Purpose
Nano Banana 2 is a standalone AI image generation and editing platform built on the Gemini API. Users can generate images from text descriptions and also edit existing images with natural language instructions. It is officially described as combining "Pro-level capability" with "Flash-level speed," targeting creators, marketers, and developers.
Main Capabilities
- Text-to-image and image editing: Enter a text description and select a style and resolution to generate an image; supports modifying images with natural language instructions.
- World knowledge: Leverages Gemini's real-world knowledge base and real-time web search to accurately represent specific subjects.
- Subject consistency: Officially stated to maintain the similarity and fidelity of up to 5 characters and 14 objects within a single workflow.
- Production-ready specifications: Aspect ratio and resolution can be controlled, with output ranging from 512px to 4K.
- Enhanced instruction following: Officially stated to follow complex requirements more strictly.
- Text rendering: Officially stated to render readable text within images, for creating designs with real text.
- Community works: Provides a showcase of AI images and AI photo-edited works generated by the creator community.
How to Use
- After registering an account, you get 2 free credits.
- Enter a text description in the generator, select a style and resolution, then generate an image.
- Officially stated that in-app credits are calculated by resolution: a 1K image costs 2 credits, 2K costs 4 credits, and 4K costs 8 credits.
- Supports integration into content production workflows via API.
Use Cases
Officially listed uses include: generating images from text descriptions, editing existing images with natural language, creating consistent characters for storyboards, rendering accurate text in images, generating data visualizations and infographics, creating marketing mockups, and more.
Subscription and Credits
Offers three subscription tiers (official descriptions):
- Personal: 100 credits/month, 50 images/month (Nano Banana 2), includes all style templates, standard generation speed, basic customer support, JPG/PNG downloads; unused credits can roll over to the next billing cycle.
- Professional: 500 credits/month, 250 images/month, priority generation queue, priority customer support, JPG/PNG/WebP downloads, batch generation.
- Enterprise: 1600 credits/month, 800 images/month, fastest generation speed, dedicated account manager, downloads in all formats.
Frequently Asked Questions (Summary of Official Answers)
- Free Trial: New users receive 2 free credits upon registration, no credit card required.
- Credit Calculation: 1K images cost 2 credits, 2K images cost 4 credits, 4K images cost 8 credits.
- Payment Methods: Currently only credit cards are accepted through a secure payment processor.
- Team/Enterprise Plans: Currently only individual plans are offered; for team or enterprise needs, you can contact the official team to discuss.
- Canceling Subscription: You can cancel at any time; access remains until the end of the current billing cycle.
- Commercial Use: Generated images can be used commercially; all AI-generated images include a SynthID watermark and C2PA content credentials.
- Credit Rollover: Credits are valid permanently and do not expire while the subscription is active.
- Changing Plans: Plan switching is currently not supported; you can cancel and then subscribe to another plan after the billing cycle ends.
- Extra Credit Packs: Subscribers can purchase extra credit packs at a discount, and the credits stack with subscription credits.
- Refund Policy: Refunds are available within 24 hours after the subscription starts and if less than 10% of the monthly credit allowance has been used.
- Technical Support: Basic email support, priority support for Pro, and a dedicated account manager for the highest-tier subscription.
- Credits Used Up: You can purchase extra credit packs in the user center, or upgrade to a higher plan.
Limitations
- Currently only individual plans are offered; team or enterprise multi-user options are not supported, and plan switching is also not supported.
- Only credit card payments are accepted.
- Generated images carry a SynthID watermark and C2PA content credentials.
- Some capabilities (such as real-time web search and the specific performance of Flash speed) do not provide technical details, and no further explanation of actual results is currently available.
