AI Gateway Pricing
What it actually costs to generate with the models on AI Gateway — priced per request, per image, or per second of output, the same units you’d see upstream.
Live per-model pricing
Average cost per request across IMG.LY’s AI generation gateway, grouped by capability and model.
Text → Image Models
Generate images from a text prompt. Pricing is typically billed per image or per output megapixel, depending on the model.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 | $0.011 | 89 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 4.5 | $0.048 | 20 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2 | $0.264 | 3 |
Image → Image Models
Transform an existing image using a prompt or reference. Most models bill per output image.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Edit | $0.045 | 22 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Max Edit | $0.336 | 2 |
| GoogleNano Banana 2 Edit | $0.120 | 8 |
| GoogleNano Banana Pro Edit | $0.360 | 2 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2 Edit | $0.226 | 4 |
Text → Video Models
Generate short video clips from a text prompt. Video models are billed by output unit, per second or per video, depending on the model.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| GoogleVeo 3.1 Fast | $1.75 | <1 |
Image → Video Models
Animate a still image into a short clip. Video models are billed by output unit, per second or per video, depending on the model.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| GoogleVeo 3.1 Fast I2V | $1.68 | <1 |
Text → Speech Models
Synthesize speech audio from text. Billed per character or per second of output.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabsEleven v3 TTS | $0.023 | 43 |
Text → Text Models
Text completion and reasoning models, billed per input and output token. Costs below are estimates for common editor tasks on a ~30 word paragraph (~45-token).
| Model | Copy Variant | Translation | Smart Edit |
|---|---|---|---|
| AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6 | $0.00210 | $0.00210 | $0.00348 |
| AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6 | $0.00126 | $0.00126 | $0.00209 |
| GoogleGemini 3 Flash Preview | $0.00024 | $0.00024 | $0.00040 |
| GoogleGemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $0.00095 | $0.00095 | $0.00161 |
| OpenAIGPT 5.4 | $0.00119 | $0.00119 | $0.00201 |
| OpenAIGPT 5.4 Mini | $0.00036 | $0.00036 | $0.00060 |
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Figures above are the mean cost of requests actually generated over the last 30 days.
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