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Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Type a prompt or drop a photo and Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite renders a 1080p clip up to 15s with built-in sound — just $0.04 per clip.
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What Sets the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite Tier Apart
A lean, low-cost member of xAI's Grok Imagine Video 1.5 family that delivers complete clips with audio while running privately on Venice.
- The Entry Point to the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 LineupLaunched on Venice on September 30, 2026, this economical member of xAI's Grok Imagine Video 1.5 family handles 480p through 1080p and 1 to 15 seconds, with audio rendered alongside the picture.
- Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video Under One RoofTwo variants ship together — one that builds footage from a written description and one that animates a supplied still — and both can be reached without permission gates through the Venice app or its REST API.
- Private Sessions With Nothing RetainedEverything you write and upload stays inside Venice's private tier: no storage, no profiling, no training use, and no output history tied to your account. You settle per clip as you go instead of holding a SuperGrok plan.
How to Create Video With Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
From a written idea or one still photo to a finished, sound-complete clip on Venice — in three short steps.
Core Strengths of Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Sound baked into every render, resolutions from 480p to 1080p, one-second duration steps and a no-retention environment — here is what this tier genuinely gives you.
Audio Baked In and On the Beat
Ambience, effects and dialogue arrive with the picture in one render, hitting their cues exactly — no separate sound pass and no manual nudging to keep things aligned.
Every Resolution, Second-by-Second Length
Pair 480p, 720p or 1080p with any length between 1 and 15 seconds, adjustable one second at a time — a level of control rarely seen in this price bracket.
The Lowest-Cost Way Into the 1.5 Family
Clips start at four cents on Venice, keeping rough drafts and social-length retries affordable while the total rises only with resolution and running time.
Steadier Motion and More Believable Physics
xAI's own release notes report fewer warped frames and far more convincing weight and momentum throughout a shot compared with the earlier generation.
Prompts That Understand Camera Language
Tell it to push in, pan, go handheld or rise on a crane and it follows. Prompts can run to 4,096 characters, so lead with your subject and the action you want.
A Private Tier With Nothing Kept
Your wording and source images are not stored, analysed or fed into training, and no output log is linked to you — a contrast with xAI's own apps, which build an account library.
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite: Questions Answered
Answers on clip pricing, built-in sound, animating stills and how private sessions work on Venice.
How much does one clip cost at different resolutions and lengths?
Pricing is per clip and rises with both resolution and running time: four cents for a 480p second, five cents at 720p and eighteen cents at 1080p, out to 15 seconds. There is no subscription — and fresh Venice accounts come with a daily free allowance plus 500 welcome credits.
Can it produce audio, and how do I steer it?
It can. Sound is produced inside the render instead of being layered on afterwards, so ambience, effects and dialogue land on cue, with speech that is clearer and better timed than the previous generation. Simply describe the sounds you want in your prompt.
Is animating a still photo possible?
Absolutely. The image-driven variant brings a still to life at 480p, 720p or 1080p for 1 to 15 seconds with sound. A second, text-driven variant builds footage from a written description alone.
What separates this tier from the flagship Grok Imagine Video 1.5?
Both deliver 1080p, 15-second clips with built-in sound inside Venice's private environment. This tier is the affordable option built for volume and rough drafts, while the flagship adds multi-reference control — up to seven image references — plus voice references that keep a character's face and voice consistent between scenes.
Are the weights open, and can it be self-hosted or fine-tuned?
No — the model belongs to xAI and no weights have been released, so self-hosting, fine-tuning and auditing are all off the table. Test it on Venice using welcome credits before you pay per clip; Wan 2.7 Enhanced is the nearest open option that also generates audio.
What happens to my prompts and uploaded images on Venice?
Every prompt and uploaded still is treated as private-tier material: nothing is stored on the servers, nothing is profiled, and nothing enters a training pipeline. No output history is tied back to you, unlike xAI's own apps, which file results into an account library.
Create Privately With Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite
Whatever you write stays unlogged and whatever you upload never trains a model. Claim 500 welcome credits on Venice and render your first clip with sound before you ever pay per clip.