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GPT Image

OpenAI · #4 most active of 19 in Image

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Text-to-image and editing with strong instruction following and text rendering.

Current version

GPT Image 1.5

Entry cost

Included in ChatGPT, API usage-based

Changes / 30d

1

Capabilities

  • Text rendering
  • Image editing
  • Reference images
  • Transparent backgrounds
  • Streaming previews

Pricing

  • ChatGPT Free

    Free

  • ChatGPT Plus

    $20

  • API

    per image

    Free

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • GPT Image 1.5

    OpenAI

    disclosed

Context window

n/a

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

no

Stack signals

  • REST API

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • version

    GPT Image 1.5 released with better text rendering

    GPT Image 1GPT Image 1.5

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