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All image generation models
| Rank | Org | Model | Unit | $/Unit | Total Cost |
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Cheapest image generation API prices
Image APIs use three incompatible billing units. The tables keep flat per-image, per-megapixel, and image-token prices separate so unlike rates are never ranked against each other.
Lowest listed flat per-image prices
| Provider | Model | Variant | Unit | Price per image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fal | Luma Uni-1 Text to Image | Standard | image | $0.0030 |
| fal | Luma Uni-1 Text to Image Max | Standard | image | $0.0030 |
| fal | Vecglypher | Standard | image | $0.0050 |
| fal | MiniMax (Hailuo AI) Text to Image | Standard | image | $0.010 |
| fal | Wan | Standard | image | $0.016 |
| sourceful | Sourceful: Riverflow V2.5 Fast | Standard | image | $0.019 |
| fal | Grok Imagine Image | Standard | image | $0.020 |
| sourceful | Sourceful: Riverflow V2 Fast | Standard | image | $0.020 |
| fal | Recraft 20b | Standard | image | $0.022 |
| fal | Wan | Standard | image | $0.025 |
| fal | Ideogram V2A Turbo | Standard | image | $0.025 |
| fal | Kling Image | Standard | image | $0.028 |
| fal | Kling Image | Standard | image | $0.028 |
| fal | Bytedance Seedream V4 Text To Image | Standard | image | $0.030 |
| fal | Ideogram Text to Image | Standard | image | $0.030 |
Lowest listed per-megapixel prices
| Provider | Model | Variant | Unit | Price per megapixel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fal | Sana | Standard | megapixel | $0.0010 |
| fal | Sana Sprint | Standard | megapixel | $0.0025 |
| fal | FLUX.1 [schnell] | Standard | megapixel | $0.0030 |
| fal | FLUX.1 [schnell] | Standard | megapixel | $0.0030 |
| fal | Z Image Turbo | Standard | megapixel | $0.0050 |
| fal | Hidream O1 Image | Standard | megapixel | $0.0050 |
| fal | Luma Photon Flash | Standard | megapixel | $0.0050 |
| fal | Sana v1.5 1.6B | Standard | megapixel | $0.0075 |
| fal | FLUX 2 Turbo | Standard | megapixel | $0.0080 |
| fal | Krea 2 Turbo | Standard | megapixel | $0.0080 |
| fal | Z Image Turbo Lora | Standard | megapixel | $0.0085 |
| fal | FLUX.2 [klein] 4B | Standard | megapixel | $0.0090 |
| fal | Krea 2 Text to Image Turbo LoRA | Standard | megapixel | $0.010 |
| fal | Z Image Base | Standard | megapixel | $0.010 |
| fal | Hidream I1 Fast | Standard | megapixel | $0.010 |
Lowest listed image-token prices
| Provider | Model | Variant | Unit | Price per million image tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai | OpenAI: GPT Image 1 Mini | Standard | token | $8.00 |
| openai | OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini | Standard | token | $8.00 |
| Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Standard | token | $15.00 | |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) | Standard | token | $30.00 | |
| openai | OpenAI: GPT Image 2 | Standard | token | $30.00 |
| openai | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Image 2 | Standard | token | $30.00 |
| openai | OpenAI: GPT Image 1 | Standard | token | $40.00 |
| openai | OpenAI: GPT-5 Image | Standard | token | $40.00 |
| microsoft | Microsoft: MAI-Image-2.5 | Standard | token | $47.00 |
| Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | Standard | token | $60.00 | |
| microsoft | Microsoft: MAI-Image-2.5 Pro | Standard | token | $108.00 |
| Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Standard | token | $120.00 |
Pricing refreshed 2026-08-31. A listed rate may cover only one size, quality, or endpoint variant; confirm the selected variant before buying.
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