Checked on October 26, 2026
GPT Image 2: price per image by provider
What one image from GPT Image 2 costs: OpenAI’s official price, Rendergrid’s price, and the prices of 10 providers from their public pages. The table shows where each figure comes from.
01Price
GPT Image 2: Rendergrid and OpenAI
Our price per image next to OpenAI’s official price, checked on .
| Resolution | Official OpenAI price | Rendergrid | Savings | For $10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1K | $0.0531 | $0.02 | 62% | 500 images |
- 1OpenAI: 1024x1024, medium quality
02Providers
GPT Image 2 at 10 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 | $0.02 |
| Kie.ai1 | $0.03 |
| LaoZhang API4 | $0.03any size |
| PoYo3 | $0.042 |
| Replicate6 | $0.047any size |
| OpenAIofficial price | $0.053 |
| fal2 | ≈ $0.053estimate on their page |
| WaveSpeed5 | $0.06 |
| Apiframe10 | $0.06 |
| OpenRouter7 | by tokens$30 per 1M tokens |
| CometAPI8 | by tokens$24 per 1M tokens |
| EvoLink9 | by tokens$0.027 per 1,000 tokens |
- 1Kie.ai GPT Image 2. 6 credits for 1K; there is no quality field on the page; 2K is $0.05 and 4K is $0.08. Source: kie.ai/
gpt-image-2. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 2fal GPT Image 2. 1024×1024, quality medium; billed by tokens, the price is from their “canonical sizes” table; their default is quality high—$0.211. Source: fal.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 3PoYo GPT Image 2. Quality medium, 1K; low—$0.010, high—$0.169; the price depends on the quality and resolution. Source: poyo.ai/
models/ gpt-image-2. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 4LaoZhang GPT Image 2. $0.03 per call in the per-call mode; in the gpt-image-2-vip mode, the sizes 1K, 2K, and 4K and the quality levels low, medium, and high cost the same; official forwarding is billed by tokens. Source: docs.laozhang.ai/
en/ api-capabilities/ gpt-imag…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 5WaveSpeed GPT Image 2. Quality medium, 1K; in the same table, 2K is $0.10 and 4K is $0.18; low is $0.01 per 1K and high is $0.22; the run window shows the price with a 5% discount ($0.057). Source: wavespeed.ai/
models/ openai/ gpt-image-2/ text-t…. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 6Replicate GPT Image 2. Quality medium; low—$0.012, high—$0.128; 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. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 7OpenRouter GPT Image 2. Rate: $30 per 1M tokens (output image; input—text $5, image $8 per 1M tokens). Example on the OpenRouter page: quality high, 16:9, 1536×864—$0.13, 94 seconds. Source: openrouter.ai/
openai/ gpt-image-2. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 8CometAPI GPT Image 2. 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. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 9EvoLink GPT Image 2. Rate: $0.027 per 1,000 tokens (output image; input—text $0.0045, image $0.0072 per 1,000 tokens). Examples on the page: low, 1K—$0.0053; medium, 1K with one reference image—$0.059; high, 2K—$0.386. A separate route, gpt-image-2-beta, is a fixed $0.015 per 1K image (not an official OpenAI identifier; the quality isn’t stated). Source: evolink.ai/
gpt-image-2. Checked on October 26, 2026. - 10Apiframe GPT 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.
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. “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. Atlas Cloud is not in the table: we haven’t checked this provider’s prices for this model.
03Choosing
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
04FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much does GPT Image 2 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
One price per image and resolution, signed webhooks, an automatic refund for a failed request.