Which lab shows up most in this ranking?

Black Forest Labs trained 5 of the top 10 models here.

How is this ranked, and how current is it?

Every row is the cheapest price for that model that we can hold beside the others: the lab's own, a price below it with a published reason, or a price at or above it. A price that buys a different task, or a resolution the list price does not state, or a unit we will not convert without publishing the assumption, is shown on the model's page and ranked nowhere. Prices are read daily from 12 providers' public catalogs, against a market median of $0.04 per image. Last refresh: 17 Sept 2026.

Cheapest AI image generation.

prices as of 17 Sept 2026 · re-ranked daily · 19 qualifying models · prices are per image

Every image model sold by 2 providers or more, at the cheapest price we can hold beside the others. Two providers is the floor that keeps this list from being decided by one catalog's number. 19 models qualify, from $0.0005 an image. Where a lab prices several variants of one model the same, one of them stands for the rest. Prices are for one 1024 x 1024 image at the model's default steps, standard mode, no upscaling and no editing.

Today's pick is FLUX.1 [schnell] at DeepInfra, $0.0005 per image, read on 17 Sept 2026.

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DeepInfra
FLUX.1 [schnell]
sold by 2 providers, $0.0005 per image at DeepInfraNo list price from Black Forest Labs to compare against.
$0.0005 per image
View at DeepInfra ↗every price →
2
DeepInfra
FLUX.1 [dev]
sold by 2 providers, $0.009 per image at DeepInfraNo list price from Black Forest Labs to compare against.
$0.009 per image
DeepInfra ↗every price →
3
Fal
FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
sold by 2 providers, $0.0105 per image at FalNo list price from Black Forest Labs to compare against.
$0.0105 per image
Fal ↗every price →
4
DeepInfra
FLUX.2 [pro]
sold by 3 providers, $0.015 per image at DeepInfraNo list price from Black Forest Labs to compare against.
$0.015 per image
DeepInfra ↗every price →
5
DeepInfra
Qwen Image
sold by 3 providers, $0.025 per image at DeepInfraNo list price from Alibaba Cloud to compare against.
$0.025 per image
DeepInfra ↗every price →
6
Google Vertex AI
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image
sold by 4 providers, $0.0336 per image at Google Vertex AIThe same price Google charges.
$0.0336 per image
Google Vertex AI ↗every price →
7
Vercel AI Gateway
Seedream 5.0 Pro
sold by 2 providers, $0.035 per image at Vercel AI GatewayNo list price from ByteDance to compare against.
$0.035 per image
Vercel AI Gateway ↗every price →
8
Google Vertex AI
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
sold by 4 providers, $0.039 per image at Google Vertex AIThe same price Google charges.
$0.039 per image
Google Vertex AI ↗every price →
9
Vercel AI Gateway
FLUX1.1 [pro]
sold by 3 providers, $0.04 per image at Vercel AI GatewayNo list price from Black Forest Labs to compare against.
$0.04 per image
Vercel AI Gateway ↗every price →
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Vercel AI Gateway
Recraft V3
sold by 2 providers, $0.04 per image at Vercel AI GatewayNo list price from Recraft to compare against.
$0.04 per image
Vercel AI Gateway ↗every price →

Frequently asked

What is the cheapest of the image models right now?: FLUX.1 [schnell] at DeepInfra, $0.0005 per image, read on 17 Sept 2026.
Which lab shows up most in this ranking?: Black Forest Labs trained 5 of the top 10 models here.
How is this ranked, and how current is it?: Every row is the cheapest price for that model that we can hold beside the others: the lab's own, a price below it with a published reason, or a price at or above it. A price that buys a different task, or a resolution the list price does not state, or a unit we will not convert without publishing the assumption, is shown on the model's page and ranked nowhere. Prices are read daily from 12 providers' public catalogs, against a market median of $0.04 per image. Last refresh: 17 Sept 2026.