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GPT Image API

OpenAI's image generation API — GPT Image 2 flagship with pay-per-image pricing

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Pricing

Paid

Company

OpenAI

Founded

2015

Pay-per-image via OpenAI API, no subscription: GPT Image 1 Mini ~$0.005-$0.052/image; GPT Image 1.5 ~$0.009-$0.20/image; GPT Image 2 flagship ~$0.006-$0.211/image by quality and size; $5 free credits for new accounts. Verified July 2026.

Pricing verified Jul 2026

Who It's For
Developers adding image generation to productsTeams already standardized on the OpenAI APIAutomation builders needing predictable per-image costs
Details
CompanyOpenAI
Founded2015
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About GPT Image API

GPT Image is OpenAI's image generation model family on the OpenAI API, succeeding DALL-E (retired from the API in May 2026). The lineup spans GPT Image 2 (current flagship), GPT Image 1.5, and the budget GPT Image 1 Mini, all natively multimodal models that accept text and image input for generation and editing. Developers get three quality tiers (Low/Medium/High) and three aspect ratios with simple pay-per-image billing and no subscription requirement.

Key Features

  • GPT Image 2 flagship with strong prompt adherence and photorealism
  • GPT Image 1 Mini for high-volume low-cost generation
  • Text-to-image and reference-image editing in one API
  • Three quality tiers and three aspect ratios per model
  • Pay-per-image billing — failed generations not charged
  • Same API key and billing as other OpenAI models

Pros & Cons

Pros

+ Strong instruction following and text rendering vs DALL-E era

+ Simple per-image pricing with a genuinely cheap mini tier

+ Easy drop-in for teams already on the OpenAI API

Cons

- High-quality flagship images get expensive at volume

- Rapid model deprecations force migration planning

- No free ongoing tier beyond initial trial credits

Use Cases

Programmatic marketing and e-commerce image pipelinesProduct mockups and design iteration in appsHigh-volume social and content graphics via the mini tier

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