What are the best alternatives to Nano Banana Pro?
The closest alternatives to Nano Banana Pro are OpenAI's GPT Image 2 and 2.5, ByteDance's Seedream 5 Pro, Black Forest Labs' FLUX.1 Kontext and FLUX 2.0, and Alibaba's Qwen Image Edit Plus. They all generate images and edit an existing one from instructions. They differ in price, maximum resolution and what they are best at.
In OTOY Studio, Nano Banana Pro costs 14 to 28 credits (€0.14 to €0.28) per image, depending on resolution (up to 4K).
Image editing models in OTOY Studio
| Model | Maker | Credits per image |
|---|---|---|
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI | 1 to 20 |
| GPT Image 2.5 | OpenAI | 1 to 19 |
| Bytedance Seedream 4 | ByteDance | 3 |
| WAN 2.6 Image | Alibaba | 3 |
| Bytedance Seedream 5 Lite | ByteDance | 4 |
| FLUX.1 Kontext | Black Forest Labs | 4 |
| Nano Banana | 4 | |
| Nano Banana 2 Lite | 4 | |
| Bytedance Seedream 4.5 | ByteDance | 5 |
| FLUX 2.0 | Black Forest Labs | 6 |
| Qwen Image Edit Plus: Multiple Angles | Alibaba | 6 |
| Nano Banana 2 | 7 to 15 | |
| Qwen Image 3 | Alibaba | 7 |
| Qwen Image Edit Plus | Alibaba | 11 |
| Nano Banana Pro | 14 to 28 | |
| Bytedance Seedream 5 Pro | ByteDance | 16 |
| GPT Image 1.5 | OpenAI | 19 |
| Bytedance Seedream 5 Pro Layerize | ByteDance | 31 |
Credits are list prices at 1 credit = €0.01.
What each is good at
- GPT Image 2 and 2.5: long, detailed prompts and legible text inside the image.
- Seedream 5 Pro: high-quality generation, plus Layerize, which splits a finished image into up to 16 transparent layers you can export as a PSD.
- FLUX.1 Kontext: targeted edits to an existing image that keep the rest intact.
- Qwen Image Edit Plus: edits and a Multiple Angles mode that re-renders a subject from new camera angles.
- Nano Banana 2 and 2 Lite: the same family as Pro, faster and cheaper for drafts.
- Z-Image Turbo: the cheapest option for quick drafts.
Why use them side by side
Image models vary a lot from one prompt to the next, and the "best" one changes with the job. In OTOY Studio you can send one image and one instruction to several models on the same canvas, compare the results, and pass the winner to a video model or an upscaler. Every plan, including Free, includes all of them.
Last verified 2026-09-28. Prices and model lists come from OTOY Studio's billing configuration, exported 2026-09-28.