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GPT Image 2.5 API Cost

A 1K · medium GPT Image 2.5 image costs $0.013. What you spend depends on image size, how many images you make and how many you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.

1K · medium image: $0.013
1,000 images: $6.07; 1K · low
1,000 images / month: $12.52; 1K · medium
Below official: up to 8%; failed runs: $0

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Try it

Try GPT Image 2.5 — the price is on the button

Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.

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Calculator

Calculate your GPT Image 2.5 cost

Pick the size, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.

Size

Images you keep per month 100

Tries per keeper

Per month · 100 generations

0.61

~~$0.64~~ at the official price

Per image: 0.007
Per kept image: 0.007
Saved per month: $0.032
Saved per year: $0.38

Live prices · failed generations are free

Cost drivers

What drives the GPT Image 2.5 API cost

4 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the GPT Image 2.5 API pricing page.

Image size

The biggest lever. An image costs 1.9× as much at 2K as at 1K.

1K: $0.007; 1.0×
2K: $0.012; 1.9×

Quality

At 1K, high quality costs 8.1× low: $0.0061 vs $0.0492 per image.

Task

Text to image and image edit cost the same: the input doesn't change the rate.

Takes you keep

Every successful image is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 1K · medium image cost $0.038 instead of $0.013. Failed generations are refunded.

Real work

What images cost with GPT Image 2.5

Typical jobs priced end to end at today's per-image prices.

GPT Image 2.5 cost of common deliverables
Deliverable	Generations	Tier	Official	CheaperGen
Concept exploration	20 images	1K · low	~~$0.13~~	$0.13
Product photo set	12 images	1K · medium	~~$0.16~~	$0.16
Ad creative variations	50 images	1K · medium	~~$0.68~~	$0.63
Blog illustrations for a month	100 images	1K · medium	~~$1.37~~	$1.26
Catalog of 1,000 products × 3 shots	3,000 images	1K · low	~~$19.14~~	$18.19
Hero images	4 images	2K · high	~~$0.43~~	$0.40

Budgets

What a GPT Image 2.5 budget buys

Images per budget at each size.

GPT Image 2.5: output per budget
Size	$10	$50	$100	$500	$1,000
1K $0.007 per image	1,649	8,249	16,498	82,494	164,989
2K $0.012 per image	877	4,385	8,771	43,859	87,719

Yearly difference

GPT Image 2.5 cost vs the official price

The same monthly volume at 1K · medium, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).

1,000 images / month

$12.52

~~$13.67~~ official

$13.90 less a year

10,000 images / month

$125.12

~~$136.70~~ official

$138.96 less a year

100,000 images / month

$1,252

~~$1,367~~ official

$1,390 less a year

Compare

A 1K image on other models

The same request on GPT Image models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest price for that size.

Cost of the same request on GPT Image 2.5 and other models
Model	Tier	Cost	vs. GPT Image 2.5
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B Black Forest Labs	1K	$0.001	−84%
FLUX 3 Image Klein Black Forest Labs	1K	$0.002	−69%
Z-Image Turbo Alibaba	1K	$0.005	−22%
GPT Image 2.5 OpenAI	1K · low	$0.007	—
GPT Image 2.5 Flare GPT Image family	1K · low	$0.007	−0%
Seedream 5.0 Flash ByteDance	1K	$0.016	+154%

Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.

Cost control

Keep GPT Image 2.5 spend predictable

The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.

Price it first. POST /v1/quote/openai/gpt-image-2.5/text-to-image returns the exact price of any request, free.
Cap a request. Send max_cost_usd and a request priced above it is refused without charge.
Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.

FAQ

GPT Image 2.5 API cost questions

GPT Image 2.5 API Pricing

GPT Image 2.5 API Pricing Per Image

Cheapest GPT Image 2.5 API

A 1K · medium image costs $0.013. Prices run from $0.0061 to $0.0999 per image depending on size and quality, with no subscription needed and no minimum spend.

It depends only on usage. 1,000 images a month cost $12.52; 10,000 images a month cost $125.12; 100,000 images a month cost $1,252 (at 1K · medium). At the middle volume that is $138.96 a year less than at the official price.

Image size, quality and task. The quote endpoint (POST /v1/quote/{endpoint}) prices any request for free before you run it. Rates by size: price per image.

You pay for every successful generation, including takes you decide not to use. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while they are queued, are refunded in full automatically. To spend less per try, see Cheapest GPT Image 2.5.

Yes. Credits are prepaid, so you can't spend more than your balance. Pass max_cost_usd with a request and it is refused, without charge, if its price would be higher. Auto top-up is optional.

GPT Image 2.5 Flare costs $0.007 for the same 1K · medium image, against $0.013 with GPT Image 2.5. Compare quality on both before switching.

Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. GPT Image 2.5 is developed by OpenAI. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.