Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite hits the API: workhorse text/image-to-video from $0.02/s at 480p, about a quarter of Video 1.5's list price
On 2026-10-08 xAI shipped grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite in the Grok Imagine API: text/image-to-video with native lip-synced audio, 1–15 s, at $0.02/s (480p), $0.03/s (720p), and $0.14/s (1080p, upscaled from 720p). No reference images, voices, or keyframes; those stay on Video 1.5 ($0.08/s). Batch API supported; no quality evals published.
Key Takeaways
- Pricing: $0.02/s 480p, $0.03/s 720p, $0.14/s 1080p
- List price: Lite $0.020/s vs Video 1.5 $0.080/s, about 1/4
- Specs: text/image-to-video, 1–15 s, native lip-synced audio; 1080p upscaled from 720p
- Not supported: reference images (1.5: up to 14), voice refs, first/last frames, keyframes
- Access: Batch API, 10 RPS, us-east-1/us-west-2; no quality benchmarks published
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