Credit System
Understand VEO3's pay-per-use credit system with transparent pricing, automatic refunds, and flexible billing.
VEO3 uses a simple credit-based system where you only pay for successful video generations. Credits are deducted when generation starts and automatically refunded if generation fails.
Starting Credits: New users receive 100 free credits to get started.
Credits are guaranteed to remain available for at least 30 days after they are added to your account. After that, unused credits may expire or be removed at our discretion, with or without notice.
Prices, credit rates per video, and packages may change at any time. The binding terms are in our Terms of Service.
Pricing
Transparent pricing based on model and video count
Features
Example Costs
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Example Costs
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Example Costs
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Example Costs
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Example Costs
Credit Calculation
Simple formula for calculating video generation costs
Total Credits = (Model Credits) × (Sample Count)The cost depends only on the model used and the number of videos requested
Calculation Examples
Credit Rules
Important rules about how credits work
Billing Details
Important information about billing and refunds
If video generation fails for any reason, you receive a full automatic refund of all credits used for that request.
Refund Scenarios:
- • Server errors during generation
- • Content policy violations
- • Technical failures in processing
- • Timeout during generation
All videos are billed as 8-second duration regardless of the actual video length generated.
Fixed Pricing
Credit Management
Monitor and manage your credit usage
Available in Dashboard
- Current credit balance
- Credit usage history
- Failed generation refunds
- Monthly usage reports
API Response
{
"creditsUsed": 500,
"remainingCredits": 600,
"statusUrl": "/api/veo/status/..."
}Cost Optimization Tips
Best practices to optimize your credit usage
- Use VEO 3.0 Fast for prototyping and testing
- Test prompts with Fast model before using Generate
- Use shorter durations when possible (5-6 seconds)
- Generate single videos first, then scale up
- Don't generate multiple videos unnecessarily
- Avoid prompts likely to violate content policies
- Check your credit balance before large generations
- Don't use premium model for simple test content
Next Steps
Ready to start generating videos? Explore these resources