Veo 3.1 Pricing: Cost Per Second, Per Video, and Per Month

Official Google Veo 3.1 pricing in 2026

Google sells Veo 3.1 two ways: metered per-second billing on its developer platforms, and bundled subscription allowances in the Flow app. Both get expensive fast — the per-second rate because every retry costs another $6.00, and the subscriptions because the only step above the capped $19.99 plan is a $249.99 one.

Veo 3.1 cost per second: every access route compared

Per-second cost is the cleanest way to compare providers, because every route ultimately bills you for seconds of finished video. Here is where each option lands as of 2026, using an 8-second clip with audio as the yardstick (Veo3Gen figures span its cheapest and most expensive credit rates, $0.055–$0.083 per credit):

Two details matter when you translate per-second rates into a real budget. First, shorter clips are discounted: a 4-second video costs 0.5× and a 6-second video 0.75× of the 8-second credit price, so quick iteration rounds are cheap. Second, 4K output is available on Veo 3.1 (22 credits on Fast, 38 on Quality per 8 seconds) — even the 4K Quality tier lands around $2.09–$3.15 per video, still roughly half of Google's 1080p price.

Cheap Veo 3.1 plans: credit packs and subscriptions

Veo3Gen sells the same Veo 3.1 models on credits instead of metered dollars. One-time packs suit occasional projects; monthly subscriptions give more credits per dollar if you generate regularly. Full details live on the pricing page:

Every plan includes native audio, 720p/1080p output, and access to all three Veo 3.1 tiers — you choose Lite, Fast, or Quality per generation, so one credit balance stretches across drafts and finals. Credits are valid for at least 30 days from purchase (see Terms), there is no daily cap, and only successful generations are charged. Developers get the same credit rates through the Veo 3.1 API, so the table above doubles as API pricing.

What Veo 3.1 costs at your monthly volume

The gap compounds with volume. Here is the same workload — 8-second Fast videos with audio — priced through Google's metered API versus the matching Veo3Gen plan:

At 50 videos a month you save about $260 monthly — over $3,100 a year — and the heavy tier saves more than $12,000 a year. Drafting on Lite (3 credits) and reserving Fast or Quality for final renders stretches those budgets 2–3× further. If you are currently paying for Google Flow instead of the API, the math is similar: see our Google Flow credits breakdown for that comparison.