OpenAI GPT Image 2 Image edit pricing
openai/gpt-image-2/edit
OpenAI's edit endpoint, and the only model on this page with a quality control. Three quality steps times three resolution tiers gives it nine genuinely different prices, spanning more than an order of magnitude.
What it costs
Per image, and what that comes to at volume. Every figure is computed through the same function the app estimates a real run with.
| Tier | per image | 1 image | 10 images | 100 images | 1,000 images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| low, 1k | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.20 | $2.00 | $20.00 |
| low, 2k | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.30 | $3.00 | $30.00 |
| low, 4k | $0.04 | $0.04 | $0.40 | $4.00 | $40.00 |
| medium, 1k | $0.07 | $0.07 | $0.70 | $7.00 | $70.00 |
| medium, 2k | $0.11 | $0.11 | $1.10 | $11.00 | $110.00 |
| medium, 4k | $0.19 | $0.19 | $1.90 | $19.00 | $190.00 |
| high, 1k | $0.23 | $0.23 | $2.30 | $23.00 | $230.00 |
| high, 2k | $0.41 | $0.41 | $4.10 | $41.00 | $410.00 |
| high, 4k | $0.73 | $0.73 | $7.30 | $73.00 | $730.00 |
- Sizing
- aspect_ratio plus resolution
- Max input images
- 16
Things that catch people out
- Quality moves the price far more than resolution does. High quality at the lowest resolution costs several times low quality at the highest, so picking the tier before the quality gets the trade-off backwards.
- Accepts up to 16 input images, the highest ceiling here.
- Bills $0.012 extra for every input image beyond the first.
What it accepts
Reference image
Takes input images, which is what holds a persona's face consistent between runs.
Aspect ratio
15 ratios.
Resolution tiers
3 tiers, and they are priced differently.
Quality control
low, medium and high, and it moves the price more than resolution does.
Web search
Not offered on this endpoint.
Image search
Not offered on this endpoint.
Aspect ratios (15)
Others in this lane
Image to image. You supply one or more reference images and a prompt, and the model returns a new image of the same subject. This is the lane every persona workflow runs on, because the reference is what holds the face steady.
| Model | Provider | From, per image |
|---|---|---|
| ByteDance Seedream v4 | ByteDance | $0.027 |
| Google Nano-Banana | $0.038 | |
| ByteDance Seedream v4.5 | ByteDance | $0.04 |
| ByteDance Seedream v5.0 Pro | ByteDance | $0.045 |
| Google Nano-Banana 2 Fast | $0.045 | |
| Google Nano-Banana 2 | $0.045 | |
| Flux 2 Turbo | WaveSpeed | $0.048 |
| Google Nano-Banana Pro | $0.14 | |
| Google Nano-Banana Pro Ultra | $0.15 |