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AI media API pricing, per unit the provider bills

Per-image, per-second, per-song and per-minute prices for image, video, music, speech and realtime audio models on the OpenAI and Gemini APIs, each with its provider source and read date. Compared only inside one modality and unit.

Product pages

Sora 2Video generation · 8 variantsOpenAI lists September 24, 2026 as the Videos API and Sora 2 shutdown date.Read 2026-09-11 Veo 3.1Video generation · 8 variantsAs of 2026-10-13, Veo 3.1 prices on the Gemini API run from $0.05 per second (Veo 3.1 Lite, lite · 720p) to $0.60 per second (Veo 3.1, 4k) across 8 published variants..Read 2026-10-13 Nano BananaImage generation · 16 variantsAs of October 13, 2026, Nano Banana 2.1 costs $0.0336 per 1K image, $0.0504 at 2K, and $0.0756 at 4K on the Gemini API.Read 2026-10-13 LyriaMusic generation · 3 variantsAs of 2026-09-11, Lyria prices on the Gemini API run from $0.04 per song (Lyria 3 Clip Preview, preview · 30-second clip) to $0.08 per song (Lyria 3.5, full song) across 3 published variants..Read 2026-09-11

Speech to text

Speech to text: every published row with its variant, price per unit and read date.
ProductVariantPriceRead
Voxtral Small Transcribe 3standard$0.004 per minute2026-10-20
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 3standard$0.0035 per minute2026-10-20
Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime 3standard$0.008 per minute2026-10-20
GPT Transcribestandard$0.0045 per minute2026-09-11
Whisperstandard$0.006 per minute2026-09-11

Text to speech

Text to speech: every published row with its variant, price per unit and read date.
ProductVariantPriceRead
Voxtral TTS 3standard$13.00 per 1M characters2026-10-20
Eleven v4launch-promotion$0.022 per 1,000 characters2026-09-28
Eleven v4regular$0.08 per 1,000 characters2026-09-28
Eleven v4 Turbolaunch-promotion$0.011 per 1,000 characters2026-09-28
Eleven v4 Turboregular$0.04 per 1,000 characters2026-09-28
TTS-1standard$15.00 per 1M characters2026-09-11
TTS-1 HDstandard$30.00 per 1M characters2026-09-11

Realtime audio

Realtime audio: every published row with its variant, price per unit and read date.
ProductVariantPriceRead
Grok Voice 3.0standard$0.08 per minute2026-10-14
GPT-Live-1standard$0.05 per minute2026-09-11

Video generation

Video generation: every published row with its variant, price per unit and read date.
ProductVariantPriceRead
Sora 2720p$0.10 per second2026-09-11
Sora 2 Pro720p$0.30 per second2026-09-11
Sora 2 Pro1024p$0.50 per second2026-09-11
Sora 2 Pro1080p$0.70 per second2026-09-11
Sora 2batch · 720p$0.05 per second2026-09-11
Sora 2 Probatch · 720p$0.15 per second2026-09-11
Sora 2 Probatch · 1024p$0.25 per second2026-09-11
Sora 2 Probatch · 1080p$0.35 per second2026-09-11
Veo 3.1720p$0.40 per second2026-10-13
Veo 3.11080p$0.40 per second2026-10-13
Veo 3.14k$0.60 per second2026-10-13
Veo 3.1 Fastfast · 720p$0.10 per second2026-10-13
Veo 3.1 Fastfast · 1080p$0.12 per second2026-10-13
Veo 3.1 Fastfast · 4k$0.30 per second2026-10-13
Veo 3.1 Litelite · 720p$0.05 per second2026-10-13
Veo 3.1 Litelite · 1080p$0.08 per second2026-10-13

Image generation

Image generation: every published row with its variant, price per unit and read date.
ProductVariantPriceRead
Gemini Nano Banana 2.11K$0.0336 per image2026-10-06
Gemini Nano Banana 2.12K$0.0504 per image2026-10-06
Gemini Nano Banana 2.14K$0.0756 per image2026-10-06
Gemini Nano Banana 2.1batch · 1K$0.0168 per image2026-10-06
Gemini Nano Banana 2.1batch · 2K$0.0252 per image2026-10-06
Gemini Nano Banana 2.1batch · 4K$0.0378 per image2026-10-06
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)0.5K$0.045 per image2026-10-06
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)1K$0.067 per image2026-10-06
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)2K$0.101 per image2026-10-06
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)4K$0.151 per image2026-10-06
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)standard$0.039 per image2026-10-06
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)batch$0.0195 per image2026-10-06
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)1K/2K$0.134 per image2026-10-13
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)4K$0.24 per image2026-10-13
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)batch · 1K/2K$0.067 per image2026-10-13
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)batch · 4K$0.12 per image2026-10-13

Music generation

Music generation: every published row with its variant, price per unit and read date.
ProductVariantPriceRead
Lyria 3.5full song$0.08 per song2026-09-11
Lyria 3 Clip Previewpreview · 30-second clip$0.04 per song2026-09-11
Lyria 3 Pro Previewpreview · full song$0.08 per song2026-09-11

How these rows are kept honest

  • USD only, exactly as the provider publishes it; no currency conversion.
  • One row per priced unit variant (tier, resolution, duration mode). Never average variants into one price.
  • Compare rows only inside the same modality and unit. A per-second video price is never converted into a per-image or per-token figure.
  • priceUsd is null only with a note explaining why; a missing published price is unavailable, never zero.
  • Every row carries the provider page it came from and the date it was read.

Questions

How is AI image and video pricing different from token pricing?

Image, video and music models bill per generated output or per second, not per token. Veo 3.1 and the archived Sora 2 rows use per-second video prices, the Nano Banana models per image, Lyria per song or clip, and speech models per character or minute. This hub keeps each modality in its own unit and never converts between them.

Which AI video API is cheapest per second?

Among the current Gemini API video rows on this hub, Veo 3.1 Lite has the lowest published 720p rate. Sora’s rows are archived prices, because OpenAI lists September 24, 2026 as its API shutdown date. Compare only matching resolutions and units; this price table does not measure video quality.

How often do media prices change?

Preview and promotional rates change without notice, and preview models can be retired. Every row here shows the date we read the provider page, rows are re-read before publication, and the registry contract records a missing published price as unavailable rather than zero.