Veo 3.1 API Pricing: Official Google Veo API vs Google Flow API
4 min read • October 20, 2026 (November 6, 2026)
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Introduction
Through the useapi.net Google Flow API, Veo 3.1 runs on your Google Flow website subscription (Google AI Pro or Ultra), so you pay the subscription and nothing per second.
Price per video
What one 8-second 720p Veo 3.1 video with sound costs on Google’s own Veo API, Agent Platform on Google Cloud, priced per second (“per count” there), and on each Google Flow subscription. Each Google Flow subscription comes with a monthly number of credits, and each video uses a set number of them, so a video costs its share of the subscription.
| Model | Official API | Ultra $199.99/m 25,000 cr/mo | Ultra $99.99/m 10,000 cr/mo | Pro $19.99/m 1,000 cr/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 Fast 720p, 8s | $0.80 $0.10 a second | $0.08 / 10 cr 2,500 videos/mo | $0.10 / 10 cr 1,000 videos/mo | $0.40 / 20 cr 50 videos/mo |
| Veo 3.1 Quality 720p, 8s | $3.20 $0.40 a second | $0.80 / 100 cr 250 videos/mo | $1.00 / 100 cr 100 videos/mo | $2.00 / 100 cr 10 videos/mo |
| Veo 3.1 Lite 720p, 8s | $0.40 $0.05 a second | $0.04 / 5 cr 5,000 videos/mo | $0.05 / 5 cr 2,000 videos/mo | $0.20 / 10 cr 100 videos/mo |
| Veo 3.1 Lite lower priority, 720p, 8s | — | $0 / 0 cr about 1,000 or more videos a day | — | — |
- 1080p costs nothing extra on Google Flow with a paid subscription (upscale), while the official Veo API charges $0.96 for a 1080p Fast video.
- 4K upscaling on Ultra costs 50 credits ($0.50 on Ultra $99.99), so a 4K Fast video comes to $0.60 and a 4K Quality video $1.50, against $2.40 and $4.80 on the official Veo API.
- With more than one subscription, one useapi.net token works with all of them and spreads your videos across them automatically.
- Prices are US prices from Google’s subscription page and its Flow credits page.
Google’s own Veo API
Google’s own Veo API is Agent Platform on Google Cloud (formerly Vertex AI), and it needs a Google Cloud project with billing. The Gemini API no longer has Veo 3.1: Google shut down its Veo 3.1 Preview models on October 22, 2026.
The Google Flow API runs Veo 3.1 on Google Flow with your Google AI subscription, with no Google Cloud project. Google’s suggested replacement, Omni Flash, runs there too: Omni 1.1 Flash on a paid Google AI subscription (Plus, Pro or Ultra), and Omni 1.2 Flash, released on November 5, 2026, on every plan, with videos of 3 to 15 seconds and extend in steps of up to 10 seconds.
Examples
Veo 3.1 videos made through the Google Flow API, from our release notes. To make your own, POST /videos has ready-to-run code, and the Veo 3.1 tutorial walks through a first video. In our runs on October 20, 2026, an 8-second video took 50 to 105 seconds.
veo-3.1-fast » Lady and her dog, with AI voice narration
From Veo 3.1 Lite and Voice Narration.
veo-3.1-fast » Dancing cha-cha (portrait reference-to-video)
From Veo 3.1 Portrait R2V.
More on YouTube: Veo 3.1 extend and concatenate.
Questions
How much does the Veo 3.1 API cost?
Through useapi.net on Google Flow with Google AI Ultra $199.99, an 8-second Veo 3.1 Quality video costs $0.80 and a Lite video $0.04, against $3.20 and $0.40 on the official Veo API. The same subscription also includes Veo 3.1 Lite at lower priority for $0, about 1,000 or more videos a day (as of November 2026). See Price per video.
Is Veo 3.1 still on the Gemini API?
Through useapi.net, Veo 3.1 runs on Google Flow with a Google AI subscription. The Gemini API no longer has it: Google shut down its Veo 3.1 Preview models there on October 22, 2026, and Google’s own Veo API is now Agent Platform on Google Cloud, which needs a Google Cloud project and a billing account. The Google Flow API needs neither, only a Google AI plan and a useapi.net token.
What is the cheapest way to run Veo 3.1 at volume?
Through useapi.net, connect several Google AI Ultra $199.99 subscriptions and one token spreads your jobs across them. 4K costs 50 extra credits there, so a 4K Fast video comes to about $0.48, against $2.40 on the official Veo API (as of November 2026). See Price per video.
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