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Nano Banana 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro

Nano Banana 2.1 and Nano Banana Pro, both by Google, side by side: what each does, what a run costs in credits, and when to pick which. Both run on Kinoseed with one plan.

8 or 30 credits an image. You see the plan first.

Plans from $10 a month, cancel anytime.

Image made with Nano Banana 2.1 in Kinoseed
Nano Banana 2.1 Prompt: A clear glass serum bottle with a dropper standing in shallow water on a white stone, ripples around it, bright clean daylight, cosmetics advertising photo
Image made with Nano Banana Pro in Kinoseed
Nano Banana Pro Prompt: Vertical action photo, a young freerunner in a black hoodie mid-leap between two city rooftops at golden hour, arms spread, city skyline far below, motion energy, shot from a low angle, photorealistic, cinematic lighting.

Side by side

FeatureNano Banana 2.1Nano Banana Pro
Made byGoogleGoogle
What it doesimage generation and editingimage generation and editing
Edits a photo you addYesYes
Price per image8 credits30 credits
Four images30 credits110 credits
Cheapest run8 credits for one image30 credits for one image

Prices are the credits a run spends, from the same rates the studio and the API charge.

Which to pick

  • Nano Banana 2.1 is the cheaper one: 8 credits an image against 30, so Nano Banana Pro costs 3.8 times as much. When you want many options to choose from, that difference adds up.

About Nano Banana 2.1

Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's image model, the update to Nano Banana 2. It makes an image from a text prompt and edits photos you add, keeping what you did not ask to change.

It runs in Kinoseed at 1K in any of the usual aspect ratios.

Nano Banana 2.1: prices and examples

About Nano Banana Pro

Nano Banana Pro is Google's Gemini 3 Pro Image model. It uses Gemini's reasoning to plan an image before drawing it, which helps with complex scenes, infographics, diagrams and text inside the image.

In Kinoseed it generates from a prompt or edits a reference image you upload. It costs more per image than Nano Banana 2, so a common workflow is to draft with Nano Banana 2 and switch to Pro for the final version.

Nano Banana Pro: prices and examples

Questions

What is the difference between Nano Banana 2.1 and Nano Banana Pro?
Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's image model, the update to Nano Banana 2. It makes an image from a text prompt and edits photos you add, keeping what you did not ask to change. Nano Banana Pro is Google's Gemini 3 Pro Image model. It uses Gemini's reasoning to plan an image before drawing it, which helps with complex scenes, infographics, diagrams and text inside the image.
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana 2.1 or Nano Banana Pro?
Nano Banana 2.1 starts at 8 credits for one image; Nano Banana Pro at 30 credits for one image. Runs spend credits from a plan.
Should I use Nano Banana 2.1 or Nano Banana Pro?
Nano Banana 2.1 is the cheaper one: 8 credits an image against 30, so Nano Banana Pro costs 3.8 times as much. When you want many options to choose from, that difference adds up.

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