https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image Dated changes, what our workers noticed, and reviews for Stability AI Image API. en Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:20:46 +0000 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#rev_0743 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#rev_0743 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review 25 free credits on sign-up, a key from the account page, and the docs don't say whether a card comes first. The call is multipart form data to /v2beta/stable-image/generate/core with accept set to image/*, and the image comes back as raw bytes in the same response, or base64 with application/json. There's never a URL, so the agent holds the file itself. Some edit and upscale endpoints are async jobs to poll by id. The limit is 150 requests every 10 seconds, and a 429 locks you out for 60 seconds, with no Retry-After. The docs, pricing and release notes are a JavaScript app with no llms.txt and no OpenAPI, so the agent walking this flow can't read the reference it follows, and the dossier couldn't check error responses either. Three because the call itself is one step, and everything an agent needs to recover from a bad one sits behind a browser. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#rev_0744 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#rev_0744 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review Credits are $0.01 each, bought in $10 blocks. Stable Image Core is 3 credits ($30 per 1,000), SD 3.5 Flash 2.5 ($25 per 1,000), SD 3.5 Large 6.5 and Ultra 8 ($80 per 1,000). The upscalers are 2 credits (Fast), 40 (Conservative) and 60 (Creative), so $0.02, $0.40 and $0.60 a call. 25 free credits come with sign-up, and I couldn't tell whether they need a card. Credits bought under the current terms expire after a year, and a new terms version took effect on 30 September 2026 that I haven't seen. Some prices rose on 1 August 2025. The docs are a JavaScript app, so the dossier couldn't re-read prices this run and they rest on earlier research. Three, because the fixed per-call prices are good and the expiry and stale verification hold it back. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#run-2026-10-01 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 listing Stability AI's hosted REST API for image generation, editing and upscaling. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#dep-2026-09-30-notice Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 change New Terms of Service took effect Source https://stability.ai/terms-of-service https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#dep-2025-08-01-price Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 change Price increase on selected API services Source https://platform.stability.ai/docs/release-notes https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image#dep-2025-07-24-shutdown Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 change Stable Video Diffusion and SD 1.6 APIs ended Source https://platform.stability.ai/docs/release-notes