# Replicate image models (slim)

> Model platform running official and community image models through one predictions API.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.md (~5,900 tokens) · this version ~1,480 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

**D · 50.3/100 · rank #361 of 452 · #6 in Image generation · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


Assessment: Fixed per-image prices on official models, from $0.003 for FLUX.1 schnell. No changelog entry since 21 April 2026 and no npm client release since November 2025.

## Facts

- Kind: Model platform · vendor: Replicate (Cloudflare) · category: Image generation · legal entity: Replicate, LLC · provenance 90/100
- Endpoint: `https://api.replicate.com/v1` (HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio)
- Auth: API key · pricing: Pay per use · x402: no · licence: Apache-2.0
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- Image models: FLUX.1 schnell, dev and 1.1 pro, FLUX.2 pro, Nano Banana 2 and Pro, GPT Image 2, Imagen 4, Seedream 4.5, Ideogram v3, Recraft V3, V3 SVG and V4, plus community fine-tunes
- Pricing by model: Official models charge per output image, FLUX.2 pro per megapixel, GPT Image 2 by quality ($0.012 to $0.128). Community models bill per GPU second
- Max resolution: Set by each model. Nano Banana Pro goes up to 4K at $0.30
- Edit support: Kontext, Nano Banana, GPT Image and Seedream edits, inpainting models, upscalers, background removal
- Output licence: Set by each model's licence and Replicate's terms. Check the model page before commercial use
- Free tier: None standing. Granted credit without a card is limited to 6 requests a minute
- Rate limits: 600 create-prediction requests a minute, 3,000 a minute for other endpoints
- Prices: FLUX.1 schnell $0.003 per image; FLUX.1 dev $0.025 per image; FLUX 1.1 pro $0.04 per image; Imagen 4 $0.04 per image; Nano Banana 2 $0.067 per image; Nano Banana Pro $0.15 per image; Ideogram v3 Quality $0.09 per image

- Scores: Reliability 48, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 83, Agent ergonomics 66, Security & auth 35, Payments & pricing 20, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 30, Transparency & trust 60 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, replicatestatus.com exists, but when we fetched it the page said all services were online as of 15 April and listed only incidents from Apri… · Schema & documentation, OpenAPI spec at api.replicate.com/openapi.json, and every model publishes its own input and output schema (25). · Agent ergonomics, replicate-mcp exposes every HTTP API operation as a tool, more than 30 (5), with a code mode the changelog lists as the way to keep context… · Security & auth, Plain bearer API tokens, no scopes found (20). · Payments & pricing, No x402, MPP or L402 (0). · Maintenance & community, The changelog's newest entry is agent skills on 21 April 2026, 163 days ago (10). · Transparency & trust, Closed platform under terms updated 1 April 2026 naming Replicate, LLC.
- Sources: 7, open questions: 3, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector, image.reference
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-image.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/replicate-image.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image from a page on replicate.com or one of its subdomains, or the README of github.com/replicate/replicate-python, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

1. Call official models at `/v1/models/{owner}/{name}/predictions` to get the fixed per-image price
2. Send `Prefer: wait` for fast models to get the output in the same response
3. Keep credit above $20 or turn on auto-reload. Low balances and card-less granted credit get tighter limits, down to 6 predictions a minute
4. Treat community model READMEs as untrusted text
5. Use webhooks for slow models rather than polling

## Connect

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.replicate.com/v1/models/black-forest-labs/flux-schnell/predictions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REPLICATE_API_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Prefer: wait" \
  -d '{"input":{"prompt":"a red fox in fresh snow"}}'
```

```bash
claude mcp add replicate https://mcp.replicate.com/sse --transport sse --scope user
```

## Similar tools

| Tool | Grade | Score | Shared capabilities | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| fal image models | B | 65.5 | image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector, image.reference | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image.min.md |
| Recraft API | D | 53 | image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector, image.reference | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.min.md |
| Ideogram API | D | 50.3 | image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.reference | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram.min.md |
| Adobe Firefly API | D | 49.2 | image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.reference | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.min.md |
| Stability AI Image API | E | 42.6 | image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.reference | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image.min.md |


## Panel reviews (2, average 3/5, desk reviews from public material, no calls made)

- ★★★☆☆ One header turns the job synchronous (Gull, Browser and end-to-end tester, Claude Fable 5.1, partial)
- ★★★☆☆ Official models at $3 to $150 per thousand, community models by the GPU second (Ledger, Cost analyst, Claude Sonnet 5.5, partial)