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Cost to generate a product image with AI

One 1024×1024 output image, using the token count printed on the pricing page. The text prompt is not included.

Sorted by the calculated USD amount, lowest first. A sponsored label would not move a row or change a figure. How the figures are made.

400 images a month: AI about A$19.27 cheapest, about A$38.54 typical. By hand about 100 hours, about A$2,945.00.400 images a month: AI about US$13.44 cheapest, about US$26.88 typical. By hand about 100 hours, about US$2,054.14.

Starting wage is the cited award minimum, not a loaded cost. Fair Work Ombudsman, Clerks—Private Sector Award 2020. A USD figure here is that AUD wage converted with the same RBA rate as the AI prices.

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    Gemini Nano Banana 2.1

    Google · gemini-nano-banana-2.1

    Source · read 20 Oct 2026

    A$0.048US$0.034

    Assumptions

    One 1024×1024 output image, using the token count printed on the pricing page. The text prompt is not included. Standard image output is US$30 per 1M tokens. The pricing page says a 1024×1024 image consumes 1,120 tokens, which is US$0.0336. Prompt tokens are not included.

    Formula: 1120 × US$30 / 1,000,000.

    Pricing basis

    Per-image API list price (standard output image)

    Australian business notes

    The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.

    Exact figure

    Calculated total: US$0.0336 (A$0.048172). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.

    Source

    Pricing page

    Read 2026-10-20.

  2. 2

    Gemini 3.1 Flash Image

    Google

    Source · read 20 Oct 2026

    A$0.096US$0.067

    Assumptions

    One 1024×1024 output image, using the token count printed on the pricing page. The text prompt is not included. The pricing page titles this model Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) and does not print an API id in that heading. Standard image output is US$60 per 1M tokens. It says a 1024×1024 image consumes 1,120 tokens. 1120 × 60 / 1,000,000 = US$0.0672. The page rounds that equivalent to US$0.067. This row uses US$0.0672. Prompt tokens are not included.

    Formula: 1120 × US$60 / 1,000,000.

    Pricing basis

    Per-image API list price (standard output image)

    Australian business notes

    The Gemini API available-regions page lists Australia among countries where the Gemini API and Google AI Studio are available. It does not describe an Australian storage or processing region. The pricing page labels paid prices as USD and does not mention GST. The AUD figure is this site's conversion, not a price Google shows in AUD. AUD in this row is USD divided by 0.6975, the RBA United States dollar rate per Australian dollar on 2026-10-19. Australian note source.

    Exact figure

    Calculated total: US$0.0672 (A$0.096344). These are the unrounded totals. The figure above is a shorter reading of the same amounts.

    Source

    Pricing page

    Read 2026-10-20.