Image Generation API Pricing

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

This page tracks 301 image generation AI models. The lowest current price is $0.0001 from Flux 1 Schnell (CF). 496 sources auto-scraped (Updated 2h ago); 27 manually maintained. Click Detail → for per-provider comparisons.

Leading models: quality, price and provider comparison

Rank and Elo use an Artificial Analysis snapshot (2026-07-27); price and provider coverage use current ComputeUnion records. The two evidence sets are shown separately.

#VendorModelEloMarket lowProvidersDetails
#1OpenAI · GPT ImageGPT Image 21337$0.002013View prices →
#5Google · Nano BananaNano Banana 2 Lite1261$0.00347View prices →
#6OpenAI · GPT ImageGPT Image 1.51259$0.00697View prices →
#7Google · Nano BananaNano Banana 21252$0.007615View prices →
#9Google · Nano BananaNano Banana Pro1216$0.012415View prices →
#12xAI · Grok ImagineGrok Imagine Image Quality1200$0.00971View prices →
#15Black Forest Labs · FLUXFLUX.2 Max1191$0.00973View prices →
#17ByteDance Seed · SeedreamSeedream 4.01188$0.00412View prices →
#19Black Forest Labs · FLUXFLUX.2 Pro1185$0.00414View 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

14 sources
GPT Image 2
$0.0020
GPT Image 1.5
$0.0069
dall-e-3
$0.0028
gpt-image-1
$0.0020

Google · Nano Banana

Readable model names first

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

xAI · Grok Imagine

Readable model names first

6 sources
Grok Imagine Image Quality
$0.0097
grok-imagine-image
$0.0028
grok-imagine-image-pro
$0.0097
Grok Aurora
$0.0200

Black Forest Labs · FLUX

Readable model names first

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

ByteDance Seed · Seedream

Readable model names first

7 sources
Seedream 4.0
$0.0041
doubao-seedream-5-0-260128
$0.0041
doubao-seedream-3-0-t2i-250415
$0.0029
doubao-seedream-4-0-250828
$0.0034

Recraft

Readable model names first

1 sources
recraftv3
$10.3448

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

7 sources
qwen-image-max
$0.0110
qwen-image-edit-2509
$0.0028
qwen-image-edit-plus
$0.0138
qwen-image-max-2025-12-30
$0.0110

Alibaba · Wan Image

Readable model names first

5 sources
wan2.7-image-pro
$0.0103
Wan 2.7 Image Pro
$0.0688
Wan 2.7 Image
$0.0300
wan2.7-image
$0.0276
+242 other models (some names may come from relay providers)
gpt-image-1-mini
$1.1034
mj_imagine
$0.0138
mj_upscale
$0.0138
mj_variation
$0.0138
gpt-image-2-all
$0.0041
grok-4-image
$0.0166
grok-imagine-video-1.5-preview
$0.0069
mj_blend
$0.0138
mj_describe
$0.0138
mj_high_variation
$0.0138
mj_low_variation
$0.0138
mj_modal
$0.0138
mj_pan
$0.0138
mj_reroll
$0.0138
mj_zoom
$0.0138
z-image-turbo
$0.0207
chatgpt-image-latest
$3.1034
dall-e-2
$0.0069
doubao-seededit-3-0-i2i-250628
$0.0029
doubao-seedream-4-5-251128
$0.0039
flux-pro
$0.0039
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview
$0.0055
gpt-4o-image-vip
$0.0110
gpt-image-1-all
$0.0138
gpt-image-1.5-2025-12-16
$4.4138
gpt-image-1.5-all
$0.0276
gpt-image-2-c
$0.0083
grok-3-image
$0.0086
mj_custom_zoom
$0.0138
mj_edits
$0.0207
mj_inpaint
$0.0138
mj_video
$0.1931
qwen-image-plus
$0.0110
cogview-4
$0.0100
flux-1.1-pro
$0.0414
flux-2-flex
$0.0083
flux-dev
$0.0110
flux-pro-1.1-ultra
$0.0052
flux-pro-max
$0.0066
flux-schnell
$0.0050
flux.1-kontext-pro
$0.0207
flux.1.1-pro
$0.0033
gpt-4o-image
$0.0069
gpt-image-1-2025-04-15
$20.6897
gpt-image-2-vip
$0.0041
grok-4.1-image
$0.0207
grok-4.2-image
$0.0221
kling-avatar-image2video
$0.0116
kling-image
$0.0116
kling-image-recognize
$0.0116
kling-omni-image
$0.0116
mj_shorten
$0.0138
mj_upload
$0.0020
mj_uploads
$0.0138
Nano Banana
$0.0500
qwen-image
$0.0172
seededit
$0.1000
sora_image
$0.0069
text-moderation-stable
$0.0276
aigc-image-kling-3.0
$0.0425
AnyShoot ReplaceImage
$0.1250
AnyShoot ReplaceImage V3
$0.1250
baidubce-irag-1.0
$0.0500
chat_fast_imagine
$10.3448
chat_relax_imagine
$10.3448
chat-seededit
$0.1000
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
$0.0683
doubao-seededit-3-0
$0.1000
doubao-seedream-3-0
$0.1000
doubao-seedream-4-0
$0.0286
doubao-seedream-4-5
$0.0357
doubao-seedream-4.5
$0.0345
doubao-seedream-5-0
$0.0314
Dreamshaper
$0.0006
Edit
$0.0200
flux
$10.3448
Flux 1 Schnell (CF)
$0.0001
Flux 2 Dev (CF)
$0.0002
Flux 2 Klein 4B (CF)
$0.0001
Flux 2 Klein 9B (CF)
$0.0150
Flux-1-Krea
$0.0500
Flux-1-Krea-Redux
$0.0500
Flux-1-SRPO
$0.0300
flux-2-dev
$10.3448
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-V1.1
$0.1000
Flux-Realism
$0.0500
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.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-1
$0.0110
gemini-2.5-flash-image-business
$0.0138
gemini-3-pro-image-4k
$0.0303
gemini-3-pro-image-preview-1
$0.0386
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-t
$620.6897
gemini-3-pro-image-preview-thinking
$620.6897
gemini-3-pro-image-preview:image
$0.0331
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview-1
$0.0248
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-preview-t
$41.3793
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-4o-image-generation
$0.0300
GPT-5
$10.0000
gpt-image-1-mini-2025-10-06
$20.6897
gpt-image-1-vip
$0.0138
gpt-image-2-2026-04-21
$0.0110
gpt-image-2-4k
$0.0152
gpt-image-2-pro
$0.0690
gpt-image-2-pro-all
$0.0110
gpt-image-2-vip-c
$0.0041
gpt-vision-image-2
$0.0069
Grok Aurora Quality
$0.0500
grok-imagine-1.0-video
$0.0103
grok-imagine-video
$0.0069
grok-imagine-video-1.5-fast
$0.0103
grok-imagine-video-preview
$0.0103
Ideogram 2.0
$0.0400
Ideogram 2.0 Turbo
$0.0200
Ideogram 3.0
$0.0800
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
Lucid Origin (CF)
$0.0070
Lumina-Image-V2
$0.1000
minimaxi-image-01
$0.0100
Nano Banana (Edit)
$0.0500
nano-banana
$0.0390
Non-LLM Tool
$0.0600
Phoenix 1.0 (CF)
$0.0058
pixverse-image-template
$0.0096
Qwen Image 2.0
$0.0287
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
$0.1775
qwen-image-2.0-pro
$0.0690
Qwen-Image-2512
$0.0500
qwen-image-edit
$0.0110
qwen-image-edit-max
$0.0690
Qwen-Image-Layered
$0.0500
Qwen-Image-Lora
$0.0500
Qwen-Image-Lora-Trainer
$3.0000
Qwen-MT-Image
$0.0010
Reframe
$0.0300
Remix
$0.0200
Remove Background
$0.2500
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-3.0
$10.3448
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
seedream-v5-pro
$10.3448
sora_image-vip
$10.3448
sora-image
$0.0028
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 301 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 $0.0001 from Flux 1 Schnell (CF). Entry-level rates can be fractions of a cent per image — click "Detail →" to compare all providers for each model.

Other API categories

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Prices sourced from automated scrapers running daily at 09:00 UTC 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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