GPT Image API Pricing

Prepaid credits for prompt testing, image edits, and production image generation. No monthly commitment.

Starter Credits

$10

For first prompts, benchmark runs, and internal proof-of-concept work.

Good for prompt exploration and workflow validation.

Includes

1,000 Credits
Low: ~500 images at 2 credits each
Medium: ~166 images at 6 credits each
High: ~83 images at 12 credits each
Valid for 1 year

Plus Credits

$20

For recurring social assets, experiments, and editorial visuals.

A practical tier for small product teams.

Includes

2,000 Credits
Low: ~1,000 images at 2 credits each
Medium: ~333 images at 6 credits each
High: ~166 images at 12 credits each
Valid for 1 year

Popular

Pro Credits

$60

$50

For teams shipping launch pages, UI mockups, and client-visible assets every week.

Best value for teams with a real review loop.

Includes

5,100 Credits
Low: ~2,550 images at 2 credits each
Medium: ~850 images at 6 credits each
High: ~425 images at 12 credits each
Valid for 1 year

Business Credits

$120

$100

For batch generation, campaign operations, and multi-seat creative teams.

Designed for ongoing production runs.

Includes

10,500 Credits
Low: ~5,250 images at 2 credits each
Medium: ~1,750 images at 6 credits each
High: ~875 images at 12 credits each
Valid for 1 year

Premier Credits

$250

$200

For agencies and in-house studios running frequent high-resolution assets.

Fits teams that already know the model is part of the stack.

Includes

22,000 Credits
Low: ~11,000 images at 2 credits each
Medium: ~3,666 images at 6 credits each
High: ~1,833 images at 12 credits each
Valid for 1 year

Agency Credits

$625

$500

For the heaviest branded content pipelines and multi-client delivery flows.

Built for serious volume and repeatable creative operations.

Includes

60,000 Credits
Low: ~30,000 images at 2 credits each
Medium: ~10,000 images at 6 credits each
High: ~5,000 images at 12 credits each
Valid for 1 year

Frequently asked

The practical questions teams ask before they move a real workflow onto GPT Image API.

Need a deeper integration pattern? Contact support@gptimageapi.dev

What teams say

Operational reasons teams switch image pipelines.

The main win is not unit price. It is the number of campaign assets that stop bouncing back because the headline rendered wrong.

David Chen

Growth designer

UI mockups and product cards are now one-pass jobs far more often, which changes turnaround time more than any benchmark table.

Rachel Kim

Agency CTO

Quoted text plus seeded reruns gave me a repeatable way to generate launch graphics without hand-fixing every export.

Marcus Thompson

Indie developer

The model is expensive compared with commodity image generation, but cheaper than our human cleanup loop for every single banner.

Sofia Garcia

Content platform CEO

Async queue plus webhooks was the missing piece. Once we stopped treating large batches as synchronous work, the pipeline settled down.

James Wilson

Tech lead

We use it only where exact copy matters. That selective usage makes the margin work while still upgrading the visible assets.

Anna Zhang

Startup founder