Image Generation API Pricing

280 models — DALL-E, FLUX, Midjourney, and more

This page tracks 280 image generation AI models. The lowest current price is $0.0010 from Qwen-MT-Image. 409 sources auto-scraped (Updated 2h ago); 29 manually maintained. Click Detail → for per-provider comparisons.

Leading models: quality, price and provider comparison

Rank and Elo use an Artificial Analysis snapshot (2026-08-17); price and provider coverage use current ComputeUnion records. The two evidence sets are shown separately.

#VendorModelEloMarket lowProvidersDetails
#1OpenAI · GPT ImageGPT Image 21372$0.003915View prices →
#2ReveReve 2.11325$0.20001View prices →
#3Google · Nano BananaNano Banana 21323$0.007614View prices →
#4OpenAI · GPT ImageGPT Image 1.51313$0.00698View prices →
#6Google · Nano BananaNano Banana Pro1299$0.012415View prices →
#7Google · Nano BananaNano Banana 2 Lite1293$0.00348View prices →
#8ByteDance Seed · SeedreamSeedream 5.0 Pro1283$0.08282View prices →
#9xAI · Grok ImagineGrok Imagine Image Quality1237$0.00623View prices →
#15Black Forest Labs · FLUXFLUX.2 Max1191$0.00972View prices →
#17ByteDance Seed · SeedreamSeedream 4.01188$0.00412View prices →
#19Black Forest Labs · FLUXFLUX.2 Pro1185$0.00413View prices →
#22IdeogramIdeogram 4.01218$0.06001View prices →

Popular model comparisons

Compare external quality, ComputeUnion market-low pricing and provider coverage, with direct links to both model pages.

GPT Image 2 vs Nano Banana 2 →GPT Image 2 vs FLUX.2 Max →Nano Banana Pro vs FLUX.2 Max →

Featured model families

Readable, verifiable model names come first. Relay and endpoint naming stays out of the main list.

OpenAI · GPT Image

Readable model names first

15 sources
GPT Image 2
$0.0039
GPT Image 1.5
$0.0069
gpt-image-2.5-flare
$0.0039
gpt-image-2.5-sunburst
$0.0039

Reve

Readable model names first

1 sources
Reve 2.1
$0.2000

Google · Nano Banana

Readable model names first

16 sources
Nano Banana 2
$0.0076
Nano Banana Pro
$0.0124
Nano Banana 2 Lite
$0.0034
gemini-2.5-flash-image
$0.0028

ByteDance Seed · Seedream

Readable model names first

8 sources
Seedream 5.0 Pro
$0.0828
Seedream 4.0
$0.0041
doubao-seedream-5-0-260128
$0.0041
doubao-seedream-4-0-250828
$0.0034

xAI · Grok Imagine

Readable model names first

7 sources
Grok Imagine Image Quality
$0.0062
grok-imagine-image
$0.0028
grok-imagine-image-2.0
$0.0055
Grok Aurora
$0.0200

Black Forest Labs · FLUX

Readable model names first

5 sources
FLUX.2 Max
$0.0097
FLUX.2 Pro
$0.0041
flux-kontext-max
$0.0066
flux-kontext-pro
$0.0039

Ideogram

Readable model names first

1 sources
Ideogram 4.0
$0.0600
Ideogram 2.0
$0.0400
Ideogram 2.0 Turbo
$0.0200
Ideogram 3.0
$0.0800

Midjourney

Readable model names first

1 sources
Midjourney v5
$0.0400
Midjourney v6
$0.0800

Google · Imagen

Readable model names first

1 sources
Imagen-3
$0.1000
Imagen-3-Fast
$0.0500
Imagen-4-Preview
$0.1000
Imagen-4-Preview-Fast
$0.0500

Alibaba · Qwen Image

Readable model names first

6 sources
qwen-image-max
$0.0690
qwen-image-plus
$0.0110
Qwen Image 2.0
$0.0287
qwen-image
$0.0172

Alibaba · Wan Image

Readable model names first

4 sources
Wan 2.7 Image Pro
$0.0688
wan2.7-image-pro
$0.0103
Wan 2.7 Image
$0.0300
wan2.7-image
$0.0276
+218 other models (some names may come from relay providers)
dall-e-3
$0.0028
gpt-image-1
$0.0020
doubao-seedream-4-5-251128
$0.0039
gpt-image-1-mini
$1.1034
dall-e-2
$0.0069
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview
$0.0055
mj_imagine
$0.0138
mj_upscale
$0.0138
mj_variation
$0.0138
z-image-turbo
$0.0207
chatgpt-image-latest
$3.1034
cogview-4
$0.0100
doubao-seedream-3-0-t2i-250415
$0.0029
flux-pro
$0.0039
gpt-4o-image-vip
$0.0110
gpt-image-2-all
$0.0041
gpt-image-2-vip
$0.0041
grok-imagine-video
$0.0069
mj_blend
$0.0138
mj_custom_zoom
$0.0138
mj_describe
$0.0138
mj_edits
$0.0207
mj_high_variation
$0.0138
mj_inpaint
$0.0138
mj_low_variation
$0.0138
mj_modal
$0.0138
mj_pan
$0.0138
mj_reroll
$0.0138
mj_shorten
$0.0138
mj_uploads
$0.0138
mj_video
$0.1931
mj_zoom
$0.0138
Nano Banana
$0.0097
qwen-image-edit-plus
$0.0138
sora_image
$0.0069
aigc-image-kling
$0.0028
aigc-image-kling-3.0
$0.0425
AnyShoot ReplaceImage
$0.1250
AnyShoot ReplaceImage V3
$0.1250
baidubce-irag-1.0
$0.0500
cogview-3-flash
$0.0050
cogview-4-250304
$0.0100
DALL-E 2 1024x1024
$0.0200
DALL-E 3 HD 1024x1024
$0.0800
DALL-E 3 Standard 1024x1024
$0.0400
Describe
$0.0100
doubao-seededit-3-0-i2i-250628
$0.0207
doubao-seedream-4-0
$0.0286
doubao-seedream-4-5
$0.0357
doubao-seedream-4.5
$0.0345
doubao-seedream-5-0
$0.0314
Edit
$0.0200
FLUX 3
$0.1700
Flux-1-Krea
$0.0500
Flux-1-Krea-Redux
$0.0500
Flux-1-SRPO
$0.0300
flux-1.1-pro
$0.0414
flux-2-flex
$0.0083
Flux-Dev
$0.0500
Flux-Dev-Redux
$0.0500
Flux-General
$0.1000
Flux-General-Inpainting
$0.1000
Flux-Kontext-Dev
$0.0300
Flux-Lora
$0.1000
Flux-Lora-Training
$3.0000
flux-pro-1.1-ultra
$0.0052
flux-pro-max
$0.0066
Flux-Pro-V1.1
$0.1000
Flux-Realism
$0.0500
Flux-Schnell
$0.0050
Flux-Schnell-Redux
$0.0500
Flux-selfie
$0.0500
Flux-Ultra-V1.1
$0.1000
Flux-V1-Pro-Canny
$0.1000
Flux-V1-Pro-Depth
$0.1000
Flux-V1-Pro-Fill
$0.1000
Flux-V1.1-Pro-Redux
$0.1000
Flux-V1.1-Ultra-Redux
$0.1000
FLUX.1 [schnell]
$0.0027
FLUX.1 Dev
$0.0250
FLUX.1 Kontext [max]
$0.0800
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]
$0.0400
FLUX.1 Pro
$0.0500
FLUX.1 Pro 1.1
$0.0400
FLUX.1 Pro 1.1 Ultra
$0.0600
FLUX.1 Schnell
$0.0030
flux.1-kontext-pro
$0.0207
flux.1.1-pro
$0.0033
FLUX.2 [dev]
$0.0154
FLUX.2 [flex]
$0.0300
FLUX1.1 [pro]
$0.0400
Gemini 2.5 Flash
$2.5000
Gemini 3
$1.5000
gemini-2.5-flash-image-business
$0.0138
gemini-2.5-flash-image-t
$0.0054
gemini-3-pro-image-4k
$0.0303
gemini-3-pro-image-preview-2k
$0.0331
gemini-3-pro-image-preview-4k
$0.0331
gemini-3-pro-image-preview-business
$0.0331
gemini-3-pro-image-preview-c
$0.0276
gemini-3-pro-image-preview:image
$0.0331
gemini-3-pro-image-t
$16.5517
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview-2k
$0.0208
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview-4k
$0.0208
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview-business
$0.0276
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview-c
$0.0276
gemini-3.1-flash-image-t
$8.2759
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image-preview
$0.0055
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image-t
$4.1379
Generate
$0.0200
Generate [flux-dev]
$0.0250
Generate [flux-pro-1.0-canny-finetuned]
$0.0600
Generate [flux-pro-1.0-canny]
$0.0500
Generate [flux-pro-1.0-depth-finetuned]
$0.0600
Generate [flux-pro-1.0-depth]
$0.0500
Generate [flux-pro-1.0-fill-finetuned]
$0.0600
Generate [flux-pro-1.0-fill]
$0.0500
Generate [flux-pro-1.0-finetuned]
$0.0600
Generate [flux-pro-1.1-ultra-finetuned]
$0.0700
Generate [flux-pro-1.1-ultra]
$0.0600
Generate [flux-pro-1.1]
$0.0400
Generate [flux-pro]
$0.0500
glm-image
$0.0160
GPT Image 1 High
$0.1670
GPT Image 1 Low Quality
$0.0110
GPT Image 1 Medium
$0.0420
GPT Image 1 Mini
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GPT Image 1 Mini (Azure)
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GPT Image 1.5 (Azure)
$9.0000
GPT Image 2 (Azure)
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gpt-4o-image
$0.0069
gpt-4o-image-generation
$0.0300
GPT-5
$10.0000
gpt-image-1-all
$5.5172
gpt-image-1-vip
$0.0138
gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16
$4.4138
gpt-image-1.5-all
$20.6897
gpt-image-2-2026-04-21
$0.0110
gpt-image-2-adobe
$20.6897
gpt-image-2-c
$0.0083
gpt-image-2-pro
$0.0690
gpt-image-2-t
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gpt-image-2-web
$0.0041
gpt-image-2.5-flare-2026-09-08
$4.1379
gpt-image-2.5-flare-c
$0.0110
gpt-image-2.5-flare-vip
$0.0041
gpt-image-2.5-sunburst-2026-09-08
$4.1379
gpt-image-2.5-sunburst-c
$0.0110
gpt-image-2.5-sunburst-vip
$0.0041
gpt-image-2.5-web
$0.0041
gpt-vision-image-2
$0.0069
Grok Aurora Quality
$0.0500
grok-imagine-1.0-video
$0.0103
grok-imagine-image-pro
$0.0097
Ideogram v3 default
$0.0600
Ideogram v3 qulity
$0.0900
Ideogram v3 turbo
$0.0300
Image Generation
$0.0200
Imagen-4-Preview-Ultra
$0.1000
ImageReplace V3
$0.2500
Images-expand
$0.0400
Images-Generations
$0.0050
Juggernaut Lightning Flux
$0.0017
Juggernaut Pro Flux
$0.0049
Kolors
$0.0500
Lumina-Image-V2
$0.1000
minimaxi-image-01
$0.0100
Nano Banana (Edit)
$0.0500
nano-banana
$0.0390
Qwen Image 2.0 Pro
$0.0717
Qwen Image Edit Plus
$0.0300
qwen-image-2.0
$0.0286
qwen-image-2.0-2026-03-03
$10.3448
qwen-image-2.0-pro
$0.0690
Qwen-Image-2512
$0.0500
qwen-image-3.0
$0.0138
qwen-image-3.0-pro
$0.0138
qwen-image-edit
$0.0110
qwen-image-edit-2509
$0.0276
Qwen-Image-Layered
$0.0500
Qwen-Image-Lora
$0.0500
Qwen-Image-Lora-Trainer
$3.0000
qwen-image-max-2025-12-30
$0.0690
Qwen-MT-Image
$0.0010
Reframe
$0.0300
Remix
$0.0200
Replace Background
$0.0300
SD 3.5 Large
$0.0650
SD 3.5 Large Turbo
$0.0400
SD 3.5 Medium
$0.0350
SeedEdit 3.0
$0.0500
Seedream 3.0 T2I
$0.0500
Seedream 4.5
$0.0400
Seedream 5.0
$0.0350
seedream-4-0-250828
$0.0048
seedream-4-5
$0.0055
seedream-4-5-251128
$0.0062
seedream-5-0-260128
$0.0048
seedream-5-0-lite
$0.0048
sora_image-vip
$0.0138
Soul
$0.1000
Stable Image Core
$0.0300
Stable Image Ultra
$0.0800
Upscale
$0.0600
Vidu Q1
$0.1000
Vidu Q2
$0.0300
vidu-image
$10.3448
Wan 2.2 T2I Flash
$0.0300
Wan 2.2 T2I Plus
$0.0500
Wan 2.5 I2I Preview
$0.0500
Wan 2.5 T2I Preview
$0.0500
Wan 2.6 Image
$0.0300
wanx2.0-t2i-turbo
$0.0100
wanx2.1-t2i-plus
$0.0500
wanx2.1-t2i-turbo
$0.0300
Z-Image
$0.0500
Qwen/Qwen-Image
$0.0345
Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit
$0.0414

FAQ

What is an image generation API?

An image generation API creates images from text prompts via HTTP. Common uses include creative design, e-commerce product shots, and automated content. This page covers 280 models with prices manually maintained from official provider pages.

How is image generation API pricing structured?

Most providers charge per image, with rates varying by model, resolution, and quality setting. Some token-based models (like GPT Image) charge per 1M output tokens instead.

Which image generation API is cheapest?

Currently the lowest price is $0.0010 from Qwen-MT-Image. Entry-level rates can be fractions of a cent per image — click "Detail →" to compare all providers for each model.

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Prices sourced from automated scrapers running on a six-hour schedule across 70+ platforms and manual verification of official pricing pages. Live-scraped data comes directly from provider APIs; manually maintained data is updated whenever providers announce changes.

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