Can I use the Grok Imagine API on Kunavo today?

Not yet. Grok Imagine is in Kunavo's catalog but not enabled — xAI's own list price ($0.02/image) already sits at wholesale cost, so Kunavo can't serve it below official list, and we only enable models we can price transparently under list. The live text-to-image models on the same OpenAI-style /v1/images/generations endpoint are Nano Banana (~$0.027/image) and GPT-Image-2 (~$0.0633/image).

How much does the Grok Imagine API cost?

xAI lists image generation at roughly $0.02 per image — one of the cheapest first-party rates. If you only need Grok Imagine, going to xAI direct is the honest recommendation. If you want one key across image, video, music and text, Kunavo serves Nano Banana from ~$0.027/image and GPT-Image-2 at ~$0.0633/image on an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

What is the best Grok Imagine API alternative?

Google's Nano Banana family is the closest live alternative — comparable realism, ~$0.027 per image, with Nano Banana Pro for text-in-image work. Both run on Kunavo's OpenAI-compatible /v1/images/generations endpoint with one bearer token.

Grok Imagine API — what it is, xAI's pricing, and the live alternatives

Q: What is the Grok Imagine API?

Grok Imagine is xAI's image (and short-video) generation model, known for a distinctive aesthetic and strong realism. The Grok Imagine API generates images from a text prompt programmatically. xAI lists its image generation at about $0.02 per image.

Grok Imagine is xAI's image and short-video generation model — the engine behind the Imagine feature in the Grok app, known for a distinctive aesthetic and strong photorealism. The Grok Imagine API generates images from a text prompt programmatically. This guide covers what the API does, what it costs at xAI's list price, and the live way to run the same workload on Kunavo today.

Availability note. Grok Imagine is in Kunavo's catalog but not currently enabled. xAI's own list price (~$0.02/image) already sits at wholesale cost, so we can't serve it below official — and Kunavo only lists models it can price transparently under list. If you only need Grok Imagine, go to xAI direct. If you want one key across image, video, music and text, the live image models are Nano Banana and GPT-Image-2 on the same OpenAI-style endpoint.

Grok Imagine API pricing

xAI prices image generation at roughly $0.02 per image — one of the cheapest first-party rates in the market. That's precisely why it isn't live on Kunavo yet: there's no room to resell it under list, and we don't mark models up above the provider's own price.

Model	Price per image	On Kunavo
Grok Imagine (xAI)	~$0.02 (xAI list)	Roadmap — not enabled
Nano Banana (Google)	~$0.027	Live
GPT-Image-2 (OpenAI)	~$0.0633 flat (1K/2K/4K)	Live, ~50% under OpenAI list

Text-to-image on Kunavo today

Kunavo exposes image generation through one OpenAI-style endpoint, POST /v1/images/generations. The live models are Nano Banana (closest to Grok Imagine on realism-per-dollar) and GPT-Image-2 (best prompt fidelity and text-in-image). The request shape is identical to what a Grok Imagine call would be — only the model string differs:

text_to_image.py

import requests

# Live text-to-image on the same OpenAI-style endpoint. Swap the model
# string to Grok Imagine once it's enabled — the request shape is identical.
resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.kunavo.com/v1/images/generations",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    json={
        "model": "nano-banana",   # live today; Grok Imagine on the roadmap
        "prompt": "a chrome sculpture of a fox, studio lighting, photoreal",
        "size": "1024x1024",
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(resp.json()["data"][0]["url"])

Grok Imagine vs the live alternatives

If your priority is the Grok aesthetic specifically, xAI direct is the way to get it today. If your priority is production image generation with one bill — realism, editing, text-in-image — the live lineup on Kunavo covers it: Nano Banana for value and consistency, Nano Banana Pro for text-in-image, GPT-Image-2 for prompt fidelity, plus image edit endpoints on the same key. When Grok Imagine is enabled, adopting it is a one-word change to the model field.

FAQ

What is the Grok Imagine API?

xAI's image (and short-video) generation model, exposed programmatically — the same engine behind Imagine in the Grok app.

Can I use Grok Imagine on Kunavo today?

Not yet — it's in the catalog but disabled, because xAI's own ~$0.02/image list leaves no room to serve it under official. Use Nano Banana or GPT-Image-2 on the same endpoint today.

How much does Grok Imagine cost?

About $0.02 per image at xAI's list — cheapest first-party rate; Kunavo's live alternatives start at ~$0.027 (Nano Banana).

Does Grok Imagine do video?

The consumer Imagine feature generates short clips; for API video generation today, use Veo 3 on Kunavo's /v1/video/generations endpoint from $0.16 per clip.