Magic Hour vs Elyumfor Veo 3.1
Elyum charges Veo 3.1 only on a keep, while Magic Hour deducts credits up front and does not publish the per-clip price.
Veo 3.1 is Google DeepMind's cinematic video model, released October 15, 2025 as the follow-up to May's Veo 3. It writes dialogue, effects, and ambience in the same take, and image-to-video is a stated 3.1 upgrade. On Elyum the Veo 3.1 page is text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video, 4 to 8 seconds, at 720p, 1080p, or 4K. That duration is what the model ships in. One beat. Native audio. Not a sequence.
Price is the first split. Elyum posts Veo 3.1 by the second on the pricing page and charges only a keep. Magic Hour sells annual credit pools (Creator $19/mo or $12/mo yearly, Pro $39/mo, Business $99/mo) at 0.25 cents per credit, and it does not publish a flat Veo 3.1 clip price. Bad takes split next. We refund a kill in full (one kill a month on Free, freely on paid). Magic Hour's failed-generation terms were not extracted, so they stay unstated. Limits diverge. Elyum runs 4 to 8 seconds at 720p, 1080p, or 4K. Magic Hour caps export quality by plan (Creator 1024px, Pro 1472px, Business 4K) and watermarks free video and audio.
Elyum is a generation studio, not an editor. No timeline, no stock footage, no avatars, no mobile app, no team seats. If you need face swap or lip sync in the same tab as Veo 3.1, Magic Hour is the broader kit. Read the Magic Hour alternative page for the platform contrast, or Higgsfield vs Elyum for Veo 3.1 if that is the other tab you have open.
Veo 3.1 on Magic Hour
Magic Hour lists Veo 3.1 on its Veo 3.1 model page, with and without audio. Every plan includes every tool, so the model is not Pro-gated. Magic Hour's pricing page lists Creator at $19/mo ($12/mo yearly, 144,000 credits/year, 1024px), Pro at $39/mo ($25/mo yearly, 300,000 credits/year, 1472px), and Business at $99/mo ($66/mo yearly, 840,000 credits/year, 4K). Paid exports are watermark-free. Free video and audio may carry a watermark. Third-party reviews cite 400 starter credits; that figure is not on the official pricing page.
A per-clip Veo 3.1 price is not published. An OutlierKit review called Magic Hour's credit usage and pricing structure confusing, and other model pages have listed price as TBD until you generate. What a bad Veo 3.1 render costs on Magic Hour is not in the research. Failed-generation terms were not extracted. Pay-as-you-go packs run $10 for 4,000 credits through $160 for 64,000, at $1 = 400 credits. Paid subscribers may use outputs commercially under Magic Hour's Terms. The REST API is billed separately from the web plan.
Veo 3.1 on Elyum
On Elyum, Veo 3.1 is 4 to 8 seconds at 720p, 1080p, or 4K, as text-to-video, image-to-video, or reference-to-video. A 5s keep is 105 credits ($1.05) at 720p, 145 credits ($1.45) at 1080p, or 300 credits ($3.00) at 4K. Eight seconds is 168 credits ($1.68), 232 credits ($2.32), or 480 credits ($4.80). Per-second rates are 21, 29, and 60.
Every render returns as a free preview (a take). You keep the ones you want, and that is the only moment credits move, or you kill the rest for a full automatic refund. A failed generation is never charged. Free meters kills lightly (one a month). Plus ($9/mo), Pro ($29/mo), and Ultra ($69/mo) kill freely. Kept takes download full quality, no watermark, commercial use included. Preview files are for judging, not shipping. 1 credit equals $0.01. Drive it from the web studio or from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via the MCP server and a REST API.
What a Veo 3.1 take costs
| Scenario | Magic Hour | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 5s 720p take you keep | Not published | 105 credits ($1.05) |
| One 5s 1080p take you keep | Not published | 145 credits ($1.45) |
| Ten 5s 720p previews, keep two | Not published; credits deduct per generate | 2 × 105 credits = 210 credits ($2.10) |
| A failed generation | Not published | Never charged; kill refunds in full |
| Monthly plan needed for Veo 3.1 | None; every plan includes every tool | Free, up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card |
| Watermark on the downloaded file | Free video/audio may; paid plans: none | None on kept takes |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Magic Hour figures from its own pricing pages and independent reviews, verified 2026-09-07; sources at the end. Full rate card on the Veo 3.1 page.
Where the two differ
Elyum prices Veo 3.1 per second and charges only when you keep. Magic Hour sells annual credit pools plus packs at 0.25 cents per credit, and does not publish a flat Veo 3.1 clip price.
On Elyum a preview is free, a kill refunds in full, and a failed generation is never charged (one kill a month on Free). Magic Hour's failed-generation terms were not extracted, so the cost of an unusable take there stays unstated.
Elyum runs Veo 3.1 for 4 to 8 seconds at 720p, 1080p, or 4K. Magic Hour caps export quality by plan (Creator 1024px, Pro 1472px, Business 4K). A Veo 3.1 duration on Magic Hour is not in the research.
Magic Hour includes face swap, lip sync, character replacement, and a wide third-party model list in one browser app. Elyum is one studio and one credit balance across 50+ models. It has no timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, mobile app, or team seats. See the models catalog.
Both offer a REST API. Elyum also runs from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via MCP. Magic Hour reports 99.9% API uptime on its marketing page, with API usage priced separately from the web subscription.
Kept Elyum takes download clean, with commercial use included. Magic Hour paid subscribers may use outputs commercially under its Terms; paid exports are watermark-free. Free video and audio may include a watermark. Free-tier commercial terms were not fully specified.
Pick Magic Hour when
- You want face swap, lip sync, or character replacement in the same product as Veo 3.1.
- You want every tool on every plan, with differences limited to credits, export caps, and queue.
- You already buy Magic Hour annual pools or $10 to $160 credit packs, and you use its REST API.
- You also need models listed on Magic Hour such as Sora 2 or LTX 2.3, which sit outside this Veo page.
Pick Elyum when
- You want a published Veo 3.1 keep price at 720p, 1080p, and 4K before you hit generate.
- You iterate: preview is free, you pay only keeps, and a kill refunds the rest in full.
- You work from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor through Elyum MCP, on one balance across 50+ models.
- You want a kept file with no watermark and commercial use, including on the Free 150-credit grant.
Veo 3.1 in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Veo 3.1
- Put spoken lines in quotation marks and name the speaker. Veo 3.1 writes dialogue in the same take as the picture. If speech is only implied, you often get room tone and effects, not the line.
- Budget the clip as one beat. Four to eight seconds holds one camera move, one action, and one line. A second location or a wardrobe change in the same prompt usually collapses.
- Call lens and move the way a shot list would: 35mm locked off, slow dolly in, handheld follow at chest height. Lighting beats a mood adjective. Name the key (window, practical, overcast).
- For image-to-video, describe only motion the still can support: hair, cloth, a head turn, weather. Do not invent props or a second face. Use reference-to-video when a face, product, or look must hold.
- Score the take in three layers: the line, one or two effects, then ambience. Google's October 2025 3.1 notes call out richer native audio and synchronized effects. A crowded cue sheet buries speech.
- Set aspect ratio for the blocking, not after the fact. A 9:16 close-up needs different eyelines than a 16:9 track. If you start from a still, match the frame so the model does not crop the subject off.
Frequently asked questions
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