Google Imagen / Gemini Image vs Replicate pricing
Both are in image generation apis. Google Imagen / Gemini Image is billed per image / per token ($0.02-0.15); Replicate is billed per image / gpu-second ($0.003-0.04). Numbers below are copied from each vendor's pricing page.
Google Imagen / Gemini ImageFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- Free AI Studio key + limited free tier
- Billed
- Per image / per token ($0.02-0.15)
- Best for
- Hyperscale image gen across AI Studio + Vertex AI
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
ReplicateNo free tier
- Free tier
- None (limited playground try-for-free only)
- Billed
- Per image / GPU-second ($0.003-0.04)
- Best for
- Run any open model via one API
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
Google Imagen / Gemini Image plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Standard) | $0.039 / image | 1024px image = 1290 output tokens at $30/1M output tokens; $0.30/1M input tokens |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Batch/Flex) | $0.0195 / image | 50% discount via batch (24h) or flex tier; $0.15/1M input tokens |
| Imagen 4 Fast | $0.02 / image | Cheapest Imagen tier; deprecated, shutdown Aug 17 2026 |
| Imagen 4 Standard | $0.04 / image | Standard photorealism tier; deprecated Aug 2026 |
| Imagen 4 Ultra | $0.06 / image | Highest-quality Imagen tier; deprecated Aug 2026 |
| Gemini 3 Pro Image | $0.067-$0.12 / image | $120/1M output tokens; ~$0.067 at 1K/2K, $0.12 at 4K (batch/flex) |
Replicate plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go (time-based) | From $0.000225/sec (T4) to $0.001525/sec (H100) | Per-second GPU billing used by most community models; you pay for setup, idle and active time on private models. Multi-GPU up to 8x A100/H100 available with committed contracts. |
| FLUX Schnell (official, per-image) | $3.00 / 1,000 images ($0.003 each) | Fast, low-cost text-to-image official model billed per output image rather than per second. |
| FLUX Dev (official, per-image) | $0.025 / output image | Higher-quality FLUX variant with output-based pricing. |
| FLUX 1.1 Pro (official, per-image) | $0.04 / output image | Top-tier FLUX model on Replicate, billed per generated image. |
| Recraft V3 / Ideogram v3 | $0.04 / image (Recraft V3); $0.09 / image (Ideogram v3 Quality) | Commercial official image models with flat per-image pricing. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Volume discounts, committed-use multi-GPU capacity, and dedicated support. |
- Per-second GPU billing on community models is hard to predict at production scale
- Frequently cited as 5-15x more expensive than direct/specialized providers for a single high-volume model
- No persistent free tier for sustained production use
Source: https://replicate.com/pricing