Price directory

Image generation API pricing, per image or in credits.

33 image models — per image, per megapixel, or in credits; every price dated and sourced.

Latest events

Mercury 2.5 launches at $0.04/$0.15

Sep 8, 2026

At $0.04/$0.15 per MTok, Mercury 2.5 prices roughly 6x below Mercury 2's Output cost ($0.75/1M) dramatically undercuts Claude Haiku ($4.00) and Gemini Flash ($2.50) baseline, while still matching quality on cost-optimized frontier models like GPT-5.6 Luna (Low), Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Claude Haiku 4.5.

GPT-6 Astra launches at $50/MTok Sep 3, 2026

Muse Spark 1.3: 90% training discount Sep 2, 2026

Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1: 75% cache cut Sep 1, 2026

Meta Muse Image: $0.01 per image Aug 27, 2026

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Price table

33 models of 33

Model	Provider	Pricing	Released
O Auto Router OpenRouter Image generation A routing meta-model that classifies incoming requests and directs them to downstream models chosen for the specific task. —/—I/O 2M ctx Nov 2023 View model	OpenRouter	Not yet tracked	Nov 2023
O Auto Router (Beta) OpenRouter Image generation A routing meta-model that classifies incoming requests and directs them to downstream models chosen for the specific task. —/—I/O 2M ctx Jul 2026 View model	OpenRouter	Not yet tracked	Jul 2026
B Bria Bria AI Image generation Bria AI's commercially-licensed text-to-image models, via its API. —/—I/O View model	Bria AI	$0.02–$0.03 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
A Firefly Adobe Image generation Adobe's text-to-image model, offered through Firefly Services for enterprises. —/—I/O View model	Adobe	~10 credits / image Credits as of Jul 2026	—
B FLUX.1 [pro] Black Forest Labs Image generation Black Forest Labs' flagship text-to-image model, served through their API and several inference providers. Billed per generated image. —/—I/O Aug 2024 View model	Black Forest Labs	Not yet tracked	Aug 2024
B FLUX.2 [pro] Black Forest Labs Image generation Black Forest Labs' current flagship text-to-image model. —/—I/O View model	Black Forest Labs	from $0.03 / MP Per megapixel as of Jul 2026	—
B FLUX1.1 [pro] Black Forest Labs Image generation Black Forest Labs' text-to-image model, served through their API and inference partners. —/—I/O View model	Black Forest Labs	$0.04 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Google Image generation Google's "Nano Banana" image model, available in preview through the Gemini API. —/—I/O View model	Google	≈ $0.039 / image Token-based as of Jul 2026	—
GPT Image 1 OpenAI legacy Image generation OpenAI's first natively multimodal image model, now deprecated. —/—I/O View model	OpenAI	$0.011–$0.167 / image Token-based as of Jul 2026	—
GPT Image 1 Mini OpenAI legacy Image generation Smaller, cheaper OpenAI image model from the GPT Image 1 line. —/—I/O View model	OpenAI	$0.005–$0.036 / image Token-based as of Jul 2026	—
GPT Image 1.5 OpenAI legacy Image generation Previous-generation OpenAI image model, still callable while it winds down. —/—I/O View model	OpenAI	$0.009–$0.133 / image Token-based as of Jul 2026	—
GPT Image 2 OpenAI Image generation OpenAI's current flagship image model, exposed through the Images and Responses APIs. —/—I/O View model	OpenAI	$0.006–$0.211 / image Token-based as of Jul 2026	—
GPT-5 Image OpenAI Image generation GPT-5 Image is OpenAI's multimodal model that processes text and image inputs with a 400k token context window. $10.00/$10.00I/O 400K ctx Oct 2025 View model	OpenAI	$10.00/$10.00	Oct 2025
GPT-5 Image Mini OpenAI Image generation GPT-5 Image Mini is OpenAI's lightweight multimodal model that processes text and image inputs with a 400k token context window. $2.50/$2.00I/O 400K ctx Oct 2025 View model	OpenAI	$2.50/$2.00	Oct 2025
GPT-5.4 Image 2 OpenAI Image generation GPT-5.4 Image 2 is OpenAI's multimodal model from the GPT-5.4 series with support for image input alongside text. $8.00/$15.00I/O 272K ctx Apr 2026 View model	OpenAI	$8.00/$15.00	Apr 2026
Grok Imagine Image xAI Image generation xAI's text-to-image model, via the xAI API. —/—I/O View model	xAI	$0.02–$0.05 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
I Ideogram 3.0 Ideogram Image generation Ideogram's text-to-image model, built to render legible text and typography within the image, via its API. —/—I/O View model	Ideogram	$0.03–$0.09 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
Imagen 4 Google legacy Image generation Google's text-to-image model, via the Gemini API and Vertex AI. —/—I/O View model	Google	$0.02–$0.06 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
L Leonardo AI Leonardo AI Image generation Leonardo AI's text-to-image platform, via its API. —/—I/O View model	Leonardo AI	Varies by model & resolution Credits as of Jul 2026	—
Muse Image Meta Image generation Meta Superintelligence Labs' first image generation model — follows instructions, edits with precision, and composes from multiple references. Available in the Meta AI app, Instagram Stories (US), and WhatsApp (limited countries). —/—I/O View model	Meta	Pricing not published	—
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) Google Image generation Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is Google's multimodal model from the Gemini 2.5 family, supporting image and text input with native thinking capabilities. $0.3/$2.50I/O 32K ctx Oct 2025 View model	Google	$0.3/$2.50	Oct 2025
Nano Banana 2 Google Image generation Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model, via the Gemini API. —/—I/O View model	Google	$0.045–$0.151 / image Token-based as of Jul 2026	—
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) Google Image generation Google's multimodal model for processing text and images, built on the Gemini 3.1 Flash architecture with a 131K token context window. $0.5/$3.00I/O 131K ctx Jun 2026 View model	Google	$0.5/$3.00	Jun 2026
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) Google Image generation Nano Banana 2 Lite is Google's lightweight multimodal model for processing text and images, built on the Gemini 3.1 Flash architecture with a 65K token context window. $0.25/$1.50I/O 65K ctx Jun 2026 View model	Google	$0.25/$1.50	Jun 2026
Nano Banana Pro Google Image generation Google's current flagship image model (Gemini 3 Pro Image), via the Gemini API. —/—I/O View model	Google	$0.134–$0.24 / image Token-based as of Jul 2026	—
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) Google Image generation Google's multimodal model for processing text and images, built on the Gemini 3 architecture with a 65K token context window. $2.00/$12.00I/O 65K ctx Jun 2026 View model	Google	$2.00/$12.00	Jun 2026
A Nova Canvas Amazon Image generation Amazon's text-to-image model, available through Amazon Bedrock. —/—I/O View model	Amazon	$0.04–$0.08 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
L Photon Luma AI Image generation Luma AI's text-to-image model, via its API. —/—I/O View model	Luma AI	$0.015 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
Qwen-Image Alibaba Image generation Alibaba's open-weight text-to-image model, on Model Studio and as open weights. —/—I/O View model	Alibaba	Pricing not published	—
R Recraft V3 Recraft Image generation Recraft's text-to-image model with raster and vector output, via its API. —/—I/O View model	Recraft	$0.04 raster · $0.08 vector Per image as of Jul 2026	—
R Reve Reve Image generation Reve's text-to-image model, in beta, via its API. —/—I/O View model	Reve	5 credits ≈ $0.0067 Credits as of Jul 2026	—
B Seedream 4.5 ByteDance Image generation ByteDance's text-to-image model, served through BytePlus ModelArk. —/—I/O View model	ByteDance	$0.04 / image Per image as of Jul 2026	—
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large Stability AI Image generation Stability AI's 8B-parameter text-to-image model, on the hosted API and as open weights. —/—I/O View model	Stability AI	6.5 credits ≈ $0.065 Credits as of Jul 2026	—