Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) API pricing
Google · Image price tier · Proprietary · released 2025-10. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
Deprecated. The model maker has announced retirement of this model's API · shutdown 2027-03-15 · suggested replacement: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image). It still carries a price because hosts still serve it; treat it as a model to migrate off, not one to start on.
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has held the same list price since 2026-08-15. Only one host, Google, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. Its maker has announced its retirement, so it is a model to migrate off rather than start on.
- Input: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Output: $2.50 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.03 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 33K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
Image models bill per image as well as per token, so this page does not rank this one on token price.
Licence, size and capabilities
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Image Gen. Filling its 33K context window once costs $0.0099 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
Google is the only host with a published rate, $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Google (model maker, price we quote) | $0.30 | $2.50 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where Google publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $146 – $170 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $222 – $260 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $573 – $600 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $512 – $525 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $550 – $590 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $183 – $195 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $230 – $235 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $817 – $930 |
Price history
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Other models from Google
The 8 nearest to Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) in price, of 27 other Google models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: $0.25 / $1.50
- Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image): $0.25 / $1.50
- Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.30 / $2.50
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: $0.30 / $2.50
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: $0.50 / $3.00
- Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image): $0.50 / $3.00
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: $0.75 / $3.75
- Gemini 3.7 Flash: $0.75 / $3.75
All 28 Google models and prices
Common questions about Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) pricing
- How much does Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) cost?
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (Google). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
- Google is the only host with a published rate, $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.03 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $170 on Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) be self-hosted?
- No, as far as this site records. Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token.
- Has the price of Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) changed?
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It publishes a prompt-cache rate, which is the discount most often left out of a budget: what prompt caching saves.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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