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 |
|---|---|---|
| AlibabaQwen Image 2 | $0.042 | 23 |
| AlibabaZ Image Turbo | $0.0050 | 200 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 | $0.015 | 64 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Klein 9b | $0.0069 | 145 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Max | $0.098 | 10 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Pro | $0.035 | 28 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux Dev | $0.025 | 40 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux Schnell | $0.0032 | 314 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 4.5 | $0.047 | 21 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 5 Lite | $0.038 | 26 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 5 Pro | $0.097 | 10 |
| GoogleNano Banana 2 | $0.080 | 12 |
| GoogleNano Banana 2 Lite | $0.044 | 22 |
| GoogleNano Banana Pro | $0.171 | 5 |
| Ideogramv3 | $0.072 | 13 |
| Ideogramv4 | $0.013 | 76 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2 | $0.258 | 3 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 | $0.035 | 28 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | $0.031 | 31 |
| Recraftv4.1 | $0.035 | 28 |
| Recraftv4.1 Pro Vector | $0.307 | 3 |
| Recraftv4.1 Vector | $0.082 | 12 |
Image → Image Models
Transform an existing image using a prompt or reference. Most models bill per output image.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| AlibabaQwen Image 2 Pro Edit | $0.075 | 13 |
| AlibabaQwen Image 3 Edit | $0.058 | 17 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Edit | $0.031 | 31 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Klein 9b Edit | $0.025 | 39 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Max Edit | $0.312 | 3 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 2 Pro Edit | $0.068 | 14 |
| Black Forest LabsFlux 3 Edit | $0.096 | 10 |
| BriaRmbg 2.0 | $0.019 | 53 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 4.5 Edit | $0.048 | 20 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 5 Lite Edit | $0.042 | 23 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 5 Pro Edit | $0.139 | 7 |
| ByteDanceSeedream 5 Pro Layerize | $0.331 | 3 |
| ByteDanceseedvr2 Upscale | $0.0067 | 148 |
| GoogleNano Banana 2 Edit | $0.084 | 11 |
| GoogleNano Banana 2 Lite Edit | $0.050 | 19 |
| GoogleNano Banana Pro Edit | $0.159 | 6 |
| Ideogramv3 Fill | $0.074 | 13 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2 Edit | $0.216 | 4 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Edit | $0.052 | 19 |
| OpenAIGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst Edit | $0.033 | 30 |
| RecraftCrisp Upscale | $0.0040 | 248 |
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 | $1.46 | <1 |
| GoogleVeo 3.1 Lite | $0.386 | 2 |
| Klingv3 Pro | $1.34 | <1 |
| MiniMaxh3 Max | $0.420 | 2 |
| MiniMaxh3 Max Turbo | $0.120 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ByteDanceSeedance 2.5 I2V | $3.50 | <1 |
| GoogleVeo 3.1 Fast I2V | $1.49 | <1 |
| GoogleVeo 3.1 Lite I2V | $0.349 | 2 |
| Klingv3 Pro I2V | $0.722 | 1 |
| MiniMaxh3 Max I2V | $0.390 | 2 |
| MiniMaxh3 Max Turbo I2V | $0.139 | 7 |
Text → Speech Models
Synthesize speech audio from text. Billed per character or per second of output.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabsEleven v3 TTS | $0.012 | 85 |
Speech → Text Models
Transcribe audio into text. Billed per second of input audio.
| Model | Price | Output per $1 |
|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabsScribe v2 | $0.020 | 50 |
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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