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. FLUX shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 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 | 2.1 | FLUX 3 |
| Entry cost | Pricing is not explicitly published on this page for the Nano Banana model series. | Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel. |
| 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 · gemini-nano-banana-2.1 · 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 3 Action · FLUX 3 Image · FLUX 3 Image Klein · FLUX 3 Max · FLUX 3 Video · FLUX 3 Video Draft · FLUX.1 [dev] · FLUX.1 [pro] · FLUX.1 Kontext · FLUX.1 Kontext [max] · FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] · FLUX.2 · FLUX.2 [dev] · FLUX.2 [flex] · FLUX.2 [klein] · FLUX.2 [klein] 4B · 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 | 5 | 9 |
| 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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