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 Pricing is not explicitly published on this page for the Nano Banana model series.. Seedream 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 | Seedream ByteDance |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | 2.1 | 5.0 pro / flash |
| Entry cost | Pricing is not explicitly published on this page for the Nano Banana model series. | 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 · 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) | Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash · Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 5 | 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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