Google Veo

Pros

• For some tools like VEO3 it may work better.
• I’ve been using [these guys](https://arhaam.xyz/veo3) for my generations since Google’s pricing is absolutely brutal for this kind of testing. they’re somehow offering veo3 at like 60-70% below Google’s direct pricing which makes the ite...
• Veo3 is still the most convenient tool at the moment, and perhaps what you need is some customized prompts.
• Spent $400+ on veo3 generations testing patterns. Here’s what actually works:

Cons

• I am trying to create a camera template that can reliably be plugged into every prompt to create extreme wobbly hand held camera footage. ... I have spent 3 days trying to do this and the best I can get is kind of normal motion handheld...
• veo3 is better than sora for ugc videos, it is possible to use your own avatars as inputs. ... the generated video can be up to 30s unlike veo3 (8s)
• Made literally every mistake possible when I started with veo3. Burned through $2000+ learning what NOT to do before figuring out what actually works.
• Google’s pricing is absolutely brutal. $0.50 per second means a 1-minute video costs $30. And that’s assuming you get perfect results on the first try (spoiler: you won’t).
• some (like Runway’s Gen-2 for I2V) are better at fidelity than more “creative” models like Veo3, which tend to improvise