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Z-Image Base pricing
API list price by Alibaba (Qwen) · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.01per image
Price sheet
| Price | $0.01 | per image |
1024x1024;
Cheaper for the same workvs Z-Image Base
| FLUX.2 [dev] FlashOpen | -50% | score wins 64% | $0.005 |
| Ideogram 4.0 InstantOpen | -25% | score wins 63% | $0.007 |
| Recraft V4.1 Flash unstated | -30% | score wins 58% | $0.007 |
| Z-Image Turbo unstatedOpen | -50% | score wins 56% | $0.005 |
| P Image unstated | -50% | same score | $0.005 |
Pricing questions
How much does Z-Image Base cost?›
$0.01 per image. 1024x1024;
Is Z-Image Base free to use?›
There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.
What is a cheaper alternative to Z-Image Base?›
FLUX.2 [dev] Flash costs -50% per task with a score wins 64% on AA Image Arena · text-to-image v2.1.