cheaper version with free tries would bring them back.
Neither question is answerable from a price page, and this page does not pretend otherwise. What can be said from published material is narrower: the API figure is unchanged and tiered, the subscription allowance resets daily and monthly, and the condition on failed generations still stands in Veo's favour against most of the register.
6What each maker prints on its own pages
| Maker | What its own page states | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Google Flow | Not stated on the pages read | 2026-10-13 |
| SceneMixer | “480P is the default and is genuinely fine on a phone; 720P is the usual upgrade when the series is working.” | 2026-10-13 |
Inclusion rule. Rows are the makers named on this page plus one pipeline this register meters seconds on. A maker's cell carries its own price line, summarised in that page's wording; the pipeline's cell is one sentence quoted from its published guides. A page that carries no figure for the point is recorded that way rather than estimated. Order. Alphabetical by maker.
7What the threads counted
Two kinds of number below: what the threads posted about Veo, and how much of the model material read in that subreddit named it.
| Maker | Posts | Comment mentions | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo | 4456 | 705 | 211 | 78 |
Inclusion rule. Makers named on this page that the collection counted. Positive and negative tally the posts read, and a post arguing with itself can land in both. Order. Descending by posts.
| Model family | Share of posts | Posts counted |
|---|---|---|
| Veo | 12.5% | 2256 |
Inclusion rule. Model families the collection put a share against, out of the posts it read in that subreddit. Order. Descending by share.
Is anyone still using Veo 3.1?
r/VEO3, collected 2026-10-14
Would cheaper Veo 3.1 with free tries win you back?
r/VEO3, collected 2026-10-14
8When the other tool is the better buy
- Failed generations are the larger line item — Veo's page is the one in this register that charges only on success, which matters most to productions whose attempt ratio is high rather than to those with a short shot list.
- The work is already inside Google's subscription — Flow's free tier carries 50 daily credits and the paid tiers add monthly ones, so a team already paying for AI Pro is buying access it can use tonight rather than a rate card.
- References are the way the cast is held — Characters and avatars are built from references inside Flow, which is the same mechanism this register tracks elsewhere as reference sheets and elements.
Searches like "veo 3 price" land here. Beside it: Kling AI pricing and Krea against the second.