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Veo

Google DeepMind's video generation model: it turns a text prompt or a still image into a short video clip with generated sound.

What Veo is

Written from its maker's own pages, read on 28 October 2026.

Veo is a family of video generation models made by Google DeepMind. A video generation model is a neural network that produces a video clip from a text prompt and, optionally, from reference images. Veo 3.1, the current line, generates the audio together with the picture: sound effects, ambient noise and dialogue.

Veo 3.1 supports text to video, image to video, and video between a given first and last frame; it can also extend a video and use reference images of assets. Clips are 4, 6 or 8 seconds long at 24 frames per second, in 16:9 or 9:16, at 720p, 1080p or (for the main model) 4K, and come as MP4 files. One prompt can return up to 4 videos. People use Veo in the Gemini app and in Google Flow. Developers call Veo 3.1 and its Fast and Lite variants through Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, formerly Vertex AI; the Veo 3.1 preview in the separate Gemini API was shut down on 22 October 2026.

On Google Cloud, Veo is billed per use, with prices that depend on the variant, the resolution and whether audio is generated.

Made by
Google DeepMind
Price
Pay per use on Google Cloud: US$0.40 per billed unit ("1 count" on the price list) for Veo 3.1 video with audio at 720p or 1080p; US$0.20 without audio (read 28 October 2026)
Free plan
new Google Cloud customers get US$300 in free credits

Who uses it, and for what

One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.

StoryWhat it does thereWhenCost statedGradeSource
Photo AIOne of the video models that the product selects from for image-to-video. Google video modelCPhoto AI product page, read 12 October 2026
Vid.AIVideo model for the 5-second intros and moving images on the Plus and Pro plans. Veo 3.1 FastCVid.AI pricing page and home page, read 13 October 2026
StoryShortOne of five video models that the FAQ names for making the clips. video clipsCStoryShort home page, read 16 October 2026
DraftlyMakes the 8-second motion video that every site turns into scroll frames. Veo 3.1, Veo 3.1 FastCDraftly documentation: video generation

Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.

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