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Enter usable videos, length, retries, resolution, audio, and how you plan to use them.
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9 families · 26 routes
Delivery
Cheapest comparable route
SubscriptionGoogle AI Pro + Flow
Veo 3.1 Fast
$19.99
$1.00 per usable video
40
generations
320s
billed output
Fits
your budget
Why this route ranks first
Manual creation in Google Flow at the US monthly list price. The plan includes 1,000 credits; Fast costs 20 credits per generation. It saves up to $204.01 per month versus the highest-cost compatible route. Only routes with a comparable cash billing amount participate in this ranking.
Next best options
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Veo 3.1 Lite via Google
Official API
$25.60
within budget
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Veo 3.1 Lite via fal
Third-party API
$25.60
within budget
Published rates · not ranked
Billing rules Kling 3.0 Turbo via Kling AI
Official API · prepaid package floor unavailable
$44.80
usage-rate estimate
Kling 3.0 via Kling AI
Official API · prepaid package floor unavailable
$53.76
usage-rate estimate
Kling 3.0 Omni via Kling AI
Official API · prepaid package floor unavailable
$44.80
usage-rate estimate
LTX-2.3 via fal
Official API · prepaid package floor unavailable
$19.20
usage-rate estimate
The official page publishes a per-second list rate, but the prepaid resource-package purchase amount needed to calculate cash outlay is not publicly comparable.
800/1,000 credits · 1 × 8s for each 8s attemptRates checked Aug 26, 2026
USD list-price comparison only. Estimates use the cheapest supported clip combination and assume clips can be trimmed and stitched. Confirm regional availability, billing currency, and taxes; editing, storage, and failed requests outside your retry estimate are excluded.
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Text-to-speech cost
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