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gemini-nano-banana-2.1 alternatives

Compare active image alternatives to gemini-nano-banana-2.1, including capabilities, context, pricing, and API changes.

Alternatives to gemini-nano-banana-2.1

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gemini-3.0-pro-image

Matching features: image generation, text input, text output, image output.

Original features not confirmed on this alternative: None. Missing reports are unknown, not confirmed losses.

Context: Unknown → Unknown tokens.

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Change the request model ID from gemini-nano-banana-2.1 to gemini-3.0-pro-image.

Original interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations, POST /v1/models/{model}:generateContent, POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent. Alternative interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations, POST /v1/models/{model}:generateContent, POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent. The published API interfaces are unchanged.

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gemini-3.1-flash-image

Matching features: image generation, text input, text output, image output.

Original features not confirmed on this alternative: None. Missing reports are unknown, not confirmed losses.

Context: Unknown → Unknown tokens.

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Change the request model ID from gemini-nano-banana-2.1 to gemini-3.1-flash-image.

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gpt-image-2

Matching features: image generation, text input, text output, image output.

Original features not confirmed on this alternative: None. Missing reports are unknown, not confirmed losses.

Context: Unknown → Unknown tokens.

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Change the request model ID from gemini-nano-banana-2.1 to gpt-image-2.

Original interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations, POST /v1/models/{model}:generateContent, POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent. Alternative interfaces: POST /v1/images/edits, POST /v1/images/generations. Adjust the endpoint and request body to the selected interface.

Original request

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-nano-banana-2.1",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-image-2",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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chroma-v.46-flash

Matching features: image generation, text input, image output.

Original features not confirmed on this alternative: text output. Missing reports are unknown, not confirmed losses.

Context: Unknown → Unknown tokens.

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Change the request model ID from gemini-nano-banana-2.1 to chroma-v.46-flash.

Original interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations, POST /v1/models/{model}:generateContent, POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent. Alternative interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations. Adjust the endpoint and request body to the selected interface.

Original request

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-nano-banana-2.1",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "chroma-v.46-flash",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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dark-beast-krea2

Matching features: image generation, text input, image output.

Original features not confirmed on this alternative: text output. Missing reports are unknown, not confirmed losses.

Context: Unknown → Unknown tokens.

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Change the request model ID from gemini-nano-banana-2.1 to dark-beast-krea2.

Original interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations, POST /v1/models/{model}:generateContent, POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent. Alternative interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations. Adjust the endpoint and request body to the selected interface.

Original request

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-nano-banana-2.1",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "dark-beast-krea2",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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gpt-image-2.5

Matching features: image generation, text input, image output.

Original features not confirmed on this alternative: text output. Missing reports are unknown, not confirmed losses.

Context: Unknown → Unknown tokens.

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Change the request model ID from gemini-nano-banana-2.1 to gpt-image-2.5.

Original interfaces: POST /v1/images/generations, POST /v1/models/{model}:generateContent, POST /v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent. Alternative interfaces: POST /v1/images/edits, POST /v1/images/generations. Adjust the endpoint and request body to the selected interface.

Original request

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-nano-banana-2.1",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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curl https://api.llm7.io/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LLM7_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-image-2.5",
    "prompt": "A clean product photo of a matte black desk lamp on a white desk",
    "size": "1024x1024",
    "n": 1
  }'

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