Nano Banana

Freemium

By AI Bookmarks Editorial Team, Directory editors Last reviewed 2026-10-23

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Google image model built for precise edits and consistent subjects across images, reached through Gemini and its API.

Quick facts

Pricing	Freemium
Free tier	Limited — quotas through consumer apps rather than a free API tier
Platforms	Web, API
Developer	Google
Website	https://nanobananaimg.com

What Nano Banana is

Nano Banana is the nickname that stuck to a Google image model built for editing rather than only generation. Its distinguishing behaviour is consistency: you can supply a person or an object in one image and place the same subject in new scenes, or ask for a specific change — swap an outfit, remove an object, change the lighting — while the rest of the image stays put. That makes it useful for product shots, character sets and iterative design, where regenerating from scratch would lose the thing you liked. It is reached through Google consumer apps and the developer API rather than a dedicated subscription, so cost depends on which surface you use. The limits are resolution, regional availability and the usual policy filters on people and brands. Multiple reference images can be combined, which is how a product can be placed into a scene it was never photographed in.

Best for

Editing one element while keeping the rest of an image intact
Keeping a character or product consistent across several images
Iterating on a shot without regenerating from scratch

Not ideal for

Work needing very large print-resolution output
Tight control over exact typography in an image

Pros

Edits preserve the parts of the image you did not touch
Subject consistency across separate images
Reachable from apps already in use

Cons

Resolution limits restrict print use
Availability varies by region and plan
Policy filters refuse some subjects outright

Pricing in detail

Consumer use comes with Google subscription tiers rather than a separate product, so the cost is the plan that includes image generation. Developer use is billed per image through the Gemini API, with rates that differ by resolution and model version. Because the two surfaces are priced differently, compare the per-image API rate against the subscription only after deciding which surface your workflow needs.