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Switching from Google Flow: Takeout exports media and projects, Veo stays at Luma
Updated Oct 15, 2026
Export your Google Flow work with Google Takeout: it includes your images, videos and audio plus prompts, projects, characters and edit history. Flow needs an active Google AI plan, which you cancel in Google One; benefits last to the end of the billing cycle and plans are non-refundable in most countries. Luma still offers Google's Veo 3.1 model; Kling AI and Runway take your files as uploads.
The steps
- Step 1 · A few minutes to several hours · not stated on its pages
Export with Google Takeout
At takeout.google.com, deselect all, tick Flow and create the export. You get media (.jpg, .mp4, .wav) plus prompts, projects, characters, scenes and edit history; each file's _metadata.json shows which project it belongs to.
source - Step 2 · Within 7 days of the email · not stated on its pages
Download the archive within 7 days
Takeout emails a link when the export is ready. Links stay active for 7 days; after that you request a new export.
source - Step 3 · Until the end of the month · Unused monthly credits are lost
Use your monthly credits
Unused monthly Flow credits don't roll over, and Flow needs an active Google AI plan.
source - Step 4 · Benefits last to the end of the billing cycle · Non-refundable in most countries
Cancel the Google AI plan
On a computer, go to Google One > Settings > Cancel membership and confirm.
source - Step 5 · not stated on its pages · Kling Standard: $8.8 a month, or $79.2 a year
Set up the new tool and upload your files
Luma offers Veo 3.1 inside its plans; Kling builds reusable elements from 2-4 reference images; Runway takes MP4, MOV and image uploads.
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Carries over
- Images, videos and audio via Google Takeout
- Prompts, settings, projects, characters and edit history
- Ownership: Google doesn't claim what you generate
- Google's Veo 3.1 model, on Luma plans
What you lose
- Unused monthly Flow credits
- Access to Flow itself, which needs a Google AI plan
- Project structure: exported files are named by ID, not title
- No Flow importer named by Kling AI, Luma or Runway
Where to switch to
| Destination | Price from | Visit |
|---|---|---|
| Kling AI No affiliate relationship | $0 per month | Visit Kling AIOn kling.ai |
| Luma Dream Machine No affiliate relationship | $25 per month | Visit Luma Dream MachineOn lumalabs.ai |
| Runway No affiliate relationship | $0 per month | Visit RunwayOn runway.com |
Google Flow is the easiest of the AI video tools to leave with your work intact, because Google Takeout exports it. The subscription side is plain Google One. Everything below comes from Google's own Flow and Google One help pages, and from the destinations' pages, read Sep 30, 2026.
Export with Google Takeout
Google's Takeout article for Flow covers "Generated and uploaded media: Your images, videos, and audio files", plus prompts and generation settings, projects and collections, characters and scenes, and edit history. At takeout.google.com, choose Deselect all, tick Flow and create the export. Exports can take from a few minutes to several hours, and Google emails you when the archive is ready.
Two snags. Download links stay active for 7 days; after that you request a new export. And files are named by internal ID, not by project title, so open each file's metadata JSON to see where it belonged. For a single project or clip, the projects article also lets you download from inside Flow.
Cancelling and money
Flow comes with a Google AI plan, and Flow's FAQ says you must be subscribed to Google AI Plus, Pro or Ultra to use it. So export before your plan ends. You cancel in Google One: Settings > Cancel membership, per Google's cancel article. Benefits last to the end of the billing cycle, and plans renew automatically by default under its purchase policy.
Google says "In most countries or regions, Google storage plan purchases are non-refundable". It publishes no separate refund rule for Google AI plans, so we read that as covering them. No early termination fee is mentioned. Unused monthly Flow credits don't roll over, per the credits article.
Flow's pages don't say what happens to your Flow projects after the plan ends. Google One says only that storage above the free 15 GB goes, and that content over quota for 2 years or longer may be deleted. Don't rely on the account as an archive.
Your rights to what you made
The FAQ points to Google's Terms of Service: "Google won't claim ownership over that content." Nothing there ties ownership to the subscription. Flow's pages don't state commercial-use rights one way or the other, so check the terms yourself if you sell your clips.
Where to go
None of the three names a Flow importer; you bring the files from Takeout. See the whole field on our AI video generator ranking.
Kling AI. Its Element Library builds reusable characters, items and scenes from 2 to 4 uploaded reference images. Standard costs $8.8 a month, or $79.2 a year. Commercial use is listed on paid plans, but Kling's general terms bar it without written permission. Prices from its pricing page, read Sep 25, 2026.
Luma Dream Machine. Its pricing page lists Veo: its cost table has Veo 3.1 at 140 credits a second at 720p. Its video-to-video guide takes uploaded clips up to 20 seconds. Plus costs $30 a month, or $25 a month billed yearly. Prices from its pricing page, read Sep 25, 2026.
Runway. It stores uploads in Assets and takes .jpg, .png and .mp4 files among others, per its file types article, and it lists .wav audio. Its terms don't restrict commercial use of your outputs. Standard costs $12 a month billed annually, or $15 monthly. Prices from its pricing page, read Oct 9, 2026.
Who should switch
Switching suits you if you want a video tool you can buy on its own, without a Google AI bundle. If you rely on Veo, Luma's pricing page lists it; Runway's plan cards don't. Our methodology explains how we compare plans.