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Text to image API pricing

Text to image API pricing on 6 platforms: 556 endpoints for text to image and 1,132 current prices, across 14 model families. The cheapest exact price is $0.003/image for FLUX 1 Schnell, on Replicate. Prices are read from each platform daily and tagged by task, resolution and duration.

Endpoints
556
Current prices
1,132
Model families
14
Cheapest
$0.003/image

Same model, platform by platform

One row per model version that can text to image, by model family, newest first; each cell is that platform’s lowest exact price for it (per image). Green is the cheapest platform for that version. Versions are not ranked against each other.

VersionOpenRouterkie.aifalWaveSpeedReplicateAPIMart
Nano Banana 2.1Ranked at 1K$30/M out$0.02/image1K$35.294/M out$0.036/image1K$0.0336/image1K$0.012/image1KExt
Nano Banana 2Ranked at 1K$60/M out$0.04/image1K$0.08/image$0.063/image1K$0.067/image1K$0.012/image1KExt
Nano Banana 2 LiteResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked—$0.02/image1K$37.5/M out$0.04/image$0.034/image$0.008/imageExt
Nano Banana 【 Gemini Image 2.5 】$30/M out$0.02/image$0.0398/image$0.038/image$0.039/image$0.008/imageExt
Nano Banana ProRanked at 1K$60/M out$0.09/image1K · 2K$0.15/image$0.126/image1K$0.15/image1K$0.02/image1KExt
Imagen 4.0—$0.04/run———$0.04/image
GPT Image 2.6 FlareResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked$30/M out$27/M out$30/M out$0.027/image1K · Low quality$0.05/imageLow quality$0.0085/image1KExt
GPT Image 2.6 SunburstResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked$30/M out$27/M out$30/M out$0.027/image1K · Low quality$0.05/imageLow quality$0.0085/image1KExt
GPT Image 2.6 Flare MaxResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked———$0.225/image1K · Max$0.5/imageMax—
GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst MaxResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked———$0.225/image1K · Max$0.5/imageMax—
GPT Image 2.5 FlareRanked at 1K$30/M out$0.03/image1K$30/M out$0.01/image1K · Low quality$0.012/imageLow quality$0.0085/image1KExt
GPT Image 2.5 SunburstRanked at 1K$30/M out$0.03/image1K$30/M out$0.01/image1K · Low quality$0.012/imageLow quality$0.0085/image1KExt
GPT Image 2.5 Flare MaxResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked———$0.36/image1K · Max$0.5/imageMax—
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst MaxResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked———$0.36/image1K · Max$0.5/imageMax—
GPT Image 2Ranked at 1K$30/M out$0.03/image1K$30/M out$0.0095/image1K · Low quality$0.012/imageLow quality$0.0085/image1KExt
GPT Image 1.5Ranked at 1024×1024 · Low quality—$0.02/imageMedium quality$0.009/image1024×1024 · Low quality$0.01/image1024×1024 · Low quality$0.013/imageLow quality$0.0058/image1:1 · Low quality
GPT Image 1$40/M out————$0.007/image1:1 · Low quality
GPT Image 1 Mini$8/M out—$1/unit———
FLUX 3Ranked at 1K$0.041/image—$0.048/MP$0.048/image1K$0.048/image1K$0.0384/image1K
FLUX 3 KleinRanked at 1K$0.008/image$0.008/image1K$0.009/MP$0.01/image1K—$0.0072/image1K
FLUX 2.0 Turbo——$0.008/MP$0.04/image——
FLUX 2.0 ProResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked$0.03/MP$0.025/image1K$0.03/MP$0.03/image$0.015/MP$0.024/image1 MP
FLUX 2.0 Flash——$0.005/MP$0.025/image——
FLUX 2.0 MaxResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked$0.07/MP—$0.07/MP$0.07/image$0.03/MP$0.056/image1 MP
FLUX 2.0 Klein$0.014/MP—$0.005/MP$0.008/image$0.001/MP—
FLUX 2.0 Dev———$0.012/image$0.014/MP—
FLUX 2.0 FlexResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked$0.06/MP$0.07/image1K$0.05/MP$0.06/image$0.06/MP$0.04/image1 MP
FLUX 1.1 Pro——$0.04/MP$0.04/image$0.04/image—
FLUX 1.1 Pro Ultra——$0.06/image$0.06/image$0.06/image—
FLUX 1——$0.0333/MP$0.02/image——
FLUX 1 Schnell——$0.003/MP$0.003/image$0.003/image—
FLUX 1 Dev——$0.025/MP$0.012/image$0.025/image—
FLUX 1 Kontext Pro—$0.025/imagePro$0.04/image$0.04/image——
FLUX 1 Kontext Max—$0.05/imageMax—$0.08/image——
FLUX 1 Krea Dev——$0.025/MP$0.02/image$0.025/image—
Seedream 5.0 ProRanked at 1K$0.045/image$0.035/image1K$0.0675/unit$0.0405/image1K$0.045/image1K$0.0293/image1K
Seedream 5.0 LiteResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked$0.035/image$0.0275/image$0.035/image$0.035/image$0.035/image$0.028/image2K · 3K · 4K
Seedream 5.0 FlashRanked at 1K$0.018/image$0.0162/image1K$0.027/image$0.0243/image1K—$0.0137/image1K · 1.5K · 2K
Seedream 4.5Resolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked$0.04/image$0.0325/image$0.04/image$0.04/image$0.04/image$0.026/image2K · 4K
Seedream 4.0Resolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked—$0.025/image$0.03/image$0.027/image$0.03/image$0.0195/image1K · 2K · 4K
Show 38 more models
VersionOpenRouterkie.aifalWaveSpeedReplicateAPIMart
Seedream 3.0—$0.0175/image——$0.03/image—
Qwen Image 3.0Ranked at 1K$0.03/image$0.024/image1K$0.01/unit$0.03/image1K$0.03/image$0.0206/image1K
Qwen Image 3.0 ProRanked at 1K$0.04/image$0.032/image1K—$0.04/image1K$0.04/image$0.0286/image1K
Qwen Image 2.1—$0.02/image1K—From $0.02/run——
Qwen Image 2.0Resolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked—$0.028/image—$0.03/image$0.035/image$0.02/image1K · 2K
Qwen Image 2.0 ProResolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked———$0.07/image$0.075/image$0.05/image1K · 2K
Ideogram 4.5Resolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked——$0.001/unit$0.03/image1K · Low quality$0.008/imageVery low quality—
Ideogram 4Resolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked——$0.04/image$0.025/image1K · Low quality$0.1/image—
Ideogram 3—$0.05/image$0.03/image$0.085/image$0.09/image—
Ideogram 3 Turbo—$0.0175/imageTurbo—$0.03/image$0.03/image—
Ideogram 3 Balanced—$0.035/image—$0.06/image$0.06/image—
Ideogram 2——$0.08/image$0.08/image$0.08/image—
Ideogram 2 Turbo——$0.05/image$0.05/image$0.05/image—
Recraft 4.1$0.035/image—$0.035/image$0.04/image$0.04/image—
Recraft 4.1 Pro$0.21/image—$0.21/image$0.25/image$0.25/image—
Recraft 4.1 Flash$0.007/image—$0.007/image$0.008/image——
Recraft 4.1 Vector$0.08/image—$0.08/image$0.1/image$0.04/image—
Recraft 4.1 Pro Vector$0.3/image—$0.3/image$0.36/image$0.25/image—
Recraft 4$0.04/image—$0.04/image$0.04/image$0.04/image—
Recraft 4 Pro$0.25/image—$0.25/image$0.25/image$0.25/image—
Recraft 4 Vector$0.08/image—$0.08/image$0.08/image$0.08/image—
Recraft 4 Pro Vector$0.3/image—$0.3/image—$0.3/image—
Recraft 3$0.04/image—$0.04/image$0.04/image$0.04/image—
Recraft 3 Vector———$0.08/image$0.08/image—
Grok Imagine 2.0Ranked at 1K · Low quality$0.04/image$0.02/image$0.01/unit$0.04/image1K · Low quality$0.04/image1K · Low quality$0.032/image1K · Low quality
Hunyuan Image 3.5$1.6/M out————$0.0192/image1K
Hunyuan Image 3——$0.1/MP$0.1/image$0.08/image—
Hunyuan Image 3 Instruct——$0.09/MP$0.45/image——
Hunyuan Image 2.1——$0.1/MP$0.025/image$0.02/image—
Krea 3Resolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked——$0.013/s$0.03/image$0.05/image1K · High quality—
Krea 2 Turbo——$0.008/MP$0.012/image1K——
Krea 2 Medium$0.03/image—$0.001/unit$0.03/image$0.03/image—
Krea 2 Large$0.06/image—$0.001/unit$0.06/image$0.06/image—
Krea 2 Medium Turbo$0.015/image—$0.001/unit$0.015/image——
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium——$0.02/MP—$0.035/image—
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large——$0.065/MP—$0.065/image—
Bria 1.5Resolutions differ or aren’t stated: not ranked——$0.04/image$0.04/image1 MP——
Luma Photon Flash———$0.005/image$0.01/image—
Not compared (190)

Versions sold on one platform only, and endpoints that are their own product (lip sync, avatars, effects, extend, relight): nothing to rank them against, so none is marked cheapest. Showing 40 of 190; the price library has the rest.

VersionPlatformUSD
Nano Banana 2 FastWaveSpeed$0.045/image2K
Nano Banana 2 Flash LiteOpenRouter$30/M out
Nano Banana Litefal$37.5/M out
Nano Banana Pro UltraWaveSpeed$0.15/image4K
Imagen 4.0 Fastkie.ai$0.02/runFast
Imagen 4.0 Ultrakie.ai$0.06/imageUltra
GPT Image 2.6 Economykie.ai$0.025/image1K
OpenAI 4o imagekie.ai$0.03/image
dall-e-3APIMart$0.032/image
GPT-5 Image MiniOpenRouter$8/M out
GPT-5.4 Image 2OpenRouter$30/M out
GPT-5 ImageOpenRouter$40/M out
FLUX 2.0fal$0.012/MP
Flux 2 Lora Galleryfal$0.021/MP
Flux 2 Lora Galleryfal$0.021/MP
Flux 2 Lora Galleryfal$0.021/MP
Flux 2 Lora Galleryfal$0.021/MP
FLUX 2 Lora Gallery Hdr Stylefal$0.021/MP
Flux 2 Lora Galleryfal$0.021/MP
FLUX 2 Lora Gallery Realismfal$0.021/MP
Flux 2 Lora Galleryfal$0.021/MP
Flux 2 Lora Galleryfal$0.021/MP
FLUX 2.0 Dev FastReplicate$0.012/MPFast
FLUX 1 ProReplicate$0.055/image
black-forest-labs/flux-canny-proReplicate$0.05/image
FLUX 1 FastReplicate$0.005/image
black-forest-labs/flux-canny-devReplicate$0.025/image
fal-ai/flux-lora-cannyfal$0.035/MP
FLUX 1 Kontextfal$0.035/MP
FLUX 1 Kreafal$0.035/MP
FLUX 1 Pro Kontext Maxfal$0.08/image
FLUX 1 Dev Ultra FastWaveSpeed$0.005/image
Juggernaut Flux Lightningfal$0.006/MP
Juggernaut Flux Basefal$0.035/MP
Rundiffusion Photo Fluxfal$0.045/MP
Juggernaut Flux Profal$0.055/MP
Seedream 5.5WaveSpeed$0.019/image1.5K
bytedance/dreamina-3.1Replicate$0.03/image
Qwen Image 2.1 TurboOpenRouter$0.0184/image
Qwen Image 2.1 ProOpenRouter$0.046/image

How endpoints are sorted into tasks: by the task words each platform uses in its endpoint ids, names and price labels (image-to-video, i2v, video-edit…). Generation models that name no task count as “Text to image”. One endpoint can be under several tasks.

Model families for this task

Nano Banana48Imagen4GPT Image48FLUX128Seedream35Qwen Image75Ideogram43Recraft62Grok Imagine18Hunyuan Image12Krea20Stable Diffusion12Bria7Luma Photon9

Other image tasks

Image editingImage upscalingBackground removal & replacement