Z-Image Turbo image generation API pricing from Alibaba. Image Gen: -577. $ / Image: $0.01.
vs Seedream 5.0 Lite
vs Grok Imagine Image 2.0
vs Qwen Image 3.0 Pro
vs P-Image-Ideogram (High)$ / Image
$0.01
Image Gen
-577
Image Edit
N/A
License
Apache 2.0
| Image Gen score | -577 |
|---|---|
| Matches | 28 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Win rate | 28.6% |
| Image Edit score | N/A |
| Image Edit win rate | N/A |
| Release date | 2025-12-01 |
| Throughput | 5.1 cps |
Z-Image Turbo Alibaba image API pricing is currently $0.005 ($ / Image) per generated image. That is the public list rate from the llm-stats / ZeroEval feed, not a private contract. Volume discounts, resolution, duration, and voice or seed settings can change the invoice even when the published $ / Image stays the same.
Z-Image Turbo scores -577 on Image Gen. Win rate is 28.6% across 28 Image Gen matches. Pair that arena score with Alibaba image API pricing when you pick a model: a slightly lower Magia or ELO can still win if generations are much cheaper.
Yes. Z-Image Turbo is marked open source under the Apache 2.0. You can self-host the weights or pay Alibaba's hosted API. The price on this page is the hosted $ / Image, not the GPU cost of running the weights yourself.
Start with Seedream 5.0 Lite, Grok Imagine Image 2.0, Qwen Image 3.0 Pro. Open a comparison page from this model to see $ / Image and Image Gen side by side, then jump back to the image generation pricing table and sort by price. The cheapest image generation API is not always the one with the highest arena score.
Use the Compare picker on this page, the same control as LLM comparison. Search by model or provider, pick a second model, and AnotherWrapper opens a dedicated Z-Image Turbo vs page with $ / Image, Image Gen, Image Edit, license, and release date. Share that URL if you want a second opinion on the matchup.
This page normalizes public llm-stats and ZeroEval arena data for image generation models, then quotes Alibaba image API pricing as $ / Image. Prices and scores refresh daily. Private endpoints, promo credits, and committed-use contracts can differ from the public list rate, so treat this as the comparable public number, not your invoice.
Z-Image Turbo was released on 2025-12-01. Newer image generation models appear first on the image generation pricing table. Release date is useful when you are avoiding a deprecated checkpoint, not when you are picking the cheapest $ / Image.
Z-Image Turbo has a measured throughput of 5.1 characters per second in the public feed. Real latency still depends on queueing, resolution, and clip length. Throughput is why two models with the same $ / Image can still feel different in production.
Z-Image Turbo is a open-source image generation model from Alibaba, priced at $0.01 ($ / Image) and released on 2025-12-01. Use the Compare picker to search every image generation model in this index, the same way LLM pages work.
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