How many credits does each model use?

The cost of chats, images and videos by model

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Each model has its own price in credits, and the tables below show the prices on paid plans. To pick a model for your task, see Which model should I use? To learn how you get credits and when they reset, see How do credits work?

How much does an image cost?

On paid plans, an image at 1K resolution costs 15 to 150 credits, depending on the model. Higher resolution or quality costs more. For example, an image at 4K on Nano Banana 2.1 costs 100 + 87 = 187 credits.

ModelCredits per image
Nano Banana 2.1 · 1K100
GPT Image 2.5 Flare · 1K25
Flux 2 Max30
Nano Banana Pro · 1K150
Seedream 5 Pro40
Grok Imagine Image 2 · 1K65
Qwen Image 225
Nano Banana15

How much does a video cost?

On paid plans, a 5-second 720p video costs 150 to 3,104 credits, depending on the model. Longer videos and 1080p cost more.

ModelCredits per video
Seedance 2.5 · 5s, 720p3,104
Kling 3 Turbo Pro · 5s, 720p720
Grok Imagine Video · 5s, 720p275
Veo 3.1 · 5s, 720p810
Seedance 2.0 · 5s, 720p1,640
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 · 5s, 720p880
MiniMax H3 · 5s, 720p1,500
Runway Gen-4150

How much does a chat message cost?

On paid plans, a chat message costs 0 to 220 credits, depending on the model. Messages to models that show Free in the table don’t use credits. With Web search or Research on, a message has a separate price.

ModelCredits per message
GPT-6 Sol5
Claude Opus 5.5110
Gemini 4 Argon1
Grok 4.74
Claude 5 Sonnet4
Claude Fable 5.2220
DeepSeek V4 Pro2
Qwen 3.8 Max5
DeepSeek V4Free
Qwen3Free
Gemini 3 FlashFree
ChatGPT 4.1 nanoFree
Llama 4Free
Superchat AgentFree

Where do I see the price before I start?

The send button shows the price of a generation before you start it. In Image Studio, the model list also shows the price of one image next to each model.

You pay for each image you generate. With Count at 4 on a 25-credit model, you pay 100 credits. With two models picked, you pay for the images from each one.

Do prices differ on the Free plan?

Yes. These models cost more on the Free plan:

ModelPaid plansFree plan
Nano Banana15 credits an image20 credits an image
Seedream 440 credits an image50 credits an image
GPT-6 Luna1 credit a message3 credits a message

What if a generation fails?

If a generation fails, you get its credits back automatically. For what to do next, see My generation failed. What should I do?

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