AI Image Generation Models Compared, Nano Banana vs Seedream vs GPT Image 2

Overview of Influverse's image models

The Image Studio picker holds six model families: Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, Seedream 5.0 Pro, Seedream 5.0 Lite and Flux 2, each built for a different use case. Rather than forcing you into a single model, you choose the one that best fits your creative need, and switch between them freely within the same session.

All models support multiple aspect ratios (TikTok 9:16, YouTube 16:9, Instagram 1:1, Facebook 4:3, Pinterest 3:4), so your content is always platform-ready. And all models use your character's profile image as a reference to maintain identity consistency across generations.

Additionally, Influverse has three character creation models, Nano Banana (photorealistic), Influverse (artistic) and GPT Image 2 Text, used specifically for creating new characters in the Library.

Reference-based models: best for character-consistent generation

Models: Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2, Seedream 5.0 Pro, Seedream 5.0 Lite and Flux 2, all reference-based for character consistency

Influverse's primary models are designed for generating images that stay true to your character's face and identity. They use your character's profile image as a direct reference, ensuring the generated output looks like the same person in a different scene.

• • Best for: Character-consistent content, fashion shoots, lifestyle imagery, social media posts where facial identity must be preserved
• • Strengths: Excellent face preservation, high prompt adherence, clean output
• • Resolution: up to 4K
• • Cost: 2 to 12 credits per image, by model and quality
• • Reference images: Uses profile image automatically (toggle on/off)

If you want your AI influencer to look like themselves in every post, the reference-based models are the default choice.

Seedream 5.0: multi-reference editing, Pro and Lite

Model: ByteDance Seedream 5.0 Pro and Seedream 5.0 Lite

Seedream 5.0 Lite costs 2 credits per image and Seedream 5.0 Pro costs 3. Both run one fixed quality tier, so there is no resolution dial to get wrong, and Pro brings the stronger visual reasoning for scenes that have to hold together logically.

• • Strengths: smart visual reasoning, up to 10 reference images, one predictable price per image
• • Cost: 2 credits per image on Lite, 3 on Pro
• • Reference images: Up to 10 images for multi-reference guidance

Seedream 5.0 is the pick when you want to combine several visual references in one generation. At 2 credits per image, Seedream 5.0 Lite is the cheap option for batch content production.

Nano Banana 2: semantic editing via Gemini

Model: Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Nano Banana 2 is fundamentally different from the other models, it's a semantic image editor rather than a pure generator. You provide a reference image and a prompt describing what to change, and it intelligently modifies the image while preserving everything else.

• • Best for: Outfit changes, background swaps, accessory additions, style transformations, without regenerating the entire image
• • Strengths: Precise editing control, preserves unmodified regions, supports up to 5 reference images, three resolution tiers up to 4K
• • Cost: 4 to 7 credits depending on resolution
• • Reference images: Up to 5 images

Use Nano Banana 2 when you have a great image and want to tweak specific elements, change the outfit, swap the background, add sunglasses, without starting from scratch.

GPT Image 2: OpenAI's model with quality tiers

Model: GPT Image 2 (OpenAI)

GPT Image 2 joined the Image Studio in June 2026. It excels at following complex, detailed prompts, text in images, specific compositions, multi-element scenes, and lets you trade speed against quality with three presets: Fast, Balanced, and Best. The credit cost scales with the preset you choose.

• • Best for: Prompt-precise scenes, images with readable text, complex multi-element compositions
• • Strengths: Outstanding prompt adherence, three quality/cost tiers, clean PNG output
• • Quality presets: Fast / Balanced / Best, preset drives both output quality and credit cost
• • Cost: 2 credits on Fast, 3 on Balanced, 5 on Best
• • Note: OpenAI's content moderation is always on, so it is the most conservative model for edgy or suggestive content

Use GPT Image 2 when your prompt is doing a lot of work, detailed scene descriptions, brand layouts, or anything where the image must match the brief exactly.

Nano Banana Pro and Flux 2: the two heavier editors

Models: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini flagship) and Flux 2 (Black Forest Labs)

Nano Banana Pro is the flagship editor: it takes up to 10 reference images and costs 6 credits at the two standard resolution tiers, 12 at 4K. Flux 2 is a fixed-quality multi-reference editor at 4 credits per image, and it only edits, so it always works from a picture you already have.

• • Nano Banana Pro cost: 6 to 12 credits per image
• • Flux 2 cost: 4 credits per image
• • Reference images: up to 10 on either model

Reach for Nano Banana Pro when the edit has to survive a close look, and for Flux 2 when you want one predictable price and a scene change that keeps the face.

Influverse model: artistic character style

Model: Influverse (Midjourney-style aesthetic)

The Influverse model produces images with an artistic, editorial aesthetic similar to Midjourney. It is a character-creation model, used in the Library when you design a new persona, rather than one of the Image Studio models, and it is ideal when you want a stylised, less photorealistic character.

• • Best for: Artistic character designs, editorial-style content, stylised social media posts
• • Strengths: Beautiful artistic aesthetic, unique visual style that stands out from photorealistic content
• • Cost: 4 credits per image

Choose Influverse when you want your content to have a distinctive artistic flair rather than photorealism.

When to use which model

Quick decision guide based on your goal:

• “I want my character in a new scene” → Flux 2, fast character-consistent edits, 4 credits
• “I want 4K output” → Nano Banana Pro, 4K editing, 12 credits
• “I want to edit an existing image” → Nano Banana 2, Semantic editing, 4 to 7 credits
• “My prompt is very detailed or includes text” → GPT Image 2, Best prompt adherence, quality-tiered credits
• “I want an artistic/editorial character” → Influverse (character creation), Midjourney-style aesthetic, 4 credits
• “I need to batch-produce 50 images cheaply” → Seedream 5.0 Lite, fifty images at 2 credits each, 100 credits total
• “I want to change just the outfit” → Nano Banana 2, Edit without regenerating the whole image

There's no wrong choice, you can switch models freely and even use different models for different parts of the same content campaign.

Quality and credit cost comparison

All models are available on every plan, including the free Starter plan (20 credits). Plans differ in monthly credits and in which surfaces they open: Creator is $19 a month with 380 credits, Pro is $49 a month with 980 credits and adds the Scale surface (scheduler, UGC ads, autopilot, analytics), and Max is $99 a month with 1,980 credits.

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