Nano Banana
Gemini-based image generation and editing with strong character consistency.
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Nano Banana vs Seedream
Nano Banana (Google DeepMind) and Seedream (ByteDance) both sit in Image. Nano Banana is the cheaper entry point at Free tier available for developers on Google AI Studio.. Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Nano Banana Google DeepMind | Seedream ByteDance |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 2 | 5.0 pro |
| Entry cost | Free tier available for developers on Google AI Studio. | from $0.02/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free Tier free · Paid Tier free | Doubao app free · API per image $0.02 |
| 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) | Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 6 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Conversational editing, Character consistency, Text rendering, Multi-image blending, 4K output, text-to-image, image editing, multi-turn image editing | 4K output, Chinese text rendering, Image editing, Multi-reference, Image Generation, Interactive Editing, Image Generation API, image generation |
Seedream
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
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