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Image models

AI image generation API

19 official AI image models — Seedream, Nano Banana, GPT Image, FLUX, Grok Imagine, Qwen-Image and more — for generation and editing through one REST API. From $0.0007/image, up to 95% below the official list price.

Models
19
7 developers
From
$0.0007/image
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
Below official
up to 95%
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
Failed runs
$0
refunded automatically

Live prices

Every AI image model, compared

Starting price per image at each model's lowest tier, next to the official list price. Select a column to sort.

AI image generation API: models, specs and prices. Select a column header to sort.
T2I · Edit
2K
Up to 10
$0.0322/image
1K
$0.045/image
up to 28%
T2I · Edit
2K
Up to 10
$0.0303/image
1K
$0.035/image
up to 13%
T2I · Edit
2K
Up to 10
$0.0151/image
1K
$0.018/image
up to 16%
T2I · Edit
4K
Up to 14
$0.099/image
1K
$0.14/image
up to 46%
T2I · Edit
4K
Up to 14
$0.022/image
1K
$0.0416/image
up to 59%
T2I · Edit
4K
Up to 16
$0.0066/image
1K · low
$0.0074/image
up to 12%
T2I · Edit
4K
Up to 16
$0.0066/image
1K · low
$0.0074/image
up to 12%
FLUX 3
Black Forest LabsPricingCheap API
T2I · Edit
4K
Up to 10
$0.0423/image
1K
$0.048/image
up to 12%
T2I · Edit
2K
Up to 4
$0.0007/image
1K
$0.014/image
up to 95%
T2I · Edit
4 MP
Up to 8
$0.0264/image
1 MP
$0.03/image
up to 36%
T2I
4 MP
—
$0.0616/image
1 MP
$0.07/image
up to 12%
T2I
4 MP
—
$0.044/image
1 MP
$0.05/image
up to 12%
T2I · Edit
1K
Up to 4
$0.0275/image
Image
$0.04/image
up to 31%
T2I · Edit
1K
Up to 4
$0.055/image
Image
$0.08/image
up to 31%
T2I · Edit
2K
Up to 3
$0.022/image
1K · low
$0.04/image
up to 63%
T2I · Edit
2K
Up to 3
$0.0315/image
1K
$0.04/image
up to 21%
T2I · Edit
2K
Up to 3
$0.0227/image
1K
$0.03/image
up to 24%
T2I
2K
—
$0.0017/image
1K
$0.015/image
up to 89%
T2I
1k 16:9
—
$0.0055/image
1K square
$0.015/image
up to 63%

Prices are live from our catalog. Official list prices are the developers' own published API prices. Every tier: full price list.

How to choose

Picking an AI image model

Lowest price
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B from $0.0007/image (1K).
Largest output
Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, GPT Image 2.5 Flare and 1 more — up to 4K.
Most edit inputs
GPT Image 2.5 and GPT Image 2.5 Flare — combine up to 16 input images in one edit.
Most aspect ratios
FLUX 3 — 15 aspect ratios.
Biggest discount
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B: up to 95% below Black Forest Labs's official price.

How it works

About the AI Image API

Generate and edit with one API

Text-to-image and image editing share one request shape: POST /v1/run/{endpoint} with a prompt, plus input images for edits. Results come back as image URLs.

Billed per image

Each generated image is billed at the size (and, where offered, quality) you choose. Requesting several images costs the per-image price times the count.

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FAQ

AI Image API questions

An AI image API generates or edits images from a prompt in your own code. Cheaper Gen. serves 19 official image models, including Seedream 5.0 Pro, Seedream 5.0 Lite, Seedream 5.0 Flash, Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2.1 and 14 more, through one key.

FLUX.2 [klein] 4B starts at $0.0007 per image (1K), so 1,000 images cost $0.70. The cheap AI image API page ranks every model by price.

Yes. Seedream 5.0 Pro, Seedream 5.0 Lite, Seedream 5.0 Flash, Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2.1 and 10 more support image editing with input images.

There is no subscription. Credits are prepaid from $10 and work across every model in the API and the Studio; failed generations are refunded automatically, and the quote endpoint prices any request for free before you run it.

No. One Cheaper Gen. API key and balance covers ByteDance, Google, OpenAI, Black Forest Labs, xAI, Alibaba and Krea. Every model uses the same request shape: POST /v1/run/{endpoint}, then poll or receive a webhook.