Nano Banana 2 Lite is the lightweight tier of Google's Nano Banana image model, and the one Kavel runs as its free engine. Write a prompt or upload a photo to edit, and pay the same flat credit cost whichever resolution you pick.
The one free-tier model on Kavel that accepts an image as input, so you can edit rather than only generate.
1K, 2K and 4K all cost the same 8 credits. Nothing to weigh up before you press generate.
Examples made on Kavel with this model.
AI-generated reference frames chosen to show the spread a light image tier is asked to cover — a face held steady across many expressions, a minimal studio composition, and a soft illustrated portrait. They are examples of the territory, not outputs captured from this specific model, and the same prompt never returns the same frame twice anyway.
Nano Banana 2 Lite is the lightweight tier of Nano Banana, Google's Gemini image model. It does the two jobs most people actually come for — write a description and get a picture, or hand it a photo and describe the change you want — and it does them at a lower cost and a shorter wait than the full model.
On Kavel it has a second job as well: it is the engine behind the free tier, which makes it the only free model on the site that accepts an image as input. That single property is what separates editing from generating. A model that only takes text can make you a new picture; it cannot take the photo you already have and change one thing about it.
Lite runs through the KIE runtime here, the credit estimate shows before you commit, and a generation that fails is refunded automatically unless it broke the content policy.
Creative engine
Pick text or photo input, set the aspect ratio, and the credit estimate appears before you generate.
Describe a subject, a style and a mood, and Lite renders it without needing any source material.
Upload a photo and describe the change. This is the input mode the rest of the free tier does not have.
Every resolution costs the same, so picking 4K is a quality decision rather than a budget one.
Reach for Lite when the job is a change to a picture rather than a showpiece: swapping a background, tidying an object out of frame, trying a look before you commit, or turning out something quick for a post. It is also the tier to start on if you have not spent anything yet, because you can judge real output before deciding whether the full model is worth it. When you need the harder things — several reference photos combined into one composition, or type that has to stay legible — that is the point to move up to Nano Banana 2 or Nano Banana Pro.
The free tier's only image-input model, which is what makes photo editing possible at all without paying first.
The same 8 credits at 1K and at 4K, so there is no reason to draft small and re-run later.
Iterate here until the wording is right, then re-run the final on a heavier model if the job needs it.
A short feature list on purpose — Lite is the tier that does the common jobs cheaply, not the one that does everything.
Generate a picture from a written description, with no source image needed.
Upload one photo and describe the change you want made to it.
Set the output shape — square, landscape, portrait and the wider social ratios.
A generation that fails returns its credits automatically, unless it broke the content policy.
The generation parameters for this tier, based on the KIE (kie.ai) spec it runs on here.
Four steps, and the first one is the only decision that matters.
Text to image starts from nothing; image to image starts from a picture you upload.
Name what should change and what should stay. Edits drift when the prompt only says what to add.
Required on every request here, so choose the shape the final image needs.
Confirm the 8-credit estimate, run it, and save the result.
The jobs that come up most on a light image tier, and why each one fits here rather than on a heavier model.
See whether a background swap or a style shift is even the right idea, at a cost that makes a wrong guess cheap.
Post and thumbnail visuals in the ratio the platform wants, generated in one pass.
Remove something from frame or change one element while the rest of the picture stays put.
Find the wording that gets you the composition you want, then take that prompt to a heavier tier for the final.
One credit pool covers Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video. The cost shows before every run, and failed jobs are not charged. Use a subscription for ongoing work, or a one-time pack when you just need to top up.
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Video models
Image models
Model credit guide
You're only charged for successful generations. The exact estimate in the generator varies by model, length, resolution, audio, and number of images.
| Type | Model | Credit cost |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Seedance 2.0 | 5s 720p image-to-video ≈ 188 credits; text-to-video ≈ 308 credits. Scales with resolution and length. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Fast | Faster and lower cost. 5s 720p text-to-video ≈ 248 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Mini | The cheapest Seedance tier. 5s 720p ≈ 154 credits, 5s 480p ≈ 72 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 1.5 Pro | Audio doubles the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 27 credits silent, ≈ 53 with audio; 1080p ≈ 57 and ≈ 113. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video, not per second (Lite tier). About 45 credits at 720p and 53 at 1080p. |
| Video | Kling 3.0 | Audio raises the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 105 credits silent, ≈ 150 with audio; 1080p ≈ 135 and ≈ 203. |
| Video | MiniMax H3 | Fixed 2K, no resolution ladder. Priced per second — a 5s clip ≈ 158 credits. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 | Generate or edit from text and images. About 8 credits per 1K image, 12 at 2K, 18 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana Pro | Consistent run times across generations. About 12 credits per 1K or 2K image, 21 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Faster, simpler variant. A flat 8 credits per image at every resolution. Start here to test. |
| Image | GPT Image 2 | The lowest-cost image model here. About 3 credits per 1K image, 6 at 2K, 12 at 4K. |
| Image | Seedream 5.0 Lite | Flat pricing — about 8 credits per image whether you generate or edit. |
Common questions about the free Nano Banana 2 Lite image editor.
It is the engine behind Kavel's free tier, and you can start without an account — an anonymous wallet covers your first edits. After that it costs 8 credits per image, the same at every resolution.
Lite is the lightweight tier: it takes one source image and costs a flat 8 credits at any resolution. The full Nano Banana 2 accepts up to 14 reference photos for composites and style transfer, and its cost rises with resolution. Both generate from text.
Yes, and on the free tier it is the only model that can. Upload one photo, describe the change, and set an aspect ratio — that last one is required on every request here.
No. Every resolution is the same flat 8 credits on this tier, so there is no reason to draft at 1K and re-run at 4K.
A light tier will re-imagine parts of a photo when the prompt only says what to add. Name what must stay the same — the face, the pose, the background — in the same sentence as the change you want.
Credits are returned automatically, unless the request broke the content policy.
Open the generator, upload a photo or write a prompt, and generate. No account needed to start.
An anonymous wallet covers your first edits, so you can judge the output before signing up.
