Alternatives

Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) alternatives

Ranked by capability overlap, similar context window, and similar price tier. Cross-vendor options are weighted higher than same-provider alternatives.

See also: Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) model details · Gemini 2 family · Google provider page

Top 15 alternatives

#	Model	Provider	Why	Context	Input price / 1M	Compare
1	Auto Router	Openrouter	shares structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar price tier	2M Ultra context (1M+)	$-1000000.00 Budget	vs →
2	OpenAI: GPT-5 Image	OpenAI	shares structured-output, vision, image-gen · different provider	400K Long context (128K+)	$10.00 Premium	vs →
3	OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini	OpenAI	shares structured-output, vision, image-gen · different provider	400K Long context (128K+)	$2.50 Standard	vs →
4	Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)	Google	shares structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar context window	66K Short/standard context	$0.50 Budget	vs →
5	Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview)	Google	shares structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar context window	66K Short/standard context	$2.00 Standard	vs →
6	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct	Qwen	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.13 Budget	vs →
7	Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct	Qwen	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.08 Budget	vs →
8	Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct	Meta	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.05 Budget	vs →
9	Meta: Llama 4 Maverick	Meta	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	1.0M Ultra context (1M+)	$0.15 Budget	vs →
10	Meta: Llama 4 Scout	Meta	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	328K Long context (128K+)	$0.08 Budget	vs →
11	Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B	Meta	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	164K Long context (128K+)	$0.18 Budget	vs →
12	Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512	Mistral AI	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	262K Long context (128K+)	$0.20 Budget	vs →
13	Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512	Mistral AI	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.10 Budget	vs →
14	Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512	Mistral AI	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	262K Long context (128K+)	$0.15 Budget	vs →
15	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3	Mistral AI	shares structured-output, vision · similar price tier	131K Long context (128K+)	$0.40 Budget	vs →

Cheaper alternatives to Google: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)

Auto Router — $-1000000.00 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct — $0.13 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct — $0.08 Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct — $0.05 Meta: Llama 4 Maverick — $0.15 Meta: Llama 4 Scout — $0.08 Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B — $0.18 Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512 — $0.20

Larger-context alternatives

Auto Router — 2M OpenAI: GPT-5 Image — 400K OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini — 400K Google: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) — 66K Google: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview) — 66K Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct — 131K Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct — 131K Meta: Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct — 131K