Checked on October 26, 2026

Apiframe alternatives for image generation APIs

Apiframe is a single REST API for images, video, and music: the page states more than seventy models, including Midjourney. Below are the prices for those of our models that we found on their pages, and the terms that affect your choice.

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A Rendergrid article. We’re one of the parties in this comparison, so the Apiframe figures come only from its public pages, each with a link and a date, and below we say separately when Apiframe is the better choice. How we check and correct

01Who it is

What Apiframe is

Briefly, and only from their own pages. Website: apiframe.ai.

Apiframe (apiframe.ai) is a single REST API for generating images, video, and music: Midjourney, Kling, Suno, and more than seventy other models on one key. A request creates a task; you collect the result by polling or through a webhook and download it from the CDN address in the response.

Payment is in credits (1 credit = $0.01) on paid plans with a monthly volume; after the starter credits you need to choose a plan. Of the models in the table, their documentation’s list includes Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, and GPT Image 2; Nano Banana 2.1 and GPT Image 2.5 are not in it.

02Pricing

Prices for our models

How much one image costs at Apiframe and at Rendergrid. The Apiframe prices are from its public pages, checked on October 26, 2026.

Comparable cells: 4. Cheaper with us: 4, at Apiframe: 0, the same: 0.

Image prices: Apiframe and Rendergrid
Model	Resolution	Apiframe	Rendergrid	Difference
Nano Banana Pro`nano-banana-pro`	1K	$0.19¹	$0.04	Cheaper with us by 78%
Nano Banana Pro	2K	$0.19	$0.04	Cheaper with us by 78%
Nano Banana Pro	4K	no priceno price on the page	$0.07	can’t be compared
Nano Banana 2`nano-banana-2`	1K	$0.08²	$0.025	Cheaper with us by 68%
Nano Banana 2	2K	no priceno price on the page	$0.04	can’t be compared
Nano Banana 2	4K	no priceno price on the page	$0.06	can’t be compared
Nano Banana 2.1`nano-banana-2.1`	1K	not availablenot on their pages³	$0.02	can’t be compared
Nano Banana 2.1	2K	not availablenot on their pages	$0.03	can’t be compared
Nano Banana 2.1	4K	not availablenot on their pages	$0.04	can’t be compared
GPT Image 2`gpt-image-2`	1K	$0.06⁴	$0.02	Cheaper with us by 66%
GPT Image 2.5`gpt-image-2.5`	1K	not availablenot on their pages⁵	$0.025	can’t be compared

1Nano Banana Pro. On the page: $0.19 (19 credits) for 1K and 2K; the page gives no price for 4K. Source: apiframe.ai/models/nano-banana-pro/pricing. Checked on October 26, 2026.
2Nano Banana 2. On the page: $0.08 (8 credits) for 1K; the page gives no price for 2K and 4K. Source: apiframe.ai/models/nano-banana-2/pricing. Checked on October 26, 2026.
3Nano Banana 2.1. This model isn’t in the model list of their documentation. Source: apiframe.ai/docs. Checked on October 26, 2026.
4GPT Image 2. On the page: medium, 1024×1024—$0.06 (6 credits). Source: apiframe.ai/models/gpt-image-2/pricing. Checked on October 26, 2026.
5GPT Image 2.5. This model isn’t in the model list of their documentation. Source: apiframe.ai/docs. Checked on October 26, 2026.

The difference is measured from the larger of the two prices, rounded down to a whole percent. The “≈” sign is an estimate that the provider’s own page gives. For GPT Image, quality and size differ between providers: each one’s conditions are in the footnote. We compare prices, not image quality. Nano Banana Flash, Nano Banana 2 Lite, and GPT Image 2 HD are not in the table: we haven’t checked the provider’s prices for them. Our own prices and the official Google and OpenAI prices are on the “Pricing” page.

03Terms

Payment, starter credits, and operating mode

What Apiframe’s pages say, next to our terms. Where a page is silent, we say so.

Terms: Apiframe and Rendergrid

Condition	Apiframe	Rendergrid
Payment	Credits at $0.01; paid plans Basic, Pro ($99 a month), Growth ($399), and Scale ($749) with a monthly volume of credits; extra credits at $0.01. Payment methods are not named on the checked pagessource 1 source 2	USDT (crypto top-up): the full amount sent is credited to the balance
Credits at no charge	100 starter credits ($1 at their rate) after phone verification or a one-time $1 paymentsource	There’s no trial balance
Synchronous or asynchronous	Asynchronous: POST /v2/images/generate creates a task; the result comes through polling or a webhook, and the file is downloaded from the CDN address in the responsesource	Asynchronous: POST returns 202 and an ID; the result comes through polling GET /creations/{id} (no more than once every 5 seconds) or a webhook
Webhooks	Yes: a webhook on completion is included in all plans; the signature and retries are not described on the checked pagessource 1 source 2	Yes: webhook_url in every request; the creation.completed and creation.failed events; an HMAC-SHA256 signature over the timestamp and the whole request body
Failed request	Failed tasks return credits automaticallysource	If a generation fails, the charge is returned to the balance automatically; a declined request is refunded the same way
Limits	500 requests per minute per user; concurrent tasks by plan: Basic, 5; Pro, 12; Growth, 50; Scale, 100; Enterprise, 200–500+source 1 source 2	By default for a new account: 120 requests per minute and up to 100 generations queued or running; account limits can be adjusted to match your traffic
Result storage	90 days of CDN storage on every plansource 1 source 2	Result files are stored for one day

Also on their pages

Apiframe’s key header is X-API-Key, and the base address is https://api.apiframe.ai/v2. source
For large volumes there’s an Enterprise plan: 200–500+ concurrent tasks, invoices, and a contract with an SLA. source

Our terms in detail are in the documentation.

04Strengths

Where we’re stronger, and where Apiframe is

Only what can be verified from public pages and our documentation.

Where Rendergrid is stronger

We have Nano Banana 2.1 and GPT Image 2.5 (GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst); they’re not in the model list in Apiframe’s documentation.
A price is stated for every resolution (1K, 2K, 4K). For Nano Banana 2, Apiframe’s price page has only 1K; for Nano Banana Pro, 1K and 2K; there is no price for 4K.
There’s no subscription: you top up the balance by any amount you choose. At Apiframe, after the starter credits you need to choose a paid plan (Pro is $99 a month) with a monthly volume of credits.

Where Apiframe is stronger

The catalog is wider: more than seventy models on one key, including Midjourney, video, and music.
100 starter credits after phone verification or a $1 payment. We have no trial balance.
Files are stored on the CDN for 90 days; ours are stored for one day.
The limit is 500 requests per minute per user, and on the higher plans up to 100 concurrent tasks (ours by default is 120 requests per minute and up to 100 generations queued or running).
Failed tasks return credits automatically (as ours do).

05Choosing

When to pick Apiframe instead

We write this page as a participant in the comparison, so we name separately the cases where Apiframe suits you better.

Pick Apiframe if

You need Midjourney, video, or music on one key together with images.
You need results stored on the provider’s side for 90 days.
A plan with a monthly volume of credits works for you.
Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, and GPT Image 2 at 1K are enough for you.

06Migration

Migrating to Rendergrid in three steps

If you decide to give it a try, here is what to change in the code. Parameters and responses are in the documentation.

Key and address
At Apiframe, requests go to https://api.apiframe.ai/v2 with an X-API-Key header. For us it is https://api.rendergrid.io/api/public/v1; the X-API-Key header is accepted too (as is Authorization: Bearer). You create the key in the portal.
Request
Instead of POST /v2/images/generate, call POST /images/generate: model, prompt, aspect_ratio, and resolution sit at the root of the JSON body, and the webhook is set with the webhook_url field. Add X-Idempotency-Key.
Result
Instead of a task identifier and the CDN link from its response, save the ID from the 202 response and poll GET /creations/{id} (queued, processing, completed, and failed; links in result_urls) or accept the creation.completed webhook. Our files are kept for a day, not 90 days.

POST /images/generate · example request

IDEMPOTENCY_KEY="$(uuidgen)"
curl -X POST https://api.rendergrid.io/api/public/v1/images/generate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RENDERGRID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "nano-banana-2",
    "prompt": "a ceramic mug on a marble table",
    "resolution": "2K",
    "aspect_ratio": "1:1"
  }'

07FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How much does Nano Banana 2 cost at Apiframe and at Rendergrid?

According to Apiframe’s page, $0.08 per image at 1K (checked on October 26, 2026). At Rendergrid, Nano Banana 2 at 1K costs $0.025 per image. Prices change, so open the provider’s page before you decide: apiframe.ai/models/nano-banana-2/pricing.

How do you pay at Apiframe and at Rendergrid?

Credits at $0.01; paid plans Basic, Pro ($99 a month), Growth ($399), and Scale ($749) with a monthly volume of credits; extra credits at $0.01. Payment methods are not named on the checked pages. At Rendergrid: USDT (crypto top-up): the full amount sent is credited to the balance.

Does Apiframe give credits at no charge?

100 starter credits ($1 at their rate) after phone verification or a one-time $1 payment. At Rendergrid there’s no trial balance.

Does Apiframe work synchronously or asynchronously?

Asynchronously: POST /v2/images/generate creates a task; the result comes through polling or a webhook, and the file is downloaded from the CDN address in the response. Rendergrid is asynchronous too: POST returns 202 and an ID; the result comes through polling GET /creations/{id} (no more than once every 5 seconds) or a webhook.

How do I move from Apiframe to Rendergrid?

Three steps: 1) key and address; 2) request; 3) result. The details and an example request are in the “Migration in three steps” section on this page.

Does Apiframe have Nano Banana 2.1 and GPT Image 2.5?

In the model list in Apiframe’s documentation we found Nano Banana, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, and GPT Image 2, and we didn’t find Nano Banana 2.1 or GPT Image 2.5 (GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst). Apiframe has price pages for Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, and GPT Image 2.

Where do these figures come from, and when were they checked?

All the Apiframe data comes from its public pages, with links in the “Sources” section. Checked on October 26, 2026. Rendergrid wrote this page, so we give a source for every figure.

08Sources

Sources and check date

All the Apiframe data was taken from these pages, checked on October 26, 2026. Prices change: open the provider’s page before you decide.

1
Nano Banana Pro on Apiframe: priceapiframe.ai/models/nano-banana-pro/pricing · checked on October 26, 2026
2
Nano Banana 2 on Apiframe: priceapiframe.ai/models/nano-banana-2/pricing · checked on October 26, 2026
3
GPT Image 2 on Apiframe: priceapiframe.ai/models/gpt-image-2/pricing · checked on October 26, 2026
4
Apiframe: plans and pricingapiframe.ai/pricing · checked on October 26, 2026
5
Apiframe: documentation (address, key header, model list, limits)apiframe.ai/docs · checked on October 26, 2026
6
Apiframe: home pageapiframe.ai · checked on October 26, 2026

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