Nano Banana
Gemini-based image generation and editing with strong character consistency.
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Nano Banana vs FLUX
Nano Banana (Google DeepMind) and FLUX (Black Forest Labs) both sit in Image. Nano Banana shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 5). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Nano Banana Google DeepMind | FLUX Black Forest Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 2 | FLUX 3 |
| Entry cost | Free tier available for developers on Google AI Studio. | Pay-as-you-go API and playground. Open weights licensing plans for developers/teams exist (contact sales or purchase details). |
| Pricing tiers | Free Tier free · Paid Tier free | Pay as you go free |
| Model stack | Gemini 3 Pro Image · gemini-2.5-flash-image · gemini-3.1-flash-image · gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image · Nano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image) · Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) · Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) · Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image) | FLUX 1.1 [pro] · FLUX 3 · FLUX.1 [dev] · FLUX.1 [pro] · FLUX.1 Kontext · FLUX.2 · FLUX.2 [dev] · FLUX.2 [flex] · FLUX.2 [klein] · FLUX.2 [klein] 9B · FLUX.2 [max] · FLUX.2 [pro] · FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 5 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Conversational editing, Character consistency, Text rendering, Multi-image blending, 4K output, text-to-image, image editing, multi-turn image editing | Open weights, Image editing, Multi-reference, Character consistency, High resolution, Text-to-Image, Multi-reference image editing, Outpainting |
FLUX
Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.
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