Google: Nano Banana 2.1

Google: Nano Banana 2.1 is a large language model from Google. It costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens. Its context window is 66K tokens.

ReasoningTool callingStructured outputimage input

Input / 1M tokens: $1.50
Output / 1M tokens: $7.50
Cached input / 1M: -
Context window: 66K

This model also charges $0.014 per search request

That is $14.00 per 1,000 requests, billed on top of the token prices above. On a typical 1,000-in / 500-out exchange the tokens cost $0.0052, so the search fee is 2.7× the token cost. Per-token rankings elsewhere ignore this entirely.

Who serves it cheapest

1 hosts serve Nano Banana 2.1. Same weights, same API - the price difference is pure margin and routing.

Providers serving Google: Nano Banana 2.1, cheapest first
Provider	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Context	Throughput	Uptime 24h
Google AI StudioCheapest	$1.50	$7.50	66K	-	97.7%

About 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,...

Specifications

Google: Nano Banana 2.1 specifications
Model ID	`google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1`
Provider	Google
Context window	66K tokens
Max output	59K tokens
Input modalities	image, text
Output modalities	image, text
Knowledge cutoff	-
Open weights	No
Released	October 6, 2026

Cheaper alternatives

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Muse Spark 1.2

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Frequently asked

How much does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 cost?

$1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of Google: Nano Banana 2.1?

66K tokens, with up to 59K tokens of output per request.

Does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 have extra fees beyond per-token pricing?

Yes. Google: Nano Banana 2.1 charges $0.014 per search request - $14.00 per 1,000 requests - on top of $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens. On a typical 1,000-input / 500-output exchange the search fee alone is 2.7× the token cost.

Confirm against the source: Google official pricing.