Nano Banana Pro Text to Image
google/nano-banana-proNano Banana Pro is Google's new state-of-the-art image generation and editing model
- Base price
- $0.11
$0.13USD / run - Execution
- async
- Model type
- image
- Input fields
- 4
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Playground
Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.11 / run
Context & modalities
- Input
- Schema-defined
- Output
- image
Capabilities
- Chat
- Not supported
- Vision
- Not supported
- Reasoning
- Not supported
- Structured output
- Not supported
- Function calling
- Not supported
- Audio input
- Not supported
Access
- Provider
- Model ID
- google/nano-banana-pro
- Execution
- async
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
Human preference
Arena
Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.
Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena
- Leaderboard
- Text to Image
- Rank
- #11 of 106
- Elo
- 1118 ±10
- Gap to #1
- −104
Text-to-image arena: people pick the better of two images generated from the same prompt, without seeing the model names.
- #6MAI-Image-2.61166±12
- #7Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)1140±10
- #8Muse Image1127±11
- #9GPT Image 1.5 (high)1123±11
- #10MAI-Image-2.6-Flash1119±12
- #11Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1118±10
- #12MAI-Image-2.51118±11
- #13FLUX 3 Image1117±12
- #14MAI-Image-2.5-Pro1114±10
- #15Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)1107±10
API README
Nano Banana Pro Text to Image
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) is Google's highest-quality image model: strong reasoning over the prompt, accurate multilingual text in the image, and 1K to 4K output.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 50,000 characters. |
aspect_ratio | 21:9 / 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 / 5:4 / 1:1 / 4:5 / 3:4 / 2:3 / 9:16 | 1:1 | Output frame shape. |
output_format | jpeg / png | png | Output file format. |
resolution | 1K / 2K / 4K | 1K | Sets the per-image rate. |
Billing
$0.134 per image at 1K or 2K and $0.24 at 4K, Google's list price.
| Request | 1K | 2K | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| One image | $0.134 | $0.134 | $0.24 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Describe the image like a brief to a designer: subject, layout, style, and text.
- Quote all text that must appear.
- Use 2K or 4K for posters and print.
Limits
- One image per request.
Also on SandBase
Other Nano Banana endpoints: google/nano-banana-pro/edit, google/nano-banana-2, google/nano-banana-2/edit, google/nano-banana-2-lite, google/nano-banana-2-lite/edit.
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "google/nano-banana-pro",
"prompt": "a cat sitting on a windowsill, golden hour lighting, photorealistic",
"resolution": "1K",
"aspect_ratio": "1:1",
"output_format": "png"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"Choose your model
Compare models
| Model | Type | Default price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
Nano Banana Pro Text to ImageThis model Google | Image | $0.13 / run | Nov 20, 2025 |
Google | Image | $0.04 / run | Oct 6, 2026 |
Google | Image | $0.04 / run | Oct 6, 2026 |
Google | Image | $0.03 / run | Jun 30, 2026 |
Google | Image | $0.03 / run | Jun 30, 2026 |
Google | Image | $0.07 / run | Feb 26, 2026 |
Questions
FAQ
How do I call Google Nano Banana Pro Text to Image through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "google/nano-banana-pro" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.
Do I need a separate Google account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to Google Nano Banana Pro Text to Image and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with Google separately.

