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MOSS Image API Cost

A 1.5K MOSS Image image costs $0.083, against $0.11 at the fal API price. 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.

1.5K image: $0.083; fal API $0.11
1,000 images: $38.40; 1K
1,000 images / month: $82.60; 1.5K
Below fal API: up to 27%; failed runs: $0

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Try MOSS Image — 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 MOSS Image 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

3.84

~~$5.00~~ at the fal api price

Per image: 0.039
Per kept image: 0.039
Saved per month: $1.16
Saved per year: $13.92

Live prices · failed generations are free

Cost drivers

What drives the MOSS Image API cost

2 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the MOSS Image API pricing page.

Image size

The biggest lever. An image costs 4.0× as much at 2K as at 1K.

1K: $0.039; 1.0×
1.5K: $0.083; 2.2×
2K: $0.16; 4.0×

Takes you keep

Every successful image is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 1.5K image cost $0.25 instead of $0.083. Failed generations are refunded.

Real work

What images cost with MOSS Image

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

MOSS Image cost of common deliverables
Deliverable	Generations	Tier	fal API	CheaperGen
Concept exploration	20 images	1K	~~$1.00~~	$0.77 With a monthly plan: Pro $0.74Max $0.71
Product photo set	12 images	1.5K	~~$1.35~~	$1.00 With a monthly plan: Pro $0.95Max $0.90
Ad creative variations	50 images	1.5K	~~$5.63~~	$4.13 With a monthly plan: Pro $3.94Max $3.75
Blog illustrations for a month	100 images	1.5K	~~$11.25~~	$8.26 With a monthly plan: Pro $7.88Max $7.49
Catalog of 1,000 products × 3 shots	3,000 images	1K	~~$150.00~~	$115.20 With a monthly plan: Pro $110.28Max $105.36
Hero images	4 images	2K	~~$0.80~~	$0.62 With a monthly plan: Pro $0.59Max $0.57

Monthly plans lower prices on most models (shown under each price); you can still pay as you go. Pro $499/month · Max $4,999/month.

Budgets

What a MOSS Image budget buys

Images per budget at each size.

MOSS Image: output per budget
Size	$10	$50	$100	$500	$1,000
1K $0.039 per image	260	1,302	2,604	13,020	26,041
1.5K $0.083 per image	121	605	1,210	6,053	12,106
2K $0.16 per image	65	325	651	3,259	6,518

Yearly difference

MOSS Image cost vs the fal API price

The same monthly volume at 1.5K, priced here and at the fal API price (verified October 22, 2026).

1,000 images / month

$82.60

~~$112.50~~ fal API

$358.80 less a year

10,000 images / month

$826.00

~~$1,125~~ fal API

$3,588 less a year

100,000 images / month

$8,260

~~$11,250~~ fal API

$35,880 less a year

Compare

A 1.5K image on other models

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

Cost of the same request on MOSS Image and other models
Model	Tier	Cost	vs. MOSS Image
FLUX 3 Image Klein Black Forest Labs	1.5K	$0.005	−95%
FLUX 3 Black Forest Labs	1.5K	$0.065	−22%
MOSS Image OpenMOSS	1.5K	$0.083	—

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

Cost control

Keep MOSS Image spend predictable

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

Price it first. POST /v1/quote/openmoss/moss-image/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

MOSS Image API cost questions

MOSS Image API Pricing

MOSS Image API Pricing Per Image

Cheapest MOSS Image API

A 1.5K image costs $0.083 (fal API $0.11). Prices run from $0.0384 to $0.1534 per image depending on size, with no subscription needed and no minimum spend.

It depends only on usage. 1,000 images a month cost $82.60; 10,000 images a month cost $826.00; 100,000 images a month cost $8,260 (at 1.5K). At the middle volume that is $3,588 a year less than at the fal API price.

Image size. 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 MOSS Image.

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.

Our prices are live; fal API prices were verified October 22, 2026. MOSS Image is OpenMOSS' open-weights model. CheaperGen provides API access to the open weights, run on GPU inference for open-source models, and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.