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Veo 3.1 lite
by Google
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RANKED #21 OF 30 VIDEO · OVERALL #352 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.6 · 71 VOICES ·
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Video model for prompt-guided generation, editing, and motion workflows
HAPPY8.8
14 mentions
SAD6.2
6 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 73 voices in this window
HONEYMOON FADING
Early praise is cooling off in recent weeks.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Google hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Veo 3.1 lite is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS5.9
LTX 2.5LightricksPick for very fast, private local text-to-video and image-to-video generation.⚡ FAST❤️ CROWD FAVORITE🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE3.3k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.6LTX 2.3LightricksPick for open text-to-video generation when running workflows offline on local GPUs.💸 COST EFFICIENT🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE1.2k VOICESMATCH★★★
- OPEN WEIGHTS6.6LTX 2LightricksPick as a baseline open-weight video generator for private local experimentation.💸 COST EFFICIENT🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE906 VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Veo 3.1 lite right now.
70 POSTS · 4 COMMENTS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · BLUESKY · GITHUB
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2026-03-31 · 84 UPVOTESGoogle introduced Veo 3.1 Lite
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- BLUESKY · 2026-03-31 · 18 UPVOTESMeet Veo 3.1 Lite 🎬 Our most cost-effective video generation model is now available in the Gemini API and Google AI St
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- REDDIT · 2026-06-03 · 8 UPVOTESOOTD outfit-transition in one shot. The side-profile swap killed the morph artifact.
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- REDDIT · 2026-05-24 · 5 UPVOTESGemini Omni Flash isn't fully rolled out yet to all users.
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- REDDIT · 2026-04-07 · 5 UPVOTESGoogle's Veo 3.1 Lite Cuts API Costs in Half as OpenAI's Sora Exits the Market
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- REDDIT · 2026-04-10 · 4 UPVOTES[EDM] Vortex Charkh by Orbyt DAI
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- REDDIT · 2026-10-15 · 1 UPVOTESLooking for a lightweight local AI model to animate characters from a single image + audio (on an M1 MacBook Air with 8GB unified memory)
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- GITHUB · 2026-09-30 · 1 UPVOTESchore(model_prices): add Gemini Veo, Mistral and Azure Claude 4.5 deprecation dates
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- REDDIT · 2026-05-24 · 0 UPVOTES[feedback] Either I'm looking in the wrong place, or AI models that generate videos are a total letdown
[feedback] Either I'm looking in the wrong place, or AI models that generate videos are a total letdown
- REDDIT · 2026-10-02 · 0 UPVOTESPotionUI 0.0.14 — no GPU needed: cloud image and video models, a built-in image editor and reusable settings
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