Set expected usage; each row estimates monthly cost from official unit prices.
7 official USD rows - checked 2026-06-14 - sorted by Images ranking.
| Model | Provider | Published price | Region | Source | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAI Official API | Image: $8 input / $2 cached / $30 output per 1M tokens Token-billed image generation; use provider calculator for per-image estimates | Needs calculator | Global | OpenAI API pricing Checked 2026-06-14 | Text input is priced separately on the OpenAI table. | |
Official API | $0.134 per 1K/2K image; $0.24 per 4K image Native image generation and editing | $139 | Gemini API paid tier | Gemini API pricing Checked 2026-06-14 | Image input is set at 560 tokens, equivalent to $0.0011 per image. | |
xAI Official API | $0.002 input image / $0.02 output image 1K and 2K standard image output | $20.80 | xAI API | xAI API pricing Checked 2026-06-14 | Quality mode is higher: $0.05 to $0.07 output image. | |
Official API | $0.04 per image Imagen 4 Fast is $0.02 and Ultra is $0.06 per image | $41.60 | Gemini API paid tier | Gemini API pricing Checked 2026-06-14 | Good calculator default because Google publishes a direct per-image price. | |
Runway Official API | 5 credits per 720p image; 1 credit = $0.01 1080p image is 8 credits | $52.00 | Runway API | Runway API pricing Checked 2026-06-14 | Credit purchases may be subject to sales tax. | |
Z.AI Official API | $0.015 per image Image generation model | $15.60 | Z.AI API | Z.AI pricing Checked 2026-06-14 | CogView-4 is listed at $0.01 per image on the same official page. | |
Stability AI Official API | 1 credit = $0.01; model credit cost shown on provider pricing page Hosted Stability AI image generation | Needs calculator | Stability AI platform | Stability AI pricing Checked 2026-06-14 | Kept as source-verified credit pricing until the per-model credit table is parsed safely. |