Model index · Image · text-to-image generation · reasoning · Google · released 2026-02-26
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview pricing
Priced at $1.13 per 1M tokens blended on the standard tier.
A reasoning model — the headline price is not the whole bill
This model thinks before it answers, and those thinking tokens are billed at the output rate while never appearing in the response. A request can therefore cost several times what the per-1M figure suggests, and the multiplier depends on your prompts rather than on anything we can publish. Compare it against other reasoning models — the alternatives below are ordered to put those first.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (a.k.a Nano Banana 2) is Google's new state-of-the-art fast image generation and editing model
Google · first published 2026-02-26 · Image model · text-to-image generation · 66k context · description as published by the source, not written by us
$1.13
Cheapest standard /1M — Google (Gemini API)
66k
Native context window
2
Providers serving it
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Quality not measured yet
Quality not measured yet
We measure models on request rather than pre-scoring the whole catalog, so this one has no score yet. Absence of a score is not a low score.
Every provider and service tier
Standard on-demand rows first, cheapest of each group first. Tiers are not interchangeable — see the note below the table.
| Provider | In /1M | Out /1M | Blended /1M | Tier | Region | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google (Gemini API) cheapest standard | $0.5000 | $3.00 | $1.13 | standard | — | third_party |
Where you can buy it
Priced per unit of output, which is how generation models are sold. There is no per-token rate to quote for this model, so we do not invent one.
| Provider | Price | Unit | Region | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fal | $0.08 | per image | — | official_docs |
Before you switch
Identical weights do not guarantee identical output. Check that the cheaper host serves the model at full precision rather than a quantised copy, that its context window matches what you need, and that its rate limits carry your peak traffic. A cheaper host that cannot take your throughput is not cheaper — it is an outage.
Move to Google (Gemini API) without a rewrite
VernaOne fronts every provider on this page with one API, so switching host is a config change — with automatic fallback if quality or latency regresses.
Try VernaOne free →Frequently asked
How much does Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview cost?
The cheapest standard-tier provider is Google (Gemini API) at $1.13 per 1M tokens blended (3:1 input:output). Prices change often; verify with the provider before budgeting.
Which provider is best for Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview?
Cheapest is not automatically best. Compare quantisation (a lossy copy of the weights changes output), the context window each host actually serves, and rate limits. Where a provider serves less context than the model's native window we flag it in the table above.
Can I switch providers for Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview without changing code?
Yes, if you route through an abstraction. VernaOne exposes one API across every provider listed here, so switching host is a config change and you keep automatic fallback if the new one degrades.
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