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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image API

The exact Model id gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image has image output price $0.0336 per image. Walk away if you need published context or first-party CacheSafety; both are unpublished. This id is a Gemini model billed per generated image, not per token.

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Gemini Flash prices rise Jan 1, 2027

Per Google's published pricing page, Gemini Flash input prices double on Jan 1, 2027. The same workload runs an order of magnitude cheaper on DeepSeek and GLM. Source: Google pricing Full price breakdown

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Image price$0.0336 / image
BillingPer generated image
Context length— tokens
Max output8.2k tokens

What is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image API in NextModel?

The exact Model id gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image has image output price $0.0336 per image. Walk away if you need published context or first-party CacheSafety; both are unpublished. This id is a Gemini model billed per generated image, not per token.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image(Nano Banana 2 Lite) via NextModel: context unpublished; $0.0336 / image in / — out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, vision.

Best use cases

  • Call it for vision workloads that are billed per generated image.
  • Use it when you accept $0.0336 per image and do not need published context, token prices, or first-party CacheSafety.
  • You need the listed capabilities on this catalog entry.

When not to use

  • Do not call it if you require a published context window, published token pricing, or first-party CacheSafety.
  • Those fields are unpublished for this exact id.
  • A required number is unpublished in the catalog snapshot.

OpenAI-compatible code example

request.sh
curl https://api.nextmodel.app/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEXTMODEL_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Reply with OK."}]}'

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What model id do I send for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image?

Send gemini/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image to https://api.nextmodel.app/v1 with your OpenAI SDK. If that id is missing from /v1/models, the page is stale.

What does the catalog list for price and context?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image is listed at unpublished input and unpublished output. Context window: not published in catalog.

What should I treat as unverified?

Do not call it if you require a published context window, published token pricing, or first-party CacheSafety. Those fields are unpublished for this exact id.

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