$10 of 8-second video: Veo 3.1 tiers vs Omni on Sume

Short answer

Ten dollars buys 12 eight-second 720p clips on Veo 3.1 Fast at Google's $0.10 a second, 25 on Veo 3.1 Lite, 3 on Veo 3.1 Standard, and 10 on Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 through Sume at $0.125 a second. Prices are from Google's pricing page (last updated Oct 1, 2026, read 2026-10-04) and Sume's list-times-1.25 rate. Sume does not list Veo; Omni is the Google video model it does list.

The arithmetic, tier by tier

An eight-second clip is 8 times the per-second price. Veo 3.1 clips are 8 seconds at 720p, 1080p or 4K, and 1080p and 4K require the full 8 seconds, so 8 is the natural unit. Audio is included in the Google prices. The clip count is $10 divided by the clip price, rounded down.

At 1080p

Google lists Lite at $0.08, Fast at $0.12 and Standard at $0.40 per second at 1080p. An eight-second clip is $0.64, $0.96 and $3.20, so $10 buys 15, 10 and 3 clips. On Sume, Omni Flash 1.1 is $0.1875 a second at 1080p, which is $1.50 for 8 seconds and 6 clips for $9.00, with $1.00 left over.

What the cheaper number hides

The Veo 3.1 preview ids, veo-3.1-generate-preview, veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview and veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview, have a shutdown date of Oct 22, 2026 on Google's deprecations page, and Google recommends gemini-omni-1.1-flash instead. A price per second for a model with 18 days left is a short-lived number. Omni on Sume at 720p costs 25 percent more per second than Veo 3.1 Fast list, because Sume adds 25 percent to provider list, but it keeps working after the Veo shutdown.

How to run the Omni side

Submit to POST /v1/videos with model: "gemini-omni-flash-1.1", duration: 8 and resolution: "720p", then poll the returned polling_url. The catalog reports 3 to 10 seconds for Omni, so 8 is inside the range. The final billed amount is in usage.cost.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"gemini-omni-flash-1.1","prompt":"A paper boat on a rainy street","duration":8,"resolution":"720p"}'

Which tier to pick

Lite is the volume option, Fast the default for review, Standard the one to reserve for finals. A common pattern is to draft on the cheapest tier and render only approved shots on a better one. On Sume the same logic applies inside Omni by resolution: a 360p draft is $0.0375 a second, so eight seconds is $0.30, and the 1080p final is $1.50. That is five drafts for the price of one final. Whatever you choose, decide before the Oct 22 Veo shutdown so the comparison is not forced on you.

Caveats

• Google prices can change; re-read the pricing page before committing a budget.
• Veo and Omni are different models; equal seconds do not mean equal results.
• Omni 4K is upscaled according to Google's Omni docs, so check output before paying for it.