Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite 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 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) model details · Gemini 3 family · Google provider page
Top 15 alternatives
| # | Model | Provider | Why | Context | Input price / 1M | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auto Router | Openrouter | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar price tier | 2M Ultra context (1M+) | $-1000000.00 Budget | vs → |
| 2 | Auto Router (Beta) | Openrouter | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · similar price tier | 2M Ultra context (1M+) | $-1000000.00 Budget | vs → |
| 3 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Image | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · different provider | 400K Long context (128K+) | $10.00 Premium | vs → |
| 4 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Image Mini | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · different provider | 400K Long context (128K+) | $2.50 Standard | vs → |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Image 2 | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision, image-gen · different provider | 272K Long context (128K+) | $8.00 Premium | vs → |
| 6 | Perceptron: Perceptron Mk1 | Perceptron | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 33K Short/standard context | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 7 | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | Mistral AI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.15 Budget | vs → |
| 8 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.05 Budget | vs → |
| 10 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.25 Budget | vs → |
| 11 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 400K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 12 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.1M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | OpenAI | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 1.1M Ultra context (1M+) | $0.10 Budget | vs → |
| 14 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Qwen | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 262K Long context (128K+) | $0.20 Budget | vs → |
| 15 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | Qwen | shares reasoning, structured-output, vision · similar price tier | 131K Long context (128K+) | $0.18 Budget | vs → |