Veo 3.1 Lite

Capabilities

What it costs in credits

Derived from the same pricing source the app charges against, so these figures and the cost preview on the generation screen can never disagree.

Credits come from your plan and from credit packs. See the pricing page for the plan ladder.

When to use Veo 3.1 Lite

Veo 3.1 Lite is the cheapest way to generate video with native audio in the whole catalogue, and it is the model most people should be using most of the time. It keeps the parts of Veo that matter for everyday social work, text and image input, keyframe support with first and last frame control, two resolutions and an optional audio toggle, and drops the reference image stack, the extend capability and the 4K tier. For a nine by sixteen clip that is going to be watched on a phone, none of those absences are felt. What you get instead is the Veo look and Veo's prompt adherence at a fraction of the flagship's cost, which changes how you work: you can afford to generate three versions of a shot and pick one instead of trying to get the first one right. It is the natural drafting partner for Veo 3.1, since the prompt shape is the same and a settled Lite prompt moves to the flagship without rework. Reach for the flagship instead when you need 4K, when you need reference images to lock a character or a product, or when you need to extend a take rather than regenerate it. Reach for Seedance if you need more than eight seconds in a single clip, because Lite's duration menu is short. For daily posting, hook testing, autopilot runs and anything where volume beats polish, this is the default and the rest of the catalogue is the exception. If you are new to the platform and unsure where to start with video, start here, because it is cheap enough to learn on and good enough to publish.

Best for

• Daily social posting at volume
• Drafting a prompt that will finish on Veo 3.1
• Autopilot runs where cost per post is the constraint

Other models to consider