Which is cheaper, Nano Banana or Nano Banana 2 Lite?

Nano Banana, at $1.70 per million tokens against $30.75 for Nano Banana 2 Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Nano Banana: $1.70 at Kilo Gateway. Nano Banana 2 Lite: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $30.75 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 8 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Eden AI, Ofox, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Jiekou, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Nano Banana 2 Lite, at 66k tokens against 33k.

Nano Banana vs Nano Banana 2 Lite.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Nano Banana 2 Lite takes 3 of 5 rounds against Nano Banana. Nano Banana counters on price: $1.70 per million tokens against $30.75, for 33k context instead of 66k.

Google

Nano Banana

$1.70/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Kilo Gateway · $0.165 per 1,000 pages

33k context · reads images

Kilo Gateway ↗

Googlewins 3 rounds

Nano Banana 2 Lite

$30.75/M tokens

Google list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.95 per 1,000 pages

66k context · tool calling · reads images

List price in (lower wins)

$0.30/M

$0.25/M

List price out (lower wins)

$30/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.70/M at Kilo Gateway

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$30.90/M

$30.75/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.165

$1.95

Context

33k tokens

66k tokens

Open weights

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

26 Aug 2025

30 Jun 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 8

Kilo Gateway$1.70 / $2.25
Eden AI$3.40 / $2.25
Ofox$3.40 / $2.25
OpenRouter$3.40 / $2.25
Vercel AI Gateway$3.40 / $2.25
Jiekou$30.90 / $2.25
LLM Gateway$30.90 / $2.25
Google$30.90 / $30.75

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Nano Banana or Nano Banana 2 Lite?: Nano Banana, at $1.70 per million tokens against $30.75 for Nano Banana 2 Lite, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Nano Banana: $1.70 at Kilo Gateway. Nano Banana 2 Lite: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $30.75 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 8 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Eden AI, Ofox, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Jiekou, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Nano Banana 2 Lite, at 66k tokens against 33k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.