Google put Veo 3.1 Lite into Gemini API and AI Studio with 720p and 1080p generation, 4-8 second clips, and lower per-second pricing than Veo 3.1 Fast. The release materially lowers video-generation costs for API prototyping and batch workflows.
Veo 3.1 Lite is Google's new low-cost entry in the Veo family, and the pricing delta is the real story. The launch thread describes it as Google's "most cost efficient video generation model," while the [img:2|pricing table] breaks out the actual numbers: $0.05/sec at 720p and $0.08/sec at 1080p for Lite, versus Veo 3.1 Fast at $0.15/sec today, dropping on April 7 to $0.10/sec at 720p and $0.12/sec at 1080p; 4K remains unavailable on Lite but stays on Fast and Quality.
The feature set is constrained but usable for product workflows. Google's launch blog and the blog pointer say Lite supports both text-to-video and image-to-video, landscape 16:9 and portrait 9:16 output, and 4, 6, or 8 second clip lengths. Community testing lined up with the positioning: DynamicWebPaige's developer notes calls it "smaller, faster, cheaper" while keeping Veo 3.1 capabilities such as audio, and a separate docs pointer pricing docs confirms the model is listed in Gemini API pricing.
Google shipped Veo 3.1 Lite into both Gemini API and AI Studio at launch, with AI Studio exposed through Google's video prompt UI. That makes the release relevant for both interactive prompt iteration and API-backed generation pipelines, especially because the lower per-second pricing changes the economics of generating many short clips rather than a few expensive ones.
Third-party availability arrived quickly. Fal's fal docs says the model is already wrapped for text-to-video, image-to-video, and first-last-frame-to-video, with HTTP API plus Python and JavaScript client-library examples in the linked model pages text-to-video and first-last-frame. That expands the launch from a Google-first model drop into something developers can slot into existing inference providers without waiting for their own integration work.
The early practitioner read is that Lite is good enough for high-volume "stock video" style generation, where broad scene control matters more than exact text rendering. In DynamicWebPaige's usage example, it is "especially powerful" for that kind of footage, which fits the product positioning: cheap, short, API-accessible clips for prototyping, ads, and bulk creative generation rather than maximum-fidelity 4K output.
Video’s here to stay - introducing Veo 3.1 Lite, our most cost efficient video generation model to date, and on April 7th we are also reducing the price for Veo 3.1 Fast : )
🚨 Veo 3.1 Lite is now live on fal! 🎬 Text-to-video, image-to-video, first–last-frame-to-video 📺 720p & 1080p with 4, 6, or 8 second options 💰 $0.05/s @ 720p • $0.08/s @ 1080p
📽️ veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview is here! Smaller, faster, cheaper and still all of the great video generation features from Veo 3.1 that you know and love (ex: background sound effects and audio). Paid tier, per second: $0.05 (720p) $0.08 (1080p) (4k output not supported)
