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Google: Nano Banana 2.1 — pricing & benchmarks

By google · Updated 2026-11-01 · Creates imagesimage generationreads images / documentsstep-by-step reasoning

Google: Nano Banana 2.1 costs $1.5 per 1M input tokens and $7.5 per 1M output tokens, with a 65K context window. It is best suited for image generation, reads images / documents, step-by-step reasoning, and is available through one OpenAI-compatible Appmo API key.
$1.5Input / 1M
$7.5Output / 1M
65KContext
49Buzz (0-100)

What Google: Nano Banana 2.1 is used for

Google: Nano Banana 2.1 is best suited for image generation, reads images / documents, step-by-step reasoning. Access it through one Appmo API key alongside 444 other models — Appmo's optimizer can route to it automatically when it is the best value for a request.

What people are saying (last 30 days)

Not enough posts yet to judge community sentiment. 6 Hacker News stories (21 points) · 75 new GitHub repos mentioning it. How we measure this.

Use it via the Appmo API (OpenAI-compatible)

curl https://appmo.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APPMO_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

FAQ

How much does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 cost?
Google: Nano Banana 2.1 costs $1.5 per 1M input tokens and $7.5 per 1M output tokens ($3 blended), as of 2026-11-01. Prices are expected to fall as competition increases.

What is Google: Nano Banana 2.1 best for?
Google: Nano Banana 2.1 is best suited for image generation, reads images / documents, step-by-step reasoning.

How do I use Google: Nano Banana 2.1?
Send requests to Appmo's OpenAI-compatible endpoint with model id "google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1" and one API key — no separate provider account needed.

Is Google: Nano Banana 2.1 open source?
We have no record of public weights for Google: Nano Banana 2.1; treat it as a closed model available only through its provider's API.

Can Google: Nano Banana 2.1 create images?
Yes, Google: Nano Banana 2.1 generates images.