GPT Image 2.5 AI Image Generator
GPT Image 2.5 is the image model OpenAI shipped on 8 September 2026, in two API tiers: Flare for speed and Sunburst for editing precision. Both are wired here — pick a tier, generate or edit at 1K, 2K or 4K, and start free with no sign-up.
GPT Image 2.5 AI Image Generator
Generating on this page
Three steps. The generator runs GPT Image 2.5, and the last step is the only place cost is decided.
Pick generate or edit
Text-to-image invents a picture; image-to-image changes one you already have when you describe the change. No mask, no layers — the sentence is the interface.
Name the specifics
Subject, framing, light and material. Vague prompts return the most photographed version of the idea on every model in this class.
Choose the size last
Settle the picture at 1K, then re-run the keeper larger. Size sharpens the render; it does not rearrange the frame.
What is GPT Image 2.5?
GPT Image 2.5 is the image model OpenAI released on 8 September 2026 as ChatGPT Images 2.5, calling it their new state-of-the-art image model. It renders pictures from a written prompt and edits images you supply by description, and it reaches the API as two model ids rather than one, so the choice between speed and editing precision is made when you pick the model.
More than three billion images have been generated across ChatGPT Images and the GPT-Image models in the API, and GPT Image 2.5 is the version that inherits that. The model details here come from OpenAI's launch post; the examples and use cases also draw on creators who publicly named GPT Image 2.5. The button below runs the model itself — both tiers, both scenes, wired here on 9 September 2026, the day after launch.
Creative engine
What runs when you press Generate
GPT Image 2.5 — Flare by default, Sunburst if you switch tiers in the picker. Billed per image by output size, the same 25 / 40 / 60 credits on either tier, with the estimate shown before you commit.
Flare is the fast one
OpenAI calls gpt-image-2.5-flare its fastest model for high-quality everyday image generation, delivering higher-quality images than GPT Image 2 at 50% lower latency, with early testing at two to four times the speed. Named territory: creator and social content, visual search, rapid prototyping, high-volume generation.
Sunburst is the precise one
gpt-image-2.5-sunburst is built for premium visual workflows that benefit from tighter control across edits — campaign creative, polished product imagery, up to nine reference images in one pass — and takes longer to generate in exchange.
Edits hold their ground
The headline change is editing behaviour. GPT Image 2.5 changes only the elements you asked about and leaves the rest intact, even with complex subjects and busy backgrounds, and follows instructions more reliably across several turns — which is the half that decides whether you stay out of a layer stack.
Your reference photo survives
OpenAI singles out subject preservation: people and objects in a reference photo carry through instead of drifting into someone who merely resembles them. The launch notes also claim more natural lighting, richer textures, and more accurate rendering of images containing real-world information — maps, charts, packaging, legible type.
The previous generation has its own page at GPT Image 2, and the same engine under its consumer name at ChatGPT Image Generator. Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro are the other house style here, and Qwen Image 3 is the layout-first alternative — 2.5 is the one to pick when a frame needs speed, precise edits and legible type at once.
When GPT Image 2.5 is the one you want
Three jobs the launch material points at, and what you can do about each one today.
The edit has to stay put
Multi-turn edits that touch only what you named are Sunburst's whole pitch, and Sunburst is in the picker on this page. Upload the image, say what to change, and leave the rest alone.
You are generating at volume
Flare targets creator and social content, visual search and rapid prototyping — where halved latency compounds across a hundred runs rather than saving a moment on one.
The frame carries words
Rendering real-world information accurately is called out in the launch notes, and posters, diagrams and packaging are where that shows first.
Features
The model layer comes from OpenAI's launch post; the runtime layer comes from this site's configuration.
Two API model ids
gpt-image-2.5-flare for speed, gpt-image-2.5-sunburst for editing precision. They share one price list, so you pick the tier your work needs — speed or edit precision — without paying a premium for either.
Sketch as a reference
Upload a sketch or a rough layout as a reference image and the model builds the finished frame on top of it.
Templates and comments
Templates give starting points for popular formats, comments can be placed on an image to aim an edit, and prompts can be shared.
Text-to-image and editing here
The generator here does text-to-image and description-led editing on both 2.5 tiers, at 1K, 2K or 4K, with the credit estimate shown before you commit.
Failed runs are free
A generation that does not complete is refunded automatically, unless it broke the content policy.
GPT Image 2.5 specifications
From OpenAI's launch material and this site's runtime config.
- Released
- 8 September 2026, as ChatGPT Images 2.5
- API model ids
- gpt-image-2.5-flare, gpt-image-2.5-sunburst
- API pricing
- Image output $30.00 / 1M tokens; image input $8.00 ($2.00 cached); text input $5.00 ($1.25 cached)
- Latency, Flare
- 50% lower than GPT Image 2; two to four times the speed in early testing
- Resolutions and aspect ratios
- 1K, 2K and 4K at 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3 or 3:4 — for text-to-image and for editing, on either tier
- Available on SayMaker
- Yes — both tiers, text-to-image and editing, at 25 / 40 / 60 credits for 1K / 2K / 4K
What people are making with GPT Image 2.5
Drawn from what its first users posted after launch, and from the workflows OpenAI names for each tier.
Campaign and product creative
The workflow Sunburst is named for: campaign visuals and product imagery where an edit must hold across rounds of feedback.
Diagrams and reference pages
Dense typographic layouts — equations, captions, legends — readable at the size they will actually be printed at.
Character sheets
One figure across many poses, where subject preservation is either there or obviously missing.
Social and creator volume
Flare's stated territory: everyday images at speed, where waiting half as long changes what you attempt.
Retouching by description
Hand it up to nine reference images and say what to change — a colour, a distraction, a garment. Sunburst is the tier built for edits that touch only what you named.
SayMaker pricing — you pay per generation, never per seat
One credit pool covers Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video. The cost shows before every run, the safety check runs before the model does, and a failed run is refunded automatically. Use a subscription for ongoing work, or a one-time pack when you just need to top up.
Free
What's included
- 15 credits before you sign up
- +40 when you create an account
- +100 a week from daily check-ins
- = 488 a month — 97 images or 12 videos
- No card, no account
- Free engine every day Grok Imagine
- Photo editing Nano Banana 2 Lite
- Not included: Clean downloads, no watermark
- Not included: Every model unlocked
- Not included: No shared queue
Secure checkout by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
Starter
What's included
- 3,150 credits per month
- Up to 630 images or 78 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Every model unlocked Veo 3.1 Seedance Nano Banana
- Cost shown before you generate
- Generation history
Secure checkout by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
Creator
What's included
- 7,200 credits per month
- Up to 1,440 images or 180 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Every model unlocked Veo 3.1 Seedance 2 Nano Banana 2
- No shared queue
- Priority credit top-ups
Secure checkout by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
Studio
What's included
- 13,200 credits per month
- Up to 2,640 images or 330 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- Every model unlocked Seedance 2.5 Kling 3.0 Veo 3.1
- No shared queue
- Built for 4K runs
Secure checkout by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
Credit packs
One-time top-ups — buy extra credits any time you run low.
Credit Pack 1500
What's included
- 1,500 credits that never expire
- Up to 300 images or 37 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
- Credits never expire
Secure checkout by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
Credit Pack 3600
What's included
- 3,600 credits that never expire
- Up to 720 images or 90 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
- Use for both video and image generation
- Credits never expire
Secure checkout by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
Credit Pack 9000
What's included
- 9,000 credits that never expire
- Up to 1,800 images or 225 videos Grok Imagine Nano Banana
- Clean downloads, no watermark
- No ongoing subscription
- Handy for Seedance 2.0 final renders
- Credits never expire
Secure checkout by Stripe. Card details never touch our servers.
Charges appear as “SAYMAKER AI” on your card statement. You can cancel any time from Settings → Billing; cancellation takes effect at the end of the period you already paid for. Operator details, the full model list, and the refund window are on the about page.
Powered by
One credit balance for every SayMaker image and video model
Use one balance across every image and video model on the shelf — the main ones are listed below — and check the credit cost before each request.
Video models
Image models
Model credit guide
What each model costs in credits
A failed run is refunded automatically. The exact estimate in the generator varies by model, length, resolution, audio, and number of images.
| Type | Model | Credit cost |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Seedance 2.5 | The long-take tier, priced per second: 5s 480p ≈ 525 credits, 5s 720p ≈ 1,185. A full 30s take runs ≈ 3,150 at 480p and ≈ 7,090 at 720p. |
| Video | Seedance 2.0 | Supplying a starting frame or clip costs less than starting from words alone: 6s 720p ≈ 565 credits from an image, ≈ 925 from text. Scales with resolution and length. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Fast | Faster and lower cost. 6s 720p text-to-video ≈ 745 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Mini | The cheapest tier of the Seedance 2 family. 6s 720p ≈ 465 credits, 6s 480p ≈ 215 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 1.5 Pro | Audio doubles the rate. 6s 720p ≈ 85 credits silent, ≈ 160 with audio; 1080p ≈ 175 and ≈ 340. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video, not per second, and the tier you pick is the whole price: Lite ≈ 115 credits at 720p and ≈ 135 at 1080p, Fast ≈ 225 at 720p, Quality ≈ 940 at 720p. |
| Video | Kling 3.0 | Audio raises the rate by about half. 6s 720p ≈ 320 credits silent, ≈ 455 with audio; 1080p ≈ 405 and ≈ 610. |
| Video | MiniMax H3 | Fixed 2K, no resolution ladder. Priced per second — a 5s clip ≈ 395 credits. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 | Generate or edit from text and images. 20 credits per 1K image, 30 at 2K, 45 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana Pro | Consistent run times across generations. 30 credits per 1K or 2K image, 55 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Faster, simpler variant, and the everyday editing price: a flat 15 credits per image at every resolution. |
| Image | GPT Image 2 | The lowest-cost premium image model here. 10 credits per 1K image, 15 at 2K, 30 at 4K. |
| Image | GPT Image 2.5 Flare | OpenAI's newest image model, on the fast tier. 25 credits per 1K image, 40 at 2K, 60 at 4K — same price whether you generate or edit. |
| Image | GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst | The 2.5 tier for edits that touch only what you named. Same price as Flare: 25 credits per 1K image, 40 at 2K, 60 at 4K. |
| Image | Seedream 5.0 Lite | Flat pricing — 20 credits per image whether you generate or edit. |
Questions about GPT Image 2.5
What shipped, what it costs, and what this page runs today.
Yes. Both tiers went live here on 9 September 2026, the day after launch — Flare and Sunburst, text-to-image and editing, free to start with no sign-up. Pick the tier in the model picker; the credit cost is the same either way.
Flare is the fast tier — OpenAI's fastest model for high-quality everyday generation, at 50% lower latency than GPT Image 2. Sunburst is the precise tier, for premium workflows needing tighter control across edits, and it takes longer.
Both tiers share published rates: image output $30.00 per 1M tokens, image input $8.00 per 1M or $2.00 cached, text input $5.00 per 1M or $1.25 cached. Token counts per image are not published.
It bills per image by output size: 25 credits at 1K, 40 at 2K and 60 at 4K, on both tiers and whether you generate or edit. The estimate appears before you generate, and a failed run is refunded automatically unless it broke the content policy.
On this page it outputs at 1K, 2K or 4K, in 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3 or 3:4 — those are the sizes and framings the generator here sells, on either tier. OpenAI's launch post itself covers speed, editing behaviour and subject preservation and publishes no resolution list.
Yes — ChatGPT Images 2.5 is the consumer name, rolling out to ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex users across all tiers on desktop, mobile and web. GPT-Image-2.5 is the API side of the same release.
Three things ship with it: Sketch, which lets you draw inside ChatGPT and use the drawing as a reference; Templates for popular image formats; and comments placed on an image to aim an edit.
Flare, which is what the button here opens: it is the fast one, and both tiers cost the same, so the choice is purely speed or edit precision. Switch to Sunburst when an edit has to hold exactly across several rounds. The prompt carries over between them.
Generate now, free
Write a prompt or upload an image and go — free, no sign-up. 25 credits at 1K, 40 at 2K, 60 at 4K, the same whether you generate or edit, on Flare by default and Sunburst one click away.