MAI-Image-2.6: API pricing, providers and specs
MAI-Image-2.6 is a image model by Microsoft. 5 providers serve it, from $5 to $38 /1M; the lowest price is at AIHubMix.
How MAI-Image-2.6 compares
Against the 17 image models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $5 /1M against a median of $7; 39% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 32K-token context window is larger than 0% of them (median 128K), about 50 pages of text.
- On LMArena's Image Edit board it ranks #5 of the 11 comparable models scored there.
- 5 providers serve it; 28% of comparable models have fewer.
MAI-Image-2.6 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 | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Cloud | — | $0.079/img | — | — |
| Atlas Cloud | — | $0.089/img | — | — |
 APIYI | — | $0.12/run | — | — |
 AIHubMix | $5/1M | $5/1M | — | 32K |
| APIMart | $4/1M | From$30.40/1M | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $5/1M | From$38/1M | — | — |
- AIHubMix$5
- APIMartFrom$30.40
- Vercel AI GatewayFrom$38
Specs
- Type
- Image
- Maker
- Microsoft
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Image
- Context
- 32K≈ 50 pages of text
- Max output
- 4K
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Oct 13, 2026
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Arena score
- 1425Image Edit
Alternatives to MAI-Image-2.6
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAI-Image-2.6this model | $5/1M | 32K | 1425 | 5 |
 Nano Banana 2.1 | $6/1M | 131K | 1426 | 20 |
| GPT Image 2.5 Flare | $1.75/1M | 128K | 1481 | 18 |
| GPT Image 1 | $12.50/1M | 128K | 1139 | 10 |
| GPT Image 1.5 | $10/1M | 128K | 1367 | 19 |
| Nano Banana | $2.50/1M | 66K | — | 18 |
| Nano Banana Pro | $3.50/1M | 66K | 1390 | 20 |
| GPT-5 Image | $10/1M | 400K | — | 2 |
| GPT-5 Image Mini | $2/1M | 400K | — | 2 |
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The lowest price for MAI-Image-2.6 is $5 /1M, at AIHubMix.
AIHubMix, at $5 /1M. 5 providers serve MAI-Image-2.6; the table above lists every one with its price.
MAI-Image-2.6 reads up to 32K tokens per request and writes up to 4K.
We have not found MAI-Image-2.6's weights published by its maker.
5 API providers serve MAI-Image-2.6. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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