Google: Nano Banana 2.1 API Pricing
Google: Nano Banana 2.1 costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens. Context window: 66K. Prices verified 2026-10-21 · source
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Token economics
| Token type | Price | vs base input |
|---|---|---|
| Standard input | $1.50 | — |
| Output | $7.50 | — |
| Web search tool | $14/1k searches | — |
Prompt caching stores repeated context server-side: reads cost far less, but writes carry a one-time premium.
Higher effort = deeper thinking = more reasoning tokens billed as output.
What would Google: Nano Banana 2.1 cost you per month?
| Workload | Requests/mo | Avg tokens (in/out) | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light chatbot | 10,000 | 800 / 400 | $42.00 |
| Coding agent | 5,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $135.00 |
| RAG pipeline | 30,000 | 4,000 / 500 | $292.50 |
| Doc summarizer | 2,000 | 20,000 / 1,000 | $75.00 |
Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.
About Google: Nano Banana 2.1
Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 cost?
Google: Nano Banana 2.1 costs $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens. Verified 2026-10-21 — provider source.
What is the context window?
66K tokens, with up to 59K output tokens per response. That's roughly 82 pages of text in a single request.
Does it support prompt caching?
Prompt-caching pricing is not published for this model via OpenRouter.
What's a cheaper alternative?
ScaleDown: Summarize saves about 99% on a typical workload with comparable quality.
Official resources
- Google: Nano Banana 2.1 on OpenRouter — live endpoint, pricing source of record.
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