# Nano Banana (Google) — API pricing and providers

> Image generation & editing. Model id `google/nano-banana`. Image model by Google.

- Page: https://infro.io/models/google/nano-banana
- Vendor: Google (https://infro.io/models/google)
- Modality: Image
- Endpoint through INFRO: `POST /v1/images/generations` at https://api.infro.io/v1
- List rate: $0.039 per image
- Rates checked: 2026-10-05

Rates are Google's published list price: what the customer's own provider account bills, not an INFRO charge. INFRO is a BYOK control plane; it charges a software subscription and adds 0% to model spend.

**Retirement:** Google shuts Nano Banana down on its own API on 15 Mar 2027. Google recommends Nano Banana 2 Lite. Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations

## Providers that serve it

| Provider | Model id sent |
| --- | --- |
| Google AI (Gemini) | `gemini-2.5-flash-image` |
| Google Vertex AI | `gemini-2.5-flash-image` |
| OpenRouter | `google/gemini-2.5-flash-image` |
| KIE | `google/nano-banana` |
| LaoZhang API | `gemini-2.5-flash-image` |
| fal.ai | `nano-banana` |
| Replicate | `google/nano-banana` |

## Questions

### How much does the Nano Banana API cost?

Google's published list rate for Nano Banana is $0.039 per image (checked 2026-10-05). The provider account you connect bills you at the rate on that account, so a negotiated rate replaces the list rate. INFRO adds 0% to model spend.

### Which providers serve Nano Banana?

In INFRO's provider registry, Nano Banana can be served by Google AI (Gemini), Google Vertex AI, OpenRouter, KIE, LaoZhang API, fal.ai and 1 more. You connect your own account with any of them, and INFRO routes and fails over between the ones you connect.

### What is the Nano Banana model ID?

Request it from INFRO as "google/nano-banana". INFRO sends each provider its own id: Google AI (Gemini) "gemini-2.5-flash-image", Google Vertex AI "gemini-2.5-flash-image", OpenRouter "google/gemini-2.5-flash-image", KIE "google/nano-banana", LaoZhang API "gemini-2.5-flash-image", and so on.

### How do I call Nano Banana through an OpenAI-compatible API?

Point an OpenAI SDK, or any HTTP client, at https://api.infro.io/v1 with an INFRO gateway key and send model "google/nano-banana" to POST /v1/images/generations. INFRO runs the request on a provider account you connected and returns the provider's response with an estimated cost.

### Is Nano Banana being retired?

Google shuts Nano Banana down on its own API on 15 Mar 2027. Google recommends Nano Banana 2 Lite.

### Does INFRO mark up Nano Banana usage?

No. Google or the provider you connect bills model usage to your own account. INFRO charges a software subscription for routing, failover, observability, budgets and policy, and takes 0% of model spend.