Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) now on AI Gateway
50% cheaper per image. Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite just shipped on Vercel's AI Gateway—sub-4s generation at $0.034/1K images.
Why it matters
Google's latest multimodal image model drops cost and latency simultaneously, making fast image generation accessible to cost-conscious builders. This represents a tangible shift in the pricing/performance frontier for image inference at scale.
The key facts
9 to knowNano Banana 2 Lite available on Vercel AI Gateway
Image generation in <4 seconds
Cost: $0.034 per image (1K batch)
~50% cheaper than Nano Banana 2
~75% cheaper than Nano Banana Pro
Multimodal: generates images alongside text
Supports iterative image editing across multiple turns
Available via streamText and generateText APIs
Model ID: google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
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Publisher excerpt: Nano Banana 2 Lite from Google is now available on . This Flash-Lite-tier image model is built for fast, low-cost generation. It generates images alongside text in <4s and can edit existing images across multiple turns.AI Gateway The cost is also lower than previous Nano Banana models. Nano Banana…