Everyone is buzzing around image generation this week, or more specifically, Google's Nano-Banana. So today we want to share a list of models that can be your great toolkit for image generation + editing + multi-turn refinement.
1. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, or Nano-Banana →
https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/image/
Google’s newest image model with conversational editing, character consistency, and multi-image fusion. Available in AI Studio and the Gemini API. Price: $2.50 per 1M tokens
2. FLUX (Black Forest Labs) → https://bfl.ai/
A family of models known for rich detail and, excellent prompt adherence, and fast iterative generation. Offered in several variants, from Pro to open-source, it's accessible via Hugging Face, Replicate, Azure AI Foundry, etc., and used as a base in many pipelines. Price: $0.025-0.08 per image
3. Midjourney v7 → https://www.midjourney.com/
Enhanced image fidelity, prompt comprehension, and anatomical coherence (hands, bodies, objects) + provides a smart lightbox editor. The Omni-reference tool improves character and object consistency in your images. It remains accessible via Discord with a supporting web interface. Price: $10-60/month
4. Stable Diffusion 3.5 (Stability AI) → https://stability.ai/stable-image
Open-weights line with improved text rendering, photorealism, and
prompt adherence compared to earlier versions. It introduces technical innovations through its MMDiT architecture. Price: $0.025-0.065 per image
5. OpenAI GPT-Image-1 →https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/image-generation?image-generation-model=gpt-image-1
It's the same multimodal model that powers ChatGPT's image capabilities, offering high-fidelity image generation, precise edits, including inpainting, and accurate text rendering. Available via the Images API. Price: $40 per 1M tokens
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