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nano-banana-v2 is Google’s lightweight image model with image-to-image edits on the same low-cost protocol surface as the rest of the image tier. The differentiator is the optional source_image field: when present, the model treats it as a reference (style transfer, mask edit, background swap) rather than generating from text alone. Pricing: $0.022 / image — see the rate card. Failures don’t bill; image-to-image runs at the same per-image rate as text-to-image.

Protocols

Quickstart

The DOSIA generate_image tool passes source_image through automatically when you’ve attached one in the chat.

Capabilities

When to use

  • DOSIA “edit this image” requests — main brain attaches the chat image and routes here when permission is granted.
  • Background swaps, style transfers, mask edits without the cost of gpt-image-2.
  • Cost-sensitive image-to-image pipelines — volume programmatic edits.
When not to use:
  • Top-fidelity typography or marketing hero — gpt-image-2.

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