Veo 3.1 Fast
The Veo look, faster and cheaper. By Google.
google/veo-3.1-fast/video-extend
const res = await fetch("https://api.elyum.ai/v1/generations", { method: "POST", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ELYUM_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", Prefer: "wait=55", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "model": "google/veo-3.1-fast/video-extend", "prompt": "A slow push-in on a lighthouse at dusk, waves breaking below", "inputs": [ { "role": "source", "url": "https://example.com/clip.mp4" } ] }),});const generation = await res.json();console.log(generation.status, generation.outputs);Result
$0.14 at 720p, $0.20 at 1080p and $0.43 at 4K per second of video. Charged when the file is delivered; a render that fails or is canceled costs nothing.
Veo 3.1 Fast video extend uses the model id google/veo-3.1-fast/video-extend. The Veo look, faster and cheaper
1. Calling the API
Endpoint
Send a POST to https://api.elyum.ai/v1/generations with a JSON body matching the parameters below. Every model uses the same endpoint; the model field picks this one.
const res = await fetch("https://api.elyum.ai/v1/generations", { method: "POST", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ELYUM_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", Prefer: "wait=55", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "model": "google/veo-3.1-fast/video-extend", "prompt": "A slow push-in on a lighthouse at dusk, waves breaking below", "inputs": [ { "role": "source", "url": "https://example.com/clip.mp4" } ] }),});const generation = await res.json();console.log(generation.status, generation.outputs);Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
model | string | Yes | — | google/veo-3.1-fast/video-extend, or google/veo-3.1-fast to let your inputs pick the task. |
prompt | string | Yes | — | Sent to the model as written, never shortened. |
inputs | array | Yes | — | Files the task takes, each with a role and a url or file. See Inputs. |
duration | number | No | — | 1 to 30, whole numbers |
max_usd | number | No | — | Refuse the render, with nothing held, if it would cost more than this many dollars. |
metadata | object | No | — | Up to 16 string pairs, echoed back on the generation. |
A value outside these lists is refused with a 400 naming the field, before anything is charged. Nothing is quietly rounded or dropped.
Inputs
| Role | Types | Required | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
source | video | Yes | — |
Cite an input in the prompt by type and order (@image1, @video1, @audio1), or give it a name and cite @name. An input outside these limits is refused with a 400 naming it, before anything is charged.
2. Authentication
API key
Create a key on Keys with the generate and spend scopes and send it as a bearer token. Keep it on your server; never send it to a browser.
Authorization: Bearer $ELYUM_API_KEY3. Queue
Submit and wait
With Prefer: wait=55 the request holds until the render ends or 55 seconds pass. A finished render answers 200 with its outputs; one still running answers 202 with its id.
Poll and cancel
const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ELYUM_API_KEY}` }; // Poll until the render ends: succeeded, failed or canceledlet generation = await (await fetch(`https://api.elyum.ai/v1/generations/${id}`, { headers })).json();while (generation.status === "queued" || generation.status === "running") { await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5000)); generation = await (await fetch(`https://api.elyum.ai/v1/generations/${id}`, { headers })).json();} // Or stop it (a hold is refunded)await fetch(`https://api.elyum.ai/v1/generations/${id}/cancel`, { method: "POST", headers });Output links are signed and last 24 hours: download them to your own storage, or fetch the generation again for fresh ones.
4. Pricing
| Resolution | Price |
|---|---|
| 720p | $0.14 / s |
| 1080p | $0.20 / s |
| 4K | $0.43 / s |
Send ?dry_run=true for the exact price of a request with nothing held. The API spends your API balance; a render that fails or is canceled costs nothing.
More models by Google
Veo 3.1 Fast task by task, then the lowest price of each other model. What a render costs depends on the resolution and length you choose.
| Model | Price | Resolution | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veo 3.1 Fast Text to video | $0.14 – $0.43 / s | 720p – 1080p | 4 – 8 s |
| Veo 3.1 Fast Image to video | $0.14 – $0.43 / s | 720p – 4K | 4 – 8 s |
| Veo 3.1 Fast Reference to video | $0.14 – $0.43 / s | 720p – 1080p | 8 s |
| Veo 3.1 Fast Video extend | $0.14 – $0.43 / s | — | 1 – 30 s |
| Gemini Omni 1.1Text to video · Image to video · Reference to video · Video edit | from $0.07 / s | 360p – 1080p | 3 – 10 s |
| Gemini Omni FlashText to video · Image to video · Reference to video · Video edit | $0.16 / s | — | 3 – 10 s |
| Veo 3.1Text to video · Image to video · Reference to video · Video extend | from $0.38 / s | 720p – 4K | 8 s |
| Veo 3.1 LiteImage to video | from $0.09 / s | 720p – 1080p | 4 – 8 s |
| Nano Banana 2.1Text to image · Image edit | $0.06 / image | 1K – 4K | — |
| Nano Banana 2Text to image · Image edit | from $0.03 / image | 1K – 4K | — |
| Nano Banana ProText to image · Image edit | from $0.08 / image | 1K – 4K | — |
| Nano BananaText to image · Image edit | $0.04 / image | — | — |
| Nano Banana 2 LiteText to image | $0.04 / image | — | — |