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Veo 3.1 Fast
Veo 3.1 quality at a fraction of the price and wait, with native audio.
- Length
- 4 to 8 s
- Resolution
- 720p, 1080p, 4K
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9, 9:16
- References
- Up to 2 image files
About Veo 3.1 Fast
Veo 3.1 Fast is the faster, lower-cost version of Google's Veo 3.1, priced at $0.25 per second against $0.50 per second for the full model. Nothing is taken away from the controls: it runs as text to video, image to video and start and end frame, from 4 seconds to 8 seconds, at 720p, 1080p and 4K, with audio generated with the picture.
What changes is cost and wait. A typical generation takes about 1 min, against about 2 min for Veo 3.1, and every setting costs less: $3.00 for the longest clip with sound at 720p, or $2.00 without sound.
Good for
- Veo shots with sound when the budget or the wait matters more than the full model
- Trying several versions of a prompt before committing to one
Getting good results
- In proportion, the saving is largest below 4K: $3.00 here against $8.00 on Veo 3.1 for the same settings.
- For a subject that must match your photos, use Veo 3.1 Reference: Fast has no reference-image mode here.
Veo 3.1 Fast questions
How much cheaper is Veo 3.1 Fast than Veo 3.1?
Its lowest rate is $0.25 per second, against $0.50 per second for Veo 3.1. With audio at 4K, $7.00 against $12.00.
Does Veo 3.1 Fast keep the Veo 3.1 settings?
Yes: the same modes (text to video, image to video and start and end frame), lengths from 4 seconds to 8 seconds, resolutions (720p, 1080p and 4K), shapes (16:9 and 9:16) and sound generated with the video.