Gemini 4 Argon via NextModel: 1M-token context; $2 / 1M tokens in / $10 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
Best vision model APIs for image understanding
Compare vision model APIs for screenshots, documents, product images, and support tickets, with price and capability labels.
Wofur ist diese Shortlist gedacht?: Vision models
Vision APIs are useful for screenshots, receipts, product photos, and ticket attachments. What matters is whether the model accepts the image type you have, whether you need JSON out, and how wrong answers look on your own samples. Price second. The shortlist below is deliberately small — A/B a few vision-capable candidates instead of the whole catalog.
Quellenbasis: NextModel capability mapping and OpenRouter input-modality metadata when available. · Aktualisiert 2026-07-01
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Empfohlene Kandidaten vision models
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Claude Haiku 5.5 via NextModel: 1M-token context; Starting at $0.1 / 1M tokens in / $0.5 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.
Doubao Seedance 2.5 via NextModel: context unpublished; $0.225 / s in / — out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, vision.
Dreamina-Seedance 2.0 Fast via NextModel: context unpublished; $0.122 / s in / — out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, vision.
Vergleichstabelle
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| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argongoogle/gemini-4-argon | $2 / 1M tokens | $10 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 2974-10589ms | Catalog | Platform curated | |
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 | Anthropic | Starting at $0.1 / 1M tokens | $0.5 / 1M tokens | 1M | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1321-2017ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Doubao Seedance 2.5doubao/doubao-seedance-2-5-260628 | Doubao | $0.225 / s | — | — | StreamingVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 0-0ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Dreamina-Seedance 2.0 Fastdreamina/dreamina-seedance-2-0-fast-260128 | Dreamina | $0.122 / s | — | — | StreamingVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 0-0ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Dreamina Seedance 2.5dreamina/dreamina-seedance-2-5-260628 | Dreamina | $0.234 / s | — | — | StreamingVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 0-0ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro) gemini/gemini-3-pro-image | Gemini | $0.314 / image | — | — | StreamingVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 0-0ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-image | Gemini | $0.151 / image | — | — | StreamingVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 0-0ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Qwen-Image-2.0 CNqwen/qwen-image-2.0-cn | Qwen | $0.0287 / image | — | — | StreamingVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 0-0ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
Vision models FAQ
What should I compare before choosing a vision model API?
Image input support, JSON mode if you need it, latency, output cost, and quality on your real images. Synthetic benchmarks lie more often than people admit.
Can low-cost models handle vision tasks?
Sometimes, for light work. Dense documents and high-accuracy extraction usually need a stronger model and a real eval set.
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