Alternatives

Best cheaper alternatives to DALL-E 3 (Updated)

Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for DALL-E 3 (Updated) by OpenAI? We compared every Image model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities.

Category: Image

DALL-E 3

OpenAI

Same category

$0.04 in · — out / 1 Image (HD) 99%

Grok Imagine Image

xAI

Same category

$0.002 in · $0.02 out / 1 Image 98%

Grok Imagine Image Quality

xAI

Same category

$0.01 in · $0.05 out / 1 Image 98%

Stable Image Core

Stability AI

Same category

$0.03 in · $0 out / 1 Image 98%

Imagen 4 Standard

Google

Same category

$0.04 in · $0 out / 1 Image 98%

Stable Image Ultra

Stability AI

Same category

$0.08 in · $0 out / 1 Image 98%

Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview

Google

Same category

$0.5 in · $60 out / 1M Tokens 98%

Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview

Google

Same category

$2 in · $120 out / 1M Tokens 98%

FLUX.1 schnell

Together AI

Same category

$0 in · $0.0027 out / 1 Megapixel 96%

Google Imagen 4.0 Fast

Together AI

Same category

$0 in · $0.02 out / 1 Megapixel 96%

Imagen 4 Fast

Google

Same category

$0.02 in · $0.02 out / 1 Image 80%

Imagen 4 Ultra

Google

Same category

$0.06 in · $0.06 out / 1 Image 80%

Qwen MT Image

Alibaba Cloud

Same category

$0.000431 in · $0.000431 out / image 78%

Costs are normalised to a blended 1M-token workload (or per-unit price for non-token models) using each model's latest verified pricing. Models with pricing under review are excluded from recommendations.