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  "slug": "google-nano-banana-2",
  "name": "Google Nano Banana 2",
  "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation",
  "cat": "gen",
  "group": "ai",
  "tagline": "Conversational image gen + edit",
  "price": "API: Nano Banana 2 $0.067 at 1K, $0.101 at 2K, $0.151 at 4K; Lite $0.034. Nano Banana Pro $0.134 (1K/2K), $0.24 (4K). Batch mode is 50% off. Free inside the Gemini app.",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "Google's image line, rebuilt as <b>Nano Banana 2</b> (<code>gemini-3.1-flash-image</code>) in February 2026, with a cheaper Lite variant and the higher-fidelity Nano Banana Pro (<code>gemini-3-pro-image</code>). Generates and edits from plain-language instructions inside a normal Gemini conversation.",
  "why": "Unbeatable at iterative conversational editing - change one element and everything else stays pixel-identical across many turns. Character and object consistency is the strongest available anywhere, and text rendering is close to best in class.",
  "warn": "There is <b>no free API tier</b> for image models; free access exists only through the consumer Gemini app. All outputs carry invisible SynthID watermarking, and consumer-app generations may be used to improve Google products depending on account settings.",
  "install": "Available via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI; batch mode halves per-image price.",
  "category": {
    "key": "gen",
    "name": "AI media generation",
    "desc": "Image, video, voice and music. Commercial rights differ wildly by tier — check every warn.",
    "group": "ai",
    "groupName": "Put AI inside it"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": null,
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T23:43:12.623+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
  "upstream_changed_at": null
}