Qwen Image 2.1 bills per image on HiAPI: $0.05 for Pro and $0.02 for Turbo, whether you run text-to-image or editing, with up to 10 reference images and any of five aspect ratios. $10 buys 200 Pro images or 500 Turbo images, and Pro sits at 2.5× the Turbo price. The model is live on HiAPI — open the Pro model page to generate, and new accounts get 200 credits.
What does one image cost?
| Tier | Per image | Credits/image | $10 | $25 | $50 | $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $0.05 | 100 | 200 images | 500 images | 1,000 images | 2,000 images |
| Turbo | $0.02 | 40 | 500 images | 1,250 images | 2,500 images | 5,000 images |
Billing is per successful image and failed tasks are refunded. Aspect ratio is a free choice among 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3 and 3:4, reference images from 1 to 10 add nothing, and transparent backgrounds come from how you describe them in the prompt.
First test: $10. That covers 200 Pro images — enough to take one product shot from first composition to final — or 500 Turbo images, fifty ideas rendered ten ways each. Try your first image on Pro →
This toy render started from a line drawing on Pro for $0.05; the reference carries the silhouette, the prompt carries the material and color.
What do different volumes cost?
| Images | Pro | Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | $0.5 | $0.2 |
| 100 | $5 | $2 |
| 1,000 | $50 | $20 |
| 10,000 | $500 | $200 |
At 1,000 images a month, Pro comes to $50 and Turbo to $20. The bill follows image count; aspect ratio and reference-image count do not enter it. For a batch of SKU hero images, ten seeds of the same prompt is simply ten images.
Which tier keeps the bill down?
- Turbo at $0.02/image: direction hunting, bulk drafts, stickers and flat illustration. $10 buys 500 images, and ten versions of one idea cost $0.2.
- Pro at $0.05/image: final frames, Chinese typesetting posters, product material changes and realistic portraits. Output is 2K-level with a long edge of 2048–2688 px, in any of the five ratios.
- Combine them: explore composition on Turbo, then render the chosen direction once on Pro. The exploration stays cheap and the final costs $0.05.
- Same contract: both tiers take text-to-image and editing, 1–10 reference images, and the same model-ID shape. The difference is price per image and output pace.
- 200 signup credits: 2 Pro images or 5 Turbo images — enough to confirm one direction.
This 1:1 perfume shot used Pro at $0.05 with one reference image; the prompt splits the changes from the shapes to preserve.
How does it compare with other image models on HiAPI?
| Model | HiAPI price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen Image 2.1 Pro | $0.05/image | 10 reference images, 2K-level output, editing |
| Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo | $0.02/image | Same contract, faster tier |
| Qwen Image 2.0 Pro | $0.107/image | Previous generation |
| Qwen Image 2.0 | $0.0422/image | Previous base tier |
| GPT Image 2.5 Flare | $0.025/image (1K) | 1K/2K/4K tiers, transparent background |
| Nano Banana 2 | $0.018 (1K) / $0.0285 (2K) / $0.043 (4K) per image | |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro | $0.05 (1K) / $0.10 (2K) per image | ByteDance |
| Wan 2.7 Image Standard | $0.0345/image | Alibaba |
At 2K-level output, Qwen Image 2.1 Pro is $0.05 per image, Seedream 5.0 Pro is $0.05 at 1K and $0.10 at 2K, and Qwen Image 2.0 Pro is $0.107. For 1K bulk drafts, Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo is $0.02, Nano Banana 2 is $0.018 at 1K, and GPT Image 2.5 Flare is $0.025 at 1K. When you need reference-image editing, up to 10 images and 2K-level output in one call, take Qwen Image 2.1 Pro.
Sticker work like this is a Turbo job at $0.02 per image:
A sticker-style illustration: a shiba inu in a straw hat sitting on a surfboard, flat color blocks, bold outlines, coral orange and ocean blue palette, centered composition, pure transparent background, only the subject and splashes, no background color block.
FAQ
Do Pro and Turbo take the same parameters? Yes. Both support text-to-image and editing, 1–10 reference images and five aspect ratios; the difference is price per image at $0.05 and $0.02.
Does a larger aspect ratio cost more? No. All five ratios bill the same flat rate per image.
Do more reference images add cost? No. Anywhere from 1 to 10 reference images bills as one output image, and failed tasks are refunded.
Do the 200 signup credits cover a first test? Yes — 2 Pro images or 5 Turbo images, $0.10 in total. To run a batch, top up $10 for 200 Pro or 500 Turbo images.
Generate your first image
Copy the sticker prompt above and run ten versions on the Turbo model page for $0.2, then take the winning direction to Pro for a $0.05 final.
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