# Google Veo 3.1 Lite

> Google Veo 3.1 Lite is available on Artifio.ai — a unified AI workspace with a single pay-as-you-go wallet.

- Canonical page: https://artifio.ai/models/veo3_lite
- Run it: https://artifio.ai/create/veo3_lite
- Modality: prompt to video
- Model brand: google
- Pricing: from about $0.150 per generation (exact cost shown in the workspace before you confirm; varies with selected options)
- Typical generation time: ~240s (catalogue estimate)
- Full pricing table: https://artifio.ai/pricing/models

## About Google Veo 3.1 Lite

Veo 3.1 Lite is the high-efficiency tier of Google's Veo 3.1 video family, introduced in 2026 as what Google calls its most cost-effective video model. It costs less than half of Veo 3.1 Fast while running at the same speed, and is aimed at developers building high-volume video applications on the Gemini API's paid tier and in Google AI Studio.

Despite the budget positioning it keeps the family's core output: video with audio, generated from either a text prompt or an image.

## Features

- Text-to-video and image-to-video generation, with audio included in the output.
- Resolutions of 720p and 1080p.
- Landscape 16:9 and portrait 9:16 aspect ratios.
- Clip durations of 4, 6 or 8 seconds, with pricing scaled to length.
- Text prompts up to 1,024 tokens; one video returned per request.
- Priced below half of Veo 3.1 Fast at equivalent generation speed.

## What people use it for

- High-volume programmatic video inside apps and services, the workload Google names as the design target.
- Social-content pipelines that need many short clips in both portrait and landscape.
- Cheap large-scale experimentation before promoting a prompt to the Fast or standard tiers.
- Product features that embed generated clips where per-unit cost decides feasibility.

## Reported strengths

- The lowest-cost entry point to the Veo 3.1 model line, per Google's own positioning.
- Matches Veo 3.1 Fast on speed while costing less than half as much.
- Keeps audio generation and both input modes rather than shipping a silent, text-only cut-down.
- Native 9:16 portrait support out of the box for mobile-first formats.

## Reported limitations

- No 4K output; the documented ceiling is 1080p.
- No scene extension, so clips cannot be chained into longer sequences the way the flagship tier allows.
- One video per request and a 1,024-token prompt cap constrain batch ergonomics and very detailed prompts.
- Released as a preview model, so its interface and specs can still change before general availability.

## Sources

1. How developers can use Veo 3.1 Lite for AI video generation (Google): https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/veo-3-1-lite/
2. Veo 3.1 Lite Preview - Gemini API (Google AI for Developers): https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview

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