# Google Veo

20 Hacker News commenters recommended Google Veo and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Veo for realistic, high-quality AI video output, and some rank it above Sora. Critics most often point to strict safety filters and inconsistent results across clips.

## Why people recommend it

- High-quality, realistic video output (5 comments): "just like Google's Veo, which is quite good at generating videos as well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509475)) "The results are finally crossing the Uncanny Valley." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46316328)) "Google Veo 3 (premium visual quality)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587882))
- Ahead of Sora for some users (2 comments): "Veo and omni simply were better than Sora" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49470787)) "Gemini, Veo. They've caught up." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49186666))
- Useful for creators and experiments (2 comments): "Image generation and veo models I'd imagine quite effective for creators" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708428)) "I made a hilarious Veo-3 ASMR series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45837927))
- Works well with Gemini and Nano Banana (2 comments): "If Nano-Banana-pro with Veo 3.1 existed during my PhD" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45995844)) "Veo/Nanobanana are nice bonuses." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123086))

## What people warn about

- Strict safety filters block prompts (2 comments): "the "safety" filters are honestly exhausting. Half my prompts get flagged for "policy violations"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47245825)) "heavy-handed 'safety' filters found in Sora or VEO" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158386))
- Inconsistent style and storylines across clips (2 comments): "it simply cannot maintain the style or weird quirks get into the subsequent videos" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996298)) "veo 3 can't always hold a coherent storyline for 8s" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48942578))
- Behind newer or rival video models (3 comments): "Veo 3 is one of the weaker video models, surprisingly!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774832)) "Veo 3.1 is old AF, it can't even do audio references!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48441078)) "Sora 2 was way better than Veo in terms of quality." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49472626))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Seedance 2.0](https://hackerapproved.com/p/seedance-2-5.md): 68 recommend
- [MiniMax H3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minimax-h3.md): 29 recommend
- [Gemini Omni](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-omni.md): 16 recommend
- [Wan video model](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wan-2-2.md): 15 recommend
- [Kling AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kling.md): 14 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Google Veo", https://hackerapproved.com/p/veo/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).