Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Google chatimage_genreasoningvision

API ID: google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image-20260630

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Input Price
$0.25
/1M tokens
Output Price
$1.50
/1M tokens

About Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) is a budget-friendly general-purpose model from Google with standard context (66k), suitable for conversations, content creation, and general AI tasks.

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Price Ranking
#914 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
66k
Max Output
66k
Release Date
2026-06-30
Capabilities
chat image_gen reasoning vision
Input Modalities
imagetext
Output Modalities
imagetext

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.56
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$17.25
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$23.63
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) API

Google AI Python SDK 
import google.generativeai as genai

genai.configure(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image-20260630")

response = model.generate_content("Hello!")
print(response.text)

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