Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) on Vercel AI Gateway
Gemini 3.1 · Google DeepMind
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Why use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.25/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) across 4 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", not the LLMReference slug "gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| GCP Vertex AI | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| OpenRouter | $0.25 | $1.50 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.25 |
| Output tokens | $1.50 |
Capabilities
About Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite)
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite; API id gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) is Google's efficiency-focused image generation/editing model. Inputs text/image/video/PDF; outputs image+text. FP limits 65536/4096. Paid: $0.25/1M input, $1.50/1M text output, $30/1M image output (~$0.0336/1K image).