Alternatives
Best cheaper alternatives to Stable Image Core
Looking for a cheaper or smarter replacement for Stable Image Core by Stability AI? We compared every Image model with verifiable pricing on real input/output cost, context window, intelligence and modalities. 6 options are meaningfully cheaper.
Category: Image
Grok Imagine Image93% CHEAPER
xAI
Same category
$0.002 in · $0.02 out / 1 Image 98%
FLUX.1 schnell100% CHEAPER
Together AI
Same category
$0 in · $0.0027 out / 1 Megapixel 96%
Google Imagen 4.0 Fast100% CHEAPER
Together AI
Same category
$0 in · $0.02 out / 1 Megapixel 96%
Qwen MT Image99% CHEAPER
Alibaba Cloud
Same category
$0.000431 in · $0.000431 out / image 78%
Grok Imagine Image Quality67% CHEAPER
xAI
Same category
$0.01 in · $0.05 out / 1 Image 98%
Imagen 4 Fast33% CHEAPER
Google
Same category
$0.02 in · $0.02 out / 1 Image 80%
DALL-E 3
OpenAI
Same category
$0.04 in · — out / 1 Image (HD) 99%
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%
Imagen 4 Ultra
Google
Same category
$0.06 in · $0.06 out / 1 Image 80%
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.