MAI-Image-2
mai-image-2
Last refreshed 2026-05-19. Next refresh: weekly.
MAI-Image-2 is worth evaluating for vision when its provider route and context window match the workload.
Decision context: Vision task fit, 1 tracked provider route, and research from 2026-05-19.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating vision
- Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route
Do not use it for
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Cheapest output
$33.00
Microsoft Foundry per 1M tokens
Provider routes
1
Tracked API hosts
Quality / dollar
Unknown
No task benchmark coverage yet
Freshness
2026-05-19
Researched 3d ago
Top use-case fit
Vision
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Foundry | $5.00 | $33.00 | Serverless |
Benchmark peer barsfor Vision
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
About
Microsoft AI second-generation image generation model. 2x faster than its predecessor, with improved handling of natural lighting, diverse skin tones, and in-image text. Ranked top-3 on Arena.ai leaderboard at launch. Available via MAI Playground and Microsoft Foundry API; rolling out to Copilot and Bing Image Creator. Official announcement: march 19, 2026.
MAI-Image-2 input tokens at $5/1M, output at $33/1M.