Nano Banana Pro image generator
By Yuvraj Singh·Founder, Leaxor·Reviewed
Nano Banana Pro is Google's top-quality image model, built on Gemini 3 Pro Image. It reasons about a prompt before drawing — composition, lighting, and where text sits — rather than pattern-matching it.
It is the most expensive model Leaxor runs at six credits an image, and for most work that is the wrong choice. It earns the price on images with text in them, complex composition, or anything you intend to publish rather than iterate on.
It sits in the same prompt box as six cheaper models, so you can rough out an idea at one credit and finish it at six.
Press Enter and we’ll carry your idea straight into the studio after sign-up.
Nano Banana Pro image generator at a glance
- Made by
- Best at
- Top quality
- Price
- 6 credits per image
- Styles
- 6 presets — Cinematic, Photoreal, 3D render, Anime, Illustration, Digital art
- Aspect ratios
- 9:16 (768x1344) · 1:1 (1024x1024) · 16:9 (1344x768) · 3:2 (1216x832)
How it works
- 1
Pick Nano Banana Pro in the model selector
It is one of seven models in the same prompt box, listed as the top-quality option. Switching models does not change anything else about the prompt.
- 2
Write the prompt with the text you want rendered
This is what the model is unusually good at. Keep slogans short, name the font style plainly, and ask explicitly for sharp readable text — long strings still warp on every model including this one.
- 3
Choose a style preset and aspect ratio
Six presets — cinematic, photoreal, 3D render, anime, illustration, digital art — and four ratios including 16:9 for thumbnails and 9:16 for stories.
- 4
Iterate cheaply, finish expensively
Six credits per image adds up fast when you are exploring. Roughing out composition on a one-credit model and switching to Nano Banana Pro for the final render costs a fraction of doing every attempt at premium.
What you can make with Nano Banana Pro
Thumbnails with words on them
Text rendering is what the six credits buy. A thumbnail with three readable words is the clearest case for the premium model.
How to make a thumbnail for a ShortChannel art you will keep for a year
Banners and avatars are made once and seen constantly. The cost difference vanishes across a year of impressions.
How to make a YouTube channel bannerThe final render after cheap iteration
Rough the composition at one credit on Flux or HiDream, then run the keeper here. Iterating at six credits is how people overspend.
How to make your videos look recognisably yoursNano Banana Pro vs Flux 2 Pro
Flux 2 Pro: 1 credit ($0.10) per image. Credits are $0.10 each, minimum purchase 50 ($5.00).
Flux 2 Pro is one credit against six, and for photoreal work without text the gap in results is far smaller than the gap in price. Nano Banana Pro earns the difference when words appear in the frame or the composition is doing something complicated. Generate the same prompt on both once; seven credits settles it permanently for your kind of work, which is cheaper than guessing every time.
Nano Banana Pro vs Ideogram v3
Ideogram v3: 3 credits ($0.30) per image. Credits are $0.10 each, minimum purchase 50 ($5.00).
Ideogram v3 is the specialist and costs half as much, so for a poster whose whole job is a headline it is usually the better pick. Nano Banana Pro is the generalist that also happens to be good at text — worth it when the image needs both readable words and a scene that holds together. Choosing between them is a question about how much of the image is type.
When this is the right page
The premium image model, priced accordingly. Nano Banana Pro is six credits where HiDream and Flux 2 Pro are one, so this page is for people who specifically want it rather than the cheapest render. If you want a general starting point rather than one named model, the AI image generator page covers all seven.
Made with Leaxor
Real output from the product. These are finished frames rather than a showcase for one specific model — a rendered example made with Nano Banana Pro is still in production. Watch full sample videos.
Questions
What does Nano Banana Pro cost per image?
Six credits, which is $0.60 per image. Credits are $0.10 each with a minimum purchase of 50 ($5.00), so that is the smallest real first spend. Credits never expire and there is no subscription. It is the most expensive of the seven models here — HiDream and Flux 2 Pro are one credit each — so the cost difference is real and worth thinking about per image rather than per session.
Why is it more expensive than the other models?
It costs us more to run. Pricing here passes model cost through rather than averaging it, which is why HiDream is one credit and this is six. The alternative — one flat price for all seven — would mean overcharging for the cheap models to subsidise this one.
Is Nano Banana Pro worth it over Flux 2 Pro?
For images containing text, usually yes. For photoreal work without text, Flux 2 Pro at one credit is close enough that six credits is hard to justify. The honest test is to generate the same prompt on both and compare — that costs seven credits and settles it for your kind of work permanently.
Can I use the images commercially?
Yes. Images you generate are yours to publish and monetise, including thumbnails, channel art and client work. Nothing here is licensed stock, so there is no separate rights question to resolve.
Do I need a subscription to use it?
No. There is no subscription and no free tier. You buy credits, they never expire, and you spend six of them each time you render with this model. If you generate nothing for three months you pay nothing.
Does it handle character consistency across images?
Better than most, because it reasons about the description rather than sampling from it — so a character described identically twice comes back closer to identical. It is still not a character-lock feature: for a series that depends on the same face appearing in twenty images, write the description once and paste it unchanged every time rather than rewording it, which is what actually causes drift.
Sources
How to make one
- How to make a thumbnail for a Short
- How to make a YouTube channel banner
- How to make your videos look recognisably yours
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