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Google: Veo 3.1 Lite

google/veo-3.1-lite

Our take

AI-assisted analysis based on the sources below. Suitability is an editorial assessment; test it on your own workload.

According to the OpenRouter catalog, google/veo-3.1-lite is a Google video generation model that accepts text or image prompts and outputs video. The catalog description presents it as Google's most cost-effective option in this line, aimed at high-volume work and rapid iteration, and states that it produces 720p and 1080p video with native synchronized audio. No independent model card was available in this source pack, and the catalog's benchmark fields are empty, so all capability claims are source-reported rather than measured.[1]

Strengths

Accepts both text and image prompts and generates video output, per the OpenRouter catalog entry.[1]
Catalog description reports 720p and 1080p output with native synchronized audio.[1]
Exposes generation controls including seed, temperature, top_p, max_tokens and response_format.[1]

Limitations

Evidence is limited to a single OpenRouter catalog record; no independent model card was available in this source pack.[1]
No measured performance data: the catalog's benchmark fields are empty, and video duration, licensing and safety details are not documented.[1]

Where to use it

High-volume video generation where per-clip cost and iteration speed matter, if the catalog's cost positioning holds in practice.[1]
Rapid prototyping of text-to-video or image-to-video concepts with audio; validate quality on your own workload first.[1]

Sources

[1] OpenRouter catalog · Google: Veo 3.1 LiteSources checked: Nov 13, 2026

About this model

Description below is the original text supplied by OpenRouter, shown in the source language.

Google's most cost-effective video generation model, designed for high-volume applications and rapid iteration. Veo 3.1 Lite generates 720p and 1080p video from text or image prompts with native synchronized audio...

Specifications

Model ID: google/veo-3.1-lite
Canonical ID: google/veo-3.1-lite-20260331
Creator: google
Added to OpenRouter: 23.04.2026
Context length: 0
Modality: text+image->video
Input modalities: text, image
Output modalities: video
Token pricing: No per-token price in the source snapshot — see OpenRouter for the billing unit
Knowledge cutoff: —
Expiration date: —

Tasks and capabilities

A grade appears only where the source supplies a matching measurement for that task, the model is active and the cohort holds at least 10 comparable models. The capability column lists facts the source declares — supported formats, reasoning and tool parameters — which are not measured quality.

Task	Grade	Source-declared capability
General quality	No measurement	—
Coding	No measurement	—
Agents	No measurement	—
Writing	No measurement	—
Reasoning	No measurement	—
Document analysis	No measurement	—
Vision	No measurement	input: image
Image generation	No measurement	—
Audio	No measurement	—
Video	No measurement	output: video
Embeddings	No measurement	—

Evaluations

No evaluations are supplied for this model.

How grades work

Each letter grade compares a model only against other models scored by the same source and metric in the current snapshot. S means the top 10%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the rest. Models without a published measurement are shown as not rated — a supported format alone never implies measured quality.

S — S — top 10% of the cohort
A — A — next 20% of the cohort
B — B — next 30% of the cohort
C — C — below the B band

Providers

Optional live provider statistics from OpenRouter. Missing values are unknown, not zero.

Provider	Context length	Price in /1M	Price out /1M	Latency p50 (30m, s)	Throughput p50 (30m, tok/s)	Uptime (30m)
Google	0	—	—	—	—	100%

Provider data retrieved: 13.11.2026

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