AI Model Profile
Nano Banana 2
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, also known as Nano Banana 2.
Before you buy
Buying details reviewed 2026-10-22. Price, included amounts and access are dated observations; check the official source for current terms. This date does not review the whole fact ledger or renew historical demonstrations.
Best for: Creators iterating images who can inspect text, anatomy and edit preservation.
Price: US/USD Standard API: about US$0.067 per 1K output image; inputs extra
Included: Image output is US$60 per million tokens; text/image input is US$0.50 and text/thinking output US$3 per million.
Main limits: This is Nano Banana 2, not 2.1. API free-tier generation is not listed; consumer access and historical timing are separate.
What Kingy showed: The August consumer-web report describes fifteen workflows and a speed-first drafting result. Its outputs and timing logs were not recovered in the later review.
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- Family
- Nano Banana
- Release date
- Unknown
- Status
- Stable
- Context window
- Unknown
- Output limit
- Unknown
- API
- yes
- Open weights
- no
- Local/self-hosted
- no
- Pricing
- Gemini API media-model pricing can vary by model and tier; verify official Gemini pricing before budgeting.
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
Benchmark Caveat
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Best for
Creators iterating images who can inspect text, anatomy and edit preservation.
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Strengths
Official Google docs position it for speed and high-volume image generation and editing.
Weaknesses
This profile does not include independent visual-quality comparisons or exact cost assumptions.
Kingy AI take
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Kingy AI Product Facts
Nano Banana 2
Current statusUnknown
- Company
- Not yet reviewed
- Primary job
- Not yet reviewed
- Audience
- Not yet reviewed
- Evidence
- Source-backed; coverage expanding
- Latest source check
- October 23, 2026
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Sources and checks
- Coverage
- 1 of 88 tracked fields currently verified
- Sources
- 1
Source-check dates apply to the tracked facts. Editorial updates elsewhere on this page may have a different date.
Plans and pricing units
Not yet structured in this Kingy record.
Where it runs
- Availability
- Not yet reviewed
Stack and integrations
- Model / provider dependencies
- Not yet reviewed
- Integrations
- Not yet reviewed
Data and regions
- Vendor data-use claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Vendor retention claim
- Not yet reviewed
- Regions
- Not yet reviewed
Launch and latest material update
- Launch
- Not yet reviewed
- Latest material update
- Not yet reviewed
Full Model Notes
Which plan is worth considering
US/USD Standard API: about US$0.067 per 1K output image; inputs extra. Image output is US$60 per million tokens; text/image input is US$0.50 and text/thinking output US$3 per million.
Limits that affect the purchase
This is Nano Banana 2, not 2.1. API free-tier generation is not listed; consumer access and historical timing are separate. No ongoing free hosted entitlement is established for this route. API billing and account limits are separate from consumer chat or coding subscriptions.
What the existing demonstration shows
The August consumer-web report describes fifteen workflows and a speed-first drafting result. Its outputs and timing logs were not recovered in the later review. Treat its reported 83.9/100 score as a dated report, not independently reproduced evidence or a comparison with newer versions. This describes the dated retained Kingy record, not a new product test. See the retained Kingy demonstration.
Sources and buying-review date
Buying details checked October 22, 2026. Plan research uses current official sources; demonstration descriptions use the retained Kingy record and any captured creator chapters. No new subscription, paid generation or checkout was performed. The buying-review date does not renew every claim in the broader facts ledger.
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Creative notes
Official docs position it for image generation and editing.
License notes
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