Nano Banana 2.1 pricing & price history
Nano Banana 2.1 by Google costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 66K token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $1.50 input / $7.50 output.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-10-06. We check every 10 minutes.
Which platform runs Nano Banana 2.1 most reliably
1 platformsBy 30-day real-traffic success rate, Google AI Studio is the most stable and also the cheapest.
| Platform | Last 30 days | Stability | 24 h | 30 min | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio official most stable | Occasional issues (2 d)avg 99.32% | 100% | 100% |
Success rates come from real API traffic routed to each platform (public OpenRouter data), not our probes; each daily bar is the average of that day's samples. Green ≥ 99.5 %, yellow ≥ 97 %, orange ≥ 90 %, red < 90 %. Updated 20m ago.
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Cheaper alternatives to Nano Banana 2.1
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About Nano Banana 2.1
Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...
FAQ
How much does Nano Banana 2.1 cost?
Nano Banana 2.1 by Google costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 66K token context window. The cheapest provider currently charges $1.50 input / $7.50 output. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0067.
What is the context window of Nano Banana 2.1?
Nano Banana 2.1 supports up to 65,536 tokens of context and up to 58,982 output tokens per request.
Has Nano Banana 2.1’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-10-06.
Is Nano Banana 2.1 being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for Nano Banana 2.1 as of 2026-10-31.
What are cheaper alternatives to Nano Banana 2.1?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0163/$0.15), MiniMax M3.1 Flash ($0.075/$0.30), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.045/$0.50).