Checked on October 26, 2026
GPT Image 2.5, Sunburst, Flare: price per image by provider
What one image costs with GPT Image 2.5, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, and GPT Image 2.5 Flare: OpenAI’s official price, Rendergrid’s price, and the prices of 8 providers from their public pages. The table shows where each figure comes from.
01Price
GPT Image 2.5: Rendergrid and OpenAI
Our price per image next to OpenAI’s official price, checked on .
| Resolution | Official OpenAI price | Rendergrid | Savings | For $10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1K | $0.052681 | $0.025 | 52% | 400 images |
- 1OpenAI: high quality; square: 1K 1024x1024
02Providers
GPT Image 2.5 at 8 providers
The price of one image from the providers’ public pages, checked on .
Rows are ordered by price at 1K, from lowest to highest. Rows with no per-image price at this resolution come last.
| Provider | 1K |
|---|---|
| Rendergridour price | $0.025 |
| Kie.ai1 | $0.03 |
| LaoZhang API3 | $0.03any size |
| OpenAIofficial price | $0.05268 |
| fal2 | no pricethe page exists, but it has no price |
| Not on the checked pages6 providers |
- 1Kie.ai GPT Image 2.5. One “GPT Image 2.5” page for GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst at one price; there is no quality field. Source: kie.ai/
gpt-image-2-5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 2fal GPT Image 2.5. Prices for GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst are in the rows below. Source: fal.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2.5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 3LaoZhang GPT Image 2.5. Route gpt-image-2.5-web, $0.03 per call; the sizes and five quality levels cost the same. Source: docs.laozhang.ai/
en/ api-capabilities/ gpt-imag…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 4WaveSpeed GPT Image 2.5. There is no “GPT Image 2.5” page without a suffix (page not found); GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst are sold separately, in the rows below. Source: wavespeed.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2.5-flar…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 5Replicate GPT Image 2.5. The list of OpenAI models on Replicate has no “GPT Image 2.5” without a suffix (the replicate.com/
openai/ gpt-image-2.5 page was not found); GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst are separate models, in the rows below. Source: replicate.com/ openai. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 6OpenRouter GPT Image 2.5. We didn’t find a “GPT Image 2.5” page without a suffix; there are GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, in the rows below. Source: openrouter.ai/
openai/ gpt-image-2.5-flare. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 7CometAPI GPT Image 2.5. We didn’t find a “GPT Image 2.5” page without a suffix; there are GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst and GPT Image 2.5 Flare, in the rows below. Source: cometapi.com/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2-5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 8EvoLink GPT Image 2.5. We didn’t find a “GPT Image 2.5” page without a suffix; there are GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, in the rows below. Source: evolink.ai/
gpt-image-2-5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 9Apiframe GPT Image 2.5. This model isn’t in the model list of their documentation. Source: apiframe.ai/
docs. Checked on October 26, 2026.
“None” means the checked pages do not list this model. “No price” means the model page exists but has no per-image price on it. For GPT Image, providers differ in quality and size; the terms of each are in the footnote. PoYo and Atlas Cloud are not in the table: we haven’t checked these providers’ prices for this model.
03Price
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst: Rendergrid and OpenAI
Our price per image next to OpenAI’s official price, checked on .
04Providers
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst at 8 providers
The price of one image from the providers’ public pages, checked on .
Rows are ordered by price at 1K, from lowest to highest. Rows with no per-image price at this resolution come last.
| Provider | 1K | 2K | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kie.ai1 | $0.03 | $0.05 | $0.08 |
| LaoZhang API3 | $0.03any size | ||
| fal2 | ≈ $0.05268estimate on their page | ≈ $0.05529estimate on their page | ≈ $0.10008estimate on their page |
| WaveSpeed4 | $0.09 | $0.15 | $0.27 |
| Replicate5 | $0.128any size | ||
| Rendergridour price | Pricing | Pricing | Pricing |
| Pricingofficial price | Pricing | Pricing | Pricing |
| OpenRouter6 | by tokens$30 per 1M tokens | ||
| CometAPI7 | by tokens$24 per 1M tokens | ||
| EvoLink8 | by tokens$0.027 per 1,000 tokens | ||
| Apiframe9 | not availablenot on their pages | ||
- 1Kie.ai GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. 6, 10, and 16 credits; GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst have the same price. Source: kie.ai/
gpt-image-2-5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 2fal GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Quality high; sizes in their table: 1024×1024, 2560×1440, 3840×2160; billed by tokens, the price is from their “canonical sizes” table. Source: fal.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2.5/ sunburst/ t…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 3LaoZhang GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Route gpt-image-2.5-sunburst-vip, $0.03 per call at any size and quality. Source: docs.laozhang.ai/
en/ api-capabilities/ gpt-imag…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 4WaveSpeed GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Quality high; five levels: low, medium, high, xhigh, and max (medium—$0.024 per 1K, xhigh—$0.16, max—$0.36). Source: wavespeed.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2.5-sunb…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 5Replicate GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Quality high; levels: low—$0.012, medium—$0.047, xhigh—$0.25, max—$0.50; the price depends only on quality, and size isn’t part of the price table; sizes on the page run from 1024×1024 to 3840×2160, and anything above 2560×1440 carries an “experimental” label. Source: replicate.com/
openai/ gpt-image-2.5-sunburst. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 6OpenRouter GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Rate: $30 per 1M tokens (output image; input—text $5, image $8 per 1M tokens). Quality: auto, low, medium, high, xhigh, and max. Source: openrouter.ai/
openai/ gpt-image-2.5-sunburst. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 7CometAPI GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Rate: $24 per 1M tokens (output; input—$4 per 1M tokens). The model page gives a rate per token and names no amounts per image. Source: cometapi.com/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2-5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 8EvoLink GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Rate: $0.027 per 1,000 tokens (output image). The page says “there is no fixed price per image”; examples there: low, 1K—$0.0053; medium, 1K with one reference image—$0.023; xhigh, 2K—$0.172. Source: evolink.ai/
gpt-image-2-5-sunburst. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 9Apiframe GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. This model isn’t in the model list of their documentation. Source: apiframe.ai/
docs. Checked on October 26, 2026.
The “≈” sign is an estimate that the provider’s own page gives. “By tokens” means the provider charges for tokens: we show its rate, not a per-image price we made up. “None” means the checked pages do not list this model. For GPT Image, providers differ in quality and size; the terms of each are in the footnote. PoYo and Atlas Cloud are not in the table: we haven’t checked these providers’ prices for this model.
05Price
GPT Image 2.5 Flare: Rendergrid and OpenAI
Our price per image next to OpenAI’s official price, checked on .
06Providers
GPT Image 2.5 Flare at 8 providers
The price of one image from the providers’ public pages, checked on .
Rows are ordered by price at 1K, from lowest to highest. Rows with no per-image price at this resolution come last.
| Provider | 1K | 2K | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kie.ai1 | $0.03 | $0.05 | $0.08 |
| LaoZhang API3 | $0.03any size | ||
| fal2 | ≈ $0.05268estimate on their page | ≈ $0.05529estimate on their page | ≈ $0.10008estimate on their page |
| WaveSpeed4 | $0.09 | $0.15 | $0.27 |
| Replicate5 | $0.128any size | ||
| Rendergridour price | Pricing | Pricing | Pricing |
| Pricingofficial price | Pricing | Pricing | Pricing |
| OpenRouter6 | by tokens$30 per 1M tokens | ||
| CometAPI7 | by tokens$24 per 1M tokens | ||
| EvoLink8 | by tokens$0.027 per 1,000 tokens | ||
| Apiframe9 | not availablenot on their pages | ||
- 1Kie.ai GPT Image 2.5 Flare. 6, 10, and 16 credits; GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst have the same price. Source: kie.ai/
gpt-image-2-5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 2fal GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Quality high; sizes in their table: 1024×1024, 2560×1440, 3840×2160; billed by tokens, the price is from their “canonical sizes” table. Source: fal.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2.5/ flare/ text…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 3LaoZhang GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Route gpt-image-2.5-flare-vip, $0.03 per call at any size and quality. Source: docs.laozhang.ai/
en/ api-capabilities/ gpt-imag…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 4WaveSpeed GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Quality high; five levels: low, medium, high, xhigh, and max (medium—$0.024 per 1K, xhigh—$0.16, max—$0.36). Source: wavespeed.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2.5-flar…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 5Replicate GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Quality high; levels: low—$0.012, medium—$0.047, xhigh—$0.25, max—$0.50; the price depends only on quality, and size isn’t part of the price table; sizes on the page run from 1024×1024 to 3840×2160, and anything above 2560×1440 carries an “experimental” label. Source: replicate.com/
openai/ gpt-image-2.5-flare. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 6OpenRouter GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Rate: $30 per 1M tokens (output image; input—text $5, image $8 per 1M tokens). Quality: auto, low, medium, high, xhigh, and max. Source: openrouter.ai/
openai/ gpt-image-2.5-flare. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 7CometAPI GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Rate: $24 per 1M tokens (output; input—$4 per 1M tokens). The model page gives a rate per token and names no amounts per image. Source: cometapi.com/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2-5-flare. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 8EvoLink GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Rate: $0.027 per 1,000 tokens (output image). The page says “there is no fixed price per image”; examples there: low, 1K—$0.0053; medium, 1K with one reference image—$0.023; xhigh, 2K—$0.172. Source: evolink.ai/
gpt-image-2-5. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 9Apiframe GPT Image 2.5 Flare. This model isn’t in the model list of their documentation. Source: apiframe.ai/
docs. Checked on October 26, 2026.
The “≈” sign is an estimate that the provider’s own page gives. “By tokens” means the provider charges for tokens: we show its rate, not a per-image price we made up. “None” means the checked pages do not list this model. For GPT Image, providers differ in quality and size; the terms of each are in the footnote. PoYo and Atlas Cloud are not in the table: we haven’t checked these providers’ prices for this model.
07Choosing
When to pick them instead
Price is not the only reason to choose a service. We write this page as a participant in the comparison, so we name the cases where another service is a better fit. All the cases for each provider are on its page.
- Kie.ai
You need video, music, or chat in the same balance as your images.
All cases - fal
You need a broad catalog in one place, not only a set of ten models.
All cases - PoYo
You need a broad catalog, not ten models.
All cases - LaoZhang
You pay by bank card and USDT doesn’t suit you.
All cases - WaveSpeed
You need a broad catalog of models (images, video, audio, and language) on one platform.
All cases - Replicate
You need a very broad catalog of models, including open ones, run through an HTTP API.
All cases - OpenRouter
You need text, video, and other models on one key together with images.
All cases - Atlas Cloud
You need a broad catalog: images, video, audio, and chat on one key.
All cases - CometAPI
You need text, video, and music models on one key together with images.
All cases - EvoLink
You need a broad catalog of models on one key, including video and audio.
All cases - Apiframe
You need Midjourney, video, or music on one key together with images.
All cases
08FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much does GPT Image 2.5 cost at Rendergrid, and what is the official price?
How much does GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst cost at Rendergrid, and what is the official price?
How much does GPT Image 2.5 Flare cost at Rendergrid, and what is the official price?
Why do the providers’ prices differ?
What do “≈” and “by tokens” mean in the table?
Where do these figures come from, and when were they checked?
Try Rendergrid
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