Grok Imagine Image 2.0 Edit
xai/grok-imagine-image/2.0/editGrok Imagine Image 2.0 Edit is xAI's intelligent image editing model. Transform, retouch, and reimagine existing images using text prompts - from background replacement to artistic style conversion.
- Base price
- $0.06USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- image
- Input fields
- 6
Try the model
Playground
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · 20 MiB maximum each
Examples
Select an example to load its inputs and result into the playground.
Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.06 / 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
- xAI
- Model ID
- xai/grok-imagine-image/2.0/edit
- 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
- Image Editing
- Rank
- #9 of 80
- Elo
- 1107 ±9
- Gap to #1
- −75
Image-editing arena: people pick the better of two edits of the same image and instruction, without seeing the model names.
- #4MAI-Image-2.6-Flash1126±8
- #5GPT Image 2 (high)1122±8
- #6Muse Image1118±8
- #7MAI-Image-2.51112±8
- #8Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)1108±8
- #9Grok Imagine Image 2.01107±9
- #10MAI-Image-2.5-Pro1107±8
- #11Seedream 5.0 Pro1107±8
- #12GPT Image 1.5 (high)1102±8
- #13Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)1099±8
API README
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 Edit
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 edit: change or combine images at two quality levels.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 8,000 characters. |
images | image URL[] | — | Images to edit or combine, Image 1, Image 2, … |
resolution | 1k / 2k | 1k | Sets the per-image rate. |
output_format | jpeg / png | jpeg | Output file format. |
quality | low / medium | medium | Sets the per-image rate. |
aspect_ratio | 21:9 / 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 / 5:4 / 1:1 / 4:5 / 3:4 / 2:3 / 9:16 | — | Output shape. |
Billing
Per output image: $0.04 (low) or $0.06 (medium) at 1K; $0.06 or $0.08 at 2K; plus $0.01 per input image.
| Request | 1k | 2k |
|---|---|---|
| low, 1 input | $0.05 | $0.07 |
| medium, 1 input | $0.07 | $0.09 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Quote any text that must appear.
Limits
- One output image per request.
Also on SandBase
Other Grok Imagine Image endpoints: xai/grok-imagine-image/quality, xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/edit, xai/grok-imagine-image/edit, xai/grok-imagine-image/2.0/text-to-image.
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "xai/grok-imagine-image/2.0/edit",
"images": [
"https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a8b911d/Abk8vStrvmSPlzUqI_NN3_image_043.png"
],
"prompt": "Make this scene more realistic but still keep the game vibes",
"quality": "medium",
"resolution": "1k",
"output_format": "jpeg"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(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
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|---|---|---|---|
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Questions
FAQ
How do I call xAI Grok Imagine Image 2.0 Edit through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "xai/grok-imagine-image/2.0/edit" 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 xAI account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to xAI Grok Imagine Image 2.0 Edit and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with xAI separately.

