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Why use Veo 3.1 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Veo 3.1 with pay-as-you-go video pricing at $0.4/second. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Veo 3.1 across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],google/veo-3.1-generate-001Request example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="google/veo-3.1-generate-001",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "google/veo-3.1-generate-001", not the LLMReference slug "veo-3.1-generate-001".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Veo 3.1 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| GCP Vertex AI | — | — |
| OpenRouter | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Video output | $0.4/sec |
Capabilities
About Veo 3.1
Veo 3.1 (veo-3.1-generate-001) is the generally available version of Google DeepMind's Veo 3.1 video generation model, released 2025-11-17 on Google Cloud's Vertex AI (now Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform). It generates 4, 6 or 8-second videos at 720p, 1080p or 4K (24 fps, 16:9 or 9:16) with native audio from text or image prompts, and supports first/last-frame generation, reference images and video extension. It replaces the veo-3.1-generate-preview model.