Google Veo

Google Veo is Google's generative video model. You describe a scene in text or feed it a still image, and it produces short cinematic clips with matching audio generated in the same pass rather than added afterwards.

The current version is Veo 3.1, offered in Lite, Fast and Standard (Quality) variants. Google has also begun rolling out Gemini Omni, a newer video generation and editing model line that now appears alongside Veo in some Google AI plan tiers. Veo 3.1 remains available in Google Flow, the Gemini app, Vertex AI and the Gemini API.

On capability, Veo 3.1 handles both text-to-video and image-to-video, produces clips up to around 8 seconds in Flow, and generates synchronized audio in the same generation step. It is accessible inside Google Flow, through the Gemini app, and via the Vertex AI and Gemini APIs for developers.

There is no confirmed free tier for Veo 3.1 specifically. On the Gemini API, pricing is per second of generated video and varies by resolution: Veo 3.1 Lite costs $0.05 per second at 720p and $0.08 at 1080p; Fast costs $0.10 at 720p, $0.12 at 1080p and $0.30 at 4k; Standard costs $0.40 at 720p or 1080p and $0.60 at 4k. Consumer access runs through Google AI Plus, Pro, Ultra 5x and Ultra 20x subscriptions, each with its own monthly Flow generation allowance, but exact dollar pricing for these consumer tiers was not verifiable in USD at the time of review.

Main limitations: clip length is capped at a few seconds, there is no verified free way to use Veo itself, consumer subscription pricing is not transparently published, and the Gemini API model IDs for Veo 3.1 are still marked as preview. Google is also positioning Gemini Omni, which supports longer 10-second clips and video editing, as its newer video model.

Veo 3.1 suits developers who want predictable per-second, per-resolution API billing, and teams already on a Google AI subscription who need audio-complete video clips inside Flow or the Gemini app. It is not a fit for anyone looking for a no-cost way to generate video.