Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) vs MAI-Image-2.6: price and capabilities
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image, google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) from Google and MAI-Image-2.6 (microsoft/mai-image-2.6) from Microsoft AI are both image generation models on the OceanToken API. Nano Banana 2 Lite costs less per token than MAI-Image-2.6: $0.225 against $5.00 per 1M input tokens (96% less) and $1.35 against $38.00 per 1M output tokens (96% less). Nano Banana 2 Lite is 10% off its official price on OceanToken, for every account. Both take text prompts and reference images.
Side by side
| Spec | Nano Banana 2 Lite −10% | MAI-Image-2.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)google/ | MAI-Image-2.6microsoft/ |
| Publisher | Microsoft AI | |
| Kind | Image generation | Image generation |
| Input price | $0.225 / 1M tokens | $5.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $1.35 / 1M tokens | $38.00 / 1M tokens |
| Image output price | $27.00 / 1M image tokens | – |
| Web search price | $0.014 / search | – |
| Discount (vs official, top tier) | −10% | — |
| Inputs | text and images | text and images |
| Outputs | image and text | image |
About these prices
Which should you choose?
- Choose Nano Banana 2 Lite to spend less per token: 96% less for input and 96% less for output than MAI-Image-2.6.
- Both take the same inputs: text prompts and reference images.
- Not sure? Call both with the same OceanToken API key and compare them on your own prompts and references; each request is billed per use from one prepaid balance.
Get API Key Nano Banana 2 Lite MAI-Image-2.6
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana 2 Lite or MAI-Image-2.6?
Nano Banana 2 Lite. Nano Banana 2 Lite costs less per token than MAI-Image-2.6: $0.225 against $5.00 per 1M input tokens (96% less) and $1.35 against $38.00 per 1M output tokens (96% less). Nano Banana 2 Lite is 10% off its official price on OceanToken, for every account. The OceanToken console always shows the current price.
Which takes more kinds of input, Nano Banana 2 Lite or MAI-Image-2.6?
Neither: both take text and images.
Can I call both Nano Banana 2 Lite and MAI-Image-2.6 with one API key?
Yes. Both are on the OceanToken API at https://api.oceantoken.ai/v1: one API key and one prepaid balance call either model. Send the model id google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image or microsoft/mai-image-2.6.
Models and publishers
Nano Banana 2 Lite · MAI-Image-2.6 · All Google models · All Microsoft AI models
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