For teams spending real money on image generation
Lower-cost image API for apps already using fal.ai.
OpenAI-compatible image generation with simple pricing, private routing, and fallback capacity. Built for B2C SaaS, AI editors, ad-creative tools, and GPT-wrappers doing 100+ generations/day.
fal.ai price comparison
$3,600/month less
At 1,000 generations/day on nano-banana-pro-4k
40%+ cheaper than fal.ai
| Model | cheapaiapi | fal.ai | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
nano-banana-2 | $0.06 | $0.08 | 25% |
nano-banana-2-2k | $0.075 | $0.12 | 38% |
nano-banana-2-2k-thinking | $0.08 | $0.122 | 34% |
nano-banana-2-4k | $0.1 | $0.16 | 38% |
nano-banana-pro | $0.1 | $0.15 | 33% |
nano-banana-pro-2k | $0.11 | $0.15 | 27% |
nano-banana-pro-4k | $0.18 | $0.3 | 40% |
gpt-image-2 | $0.04 | $0.053 | 25% |
For image products with volume.
AI image editors
Ad creative generators
Telegram bots and GPT wrappers
API shape
Just replace the base URL.
curl https://cheapaiapi.org/v1/images/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "nano-banana-2",
"prompt": "product photo on a clean studio background",
"size": "1024x1024"
}'Spend less on image generation API.
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