Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
$0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens · 66K context · vision, reasoning, JSON.
Prices checked Oct 21, 2026 · tracked by LLM Cost Index since Oct 21, 2026
What Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) costs per month
Estimated monthly bill for typical workloads. Try your own numbers in the cost calculator.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Customer chatbot 1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each | $216 |
| Document Q&A (RAG) 500 questions a day over retrieved documents | $33.75 |
| Coding / tool-using agent 200 tasks a day, long tool-heavy contexts | $126 |
| Content generation 30 long articles a day | $4.05 |
| Classification / extraction 100,000 short items a day | $293 |
Price history
We started tracking Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) on Oct 21, 2026; the chart appears as soon as there is a second data point. See all recent price changes.
Where to run Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image): 2 providers
Google AI Studio is the cheapest at $0.25 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens. Uptime is the average over the last 30 days as reported by OpenRouter; see provider reliability.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Uptime | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $0.25 | $1.50 | 66K | 87.8% | — |
| $0.25 | $1.50 | 66K | 100% | — |
Cheaper alternatives to Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
Models with the same image input, structured output for at least 20% less (3:1 input/output mix), most capable first.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropic | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| GPT-6 Luna OpenAI | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp DeepSeek | $0.216 | $0.647 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
How to pay less for Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)
For a customer chatbot (1,000 conversations a day, 8 turns each) that costs $216 a month at list price without caching:
| Option | Per month | You save |
|---|---|---|
| Move to Claude Haiku 5.5 (similar capabilities) | $58.56 | $157 (73%) |
Other workloads: cut-your-bill tool for Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image).
Specifications
| Model ID | google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image |
| Input | image, text |
| Output | image, text |
| Tool calling | No |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes |
| Open weights | No |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01-01 |
| Released | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Web search | $0.014 per request |
FAQ
- How much does Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) cost?
- $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens. Prices as of Oct 21, 2026.
- What is the context window of Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)?
- 66K tokens, with up to 59K output tokens per response.
- Does Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) support images, tools and structured output?
- Images as input: yes. Tool calling: no. Structured (JSON) output: yes. Reasoning mode: yes.
- What are cheaper alternatives to Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)?
- Models with the same key capabilities for at least 20% less include Claude Haiku 5.5 ($0.10 / $0.50), GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.041 / $0.12), GPT-6 Luna ($0.10 / $0.50).
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