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Why use Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.50/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1Request example
google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1", not the LLMReference slug "gemini-nano-banana-2.1".
Compare Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $1.50 | $7.50 |
| OpenRouter | $1.50 | $7.50 |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.50 | $7.50 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.50 |
| Output tokens | $7.50 |
| Image input | $1.00 |
Capabilities
About Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1)
Nano Banana 2.1 (API id gemini-nano-banana-2.1, GA 6 October 2026) is Google's high-efficiency Gemini image generation and conversational editing model, succeeding Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image). First-party Gemini API docs: text/image/video/PDF in, image+text out; 131,072 input / 32,768 output tokens; Thinking levels minimal/medium/high; Google Web and Image Search grounding; up to 14 reference images; 1K/2K/4K output (default 1K); Batch API supported; caching not supported. DeepMind model card (Published 6 October 2026) says it is based on Gemini 3.6 Flash.