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Nano Banana 2.1
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FrontierImageHosted by a provider reached through SayGM. The route is sealed in transit and in use; the provider receives the prompt under its API terms.
Released
Oct 2026Modalities
Image generationList price
Per image
≈ $0.034
Prompt in / Mtok
up to $1.50
Google bills image output as tokens at $30.00 / Mtok. One 1K image measured 1,120 tokens.
Examples
Real output through the API, unedited, with the prompt and what it cost.
Call Nano Banana 2.1 from the API
Create an API key and set it as SAYGM_API_KEY in your terminal. The image comes back base64-encoded in the response.
curl "https://api.saygm.com/v1beta/models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1:generateContent" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SAYGM_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"contents": [
{
"role": "user",
"parts": [
{
"text": "A paper boat drifting across a quiet pond at sunrise."
}
]
}
],
"generationConfig": {
"responseModalities": [
"TEXT",
"IMAGE"
],
"imageConfig": {
"aspectRatio": "16:9"
}
}
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Frequently asked questions
How much does one image from gemini-nano-banana-2.1 cost on SayGM?
About $0.034 for a 1K image: 1,120 image tokens at $30.00 per million, plus the prompt's input tokens.
Which SDK do I use for gemini-nano-banana-2.1 on SayGM?
The Google GenAI SDK. Set its base URL to https://api.saygm.com and your existing generateContent code calls gemini-nano-banana-2.1 as-is.
