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Nano Banana 2 Lite
Nano Banana's fourteen aspect ratios at half the price, capped at 1K.
What it costs
| Resolution · 1K | 3 credits |
What it takes
| Aspect ratios | 1:1 1:4 1:8 2:3 3:2 3:4 4:1 4:3 4:5 5:4 8:1 9:16 16:9 21:9 |
| Reference images | 7 |
When to reach for it
The cheap door to the widest ratio set in the catalog. Three credits, seven references, and the same fourteen aspect ratios as the full model, including 1:4, 4:1 and 8:1, the shapes nothing else here frames natively.
Its one restriction is resolution: 1K, with no ladder to climb. That is exactly the right trade for the job it is best at, which is finding a composition in an awkward shape. A banner or a tall panel usually needs several attempts before the framing works, and there is no sense paying 4K prices to learn that the subject is too far left.
The natural workflow is to iterate here and finish on the full Nano Banana 2, which takes the same ratios and the same references, so nothing has to be re-specified when you move up. If the output is only ever going to be seen small, a thumbnail or a feed image or a placeholder, there is no need to move up at all.
Guides that cover it
- Which image model to reach for, and when
Twelve image models, from half a credit to twenty-one. What each one is for, where the resolution setting changes the price, and when the cheap tier is right.
Nano Banana 2 Lite is one pick in the composer.
Every model in this catalog runs from the same prompt bar, priced in the same credits. New accounts start with some to spend.
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