Image Models
Text-to-image and image-editing models, from artistic generators to photorealistic, API-first and self-hostable options.
Nano Banana 2.1
Google's Oct 6, 2026 update to Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) — Flash-speed image generation and editing at $0.0336 per 1K image, 4K output, search grounding, thinking levels and up to 14 reference images.
GPT Image 2.5
OpenAI's Sept 8, 2026 image family — Flare (fast default) and Sunburst (precision flagship), #1 and #2 on Arena text-to-image, token pricing unchanged from GPT Image 2, up to 4K with transparent backgrounds.
FLUX.2
The open-weight champion for photorealism, text rendering and developer workflows — top quality at a few cents per image via API or self-hosting.
Midjourney v8.1
The industry leader for raw artistic quality and aesthetic polish — a subscription-only image generator beloved by designers and concept artists.
Grok Imagine Image 2.0
xAI's editing-first image model — Arena #2 in both T2I and image editing behind GPT-Image-2, with magic wand, segmentation, multi-reference compositing and templates.
GPT Image 2
OpenAI's image model — strong at prompt instruction-following and conversational editing, native to the ChatGPT and OpenAI API stack. Succeeded on Sept 8, 2026 by GPT Image 2.5 at the same token prices.
Nano Banana 2
Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model — Flash-speed image generation and editing with 4K output, strong text rendering and search grounding. Succeeded on Oct 6, 2026 by Nano Banana 2.1.
Boogu-Image 0.1
Apache-2.0 open-source image generation and editing family (Base / Turbo / Edit) with strong bilingual text rendering and near closed-source quality — trained on roughly 10× less data and fully self-hostable.
Recraft V4
The design-and-brand specialist — vector/SVG output, brand-style consistency and strong typography built for professional design work.
Ideogram 3.0
The specialist for typography and logo design — the most reliable model for correct, legible text inside generated images.
Imagen 4
Google's photorealism leader — best-in-class typography and people, available cheaply through Gemini Advanced or per-image on Vertex AI.
Stable Diffusion 3.5
The open-weights standard for local, private and customizable image generation — run it on your own GPU at no per-image cost, or via Stability's API.