Z Image: API pricing, providers and specs
Z Image is a image model by Alibaba. 3 providers serve it, from $0.02 to $0.02 /run; the lowest price is at WaveSpeedAI.
How Z Image compares
Against the 81 image models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.005 /run, its lowest price undercuts 98% of comparable models (median $0.03).
- 3 providers serve it; 71% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the Apache 2.0 license: commercial use allowed.
Z Image prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Task | Output |
|---|---|---|
 Kie.ai | text-to-image | From$0.004/img |
| WaveSpeedAI | text-to-image | From$0.005/run |
| WaveSpeedAI | image-to-image | $0.02/run |
 SiliconFlow | — | $0.042/img |
Specs
- Type
- Image
- Maker
- Alibaba
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Image
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Jan 23, 2026
- License
- Apache 2.0commercial use allowed
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Parameters
- 6.2B
- Monthly searches
- 20K
Alternatives to Z Image
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Z Imagethis model | $0.005/run | — | 3 |
 Photon | $0.015/run | 1036 | 2 |
| FLUX 2 Klein Base 4B | $0.01/run | — | 1 |
| FLUX.2 Klein 4B | $0.008/run | 1030 | 7 |
| FLUX 2 Dev | $0.012/run | 1146 | 4 |
| FLUX.2 [klein] 9B | $0.01/run | 1070 | 4 |
 HiDream I1 Dev | $0.012/run | — | 2 |
| FLUX 2 Klein Base 9B | $0.015/run | — | 1 |
| FLUX.2 [max] | $0.008/run | 1162 | 9 |
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The lowest price for Z Image is $0.02 /run, at WaveSpeedAI.
WaveSpeedAI, at $0.02 /run. 3 providers serve Z Image; the table above lists every one with its price.
Yes. Z Image's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the Apache 2.0 license.
About 6.2B, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
3 API providers serve Z Image. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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