Arcads vs Elyumfor Nano Banana 2
Elyum bills 3 credits ($0.03) only when you keep a 1K take, while Arcads lists Nano Banana 2 and does not publish what a still costs.
Nano Banana 2 is Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model. It is a fast text-to-image and image-editing engine built to hold faces, logos, and product geometry across a prompt change or an edit pass. That is the job most studio stills actually need: the same person, the same SKU, a new angle or a rewritten label. It also puts readable words on signs and packaging instead of decorative letter-shapes. On Elyum the model sits on the Nano Banana 2 page with eleven aspect ratios and 1K, 2K, or 4K output.
The weights are the same. The bill is not. Elyum prices a kept take in credits (1 credit = $0.01) and only charges when you keep; a kill refunds the take, and a failed generation is never billed. Arcads lists Nano Banana 2 on the Arcads homepage as an available image model, billed through a shared credit pool, but it has no public pricing page (the /pricing URL 404s as of mid-2026). Third-party guides put Starter at $110/mo (~10 talking-actor videos) and Creator at $220/mo. Per-still Nano Banana 2 cost, paid watermark, and what a bad image costs on Arcads are not published.
Arcads is stronger if your real product is talking-actor UGC ads. It ships 1,000+ preset AI actors, custom avatars, captions, B-roll, music, and 30+ language localization. Elyum does not have avatars, a timeline editor, stock footage, a mobile app, or team seats. If stills are a side step inside an Arcads ad pipeline, staying put can be the cheaper workflow even when the still price is hidden. If stills are the job, published keep prices and kill refunds are the difference. See the Arcads alternative page for the wider stack.
Nano Banana 2 on Arcads
Arcads offers Nano Banana 2 (listed with Nano-Banana, Nano-Banana Pro, and 2) inside a video-first studio. Which paid tier unlocks it is not published. There is no free trial; plan screens appear after account creation. Third-party pricing write-ups put Starter at $110/mo (~10 talking-actor videos, about $11 at face value, 800 credits per billed minute for talking-actor video) and Creator at $220/mo (~20 videos). Those numbers are for talking-actor spots, not Nano Banana 2 stills. Cents per credit and the image debit are not published.
The Arcads help center platform guide states free image generation up to 100/day. That is a real volume perk if you are already subscribed. What happens to a bad Nano Banana 2 render on Arcads is not published. Third-party guides say credits do not roll over month to month; that is not confirmed on an official Arcads page. Max resolution for this model on Arcads is also unpublished. Trustpilot sits at 2.7/5 (170 reviews) on lip-sync and unusable video takes, which is a different surface than stills.
Nano Banana 2 on Elyum
On Elyum, Nano Banana 2 is on the Nano Banana 2 page: text-to-image and image editing, 1K at 3 credits per render ($0.03), 2K at 4.5 credits ($0.04), 4K at 6 credits ($0.06). Every render returns as a free preview. You keep the takes you want (that is the only charge) or kill the rest for an automatic full refund. Failed generations are never charged. Kept files download clean, no watermark, commercial use included. Ultra ($69/mo) is fair-use unlimited on this model.
Plans are on Elyum pricing: Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card; Plus $9/mo; Pro $29/mo; Ultra $69/mo; top-ups exist. Free meters kills (one kill a month); paid plans kill freely. Credits sit on one balance across 50+ video, image, and audio models. You can also run the studio from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor through Elyum's MCP server and the REST API. We do not ship a timeline editor or talking-head avatars, so product stills and edit passes are the native path here.
What a Nano Banana 2 take costs
| Scenario | Arcads | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 1K render you keep | Not published (no public pricing page) | 3 credits ($0.03) |
| Ten 1K previews, keep three | Not published | 3 credits ($0.03) |
| A failed generation | Not published | Never charged ($0.00) |
| Monthly plan to access the model | No free trial; Starter ~$110/mo (third-party) | Free: up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card; Ultra $69/mo unlimited |
| Watermark on the paid file | Not published | None on kept takes; commercial use included |
| Daily free image quota | Up to 100/day (Arcads help center) | Previews free; charge only on keep (Ultra unlimited) |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Arcads figures from its own pricing pages and independent reviews, verified 2026-09-07; sources at the end. Full rate card on the Nano Banana 2 page.
Where the two differ
Elyum bills a kept still in credits at listed 1K/2K/4K rates (1 credit = $0.01). Arcads uses a shared credit pool; cents per credit and the Nano Banana 2 debit are not published. Talking-actor video is cited at 800 credits per billed minute.
On Elyum a kill is a full automatic refund; Free allows one kill a month, paid plans kill freely; failed gens are never charged. Arcads's failed or bad-generation policy for Nano Banana 2 is not published.
Elyum publishes 1K, 2K, and 4K for this model, plus eleven aspect ratios in the image studio. Arcads max resolution and aspect options for Nano Banana 2 are not published.
Arcads is built for script-to-UGC video: 1,000+ AI actors, captions, B-roll, music, 30+ languages. Elyum is a multi-model stills and video studio without avatars or a timeline editor. If the still feeds an Arcads ad, Arcads wins on adjacency.
Elyum documents MCP and REST access so Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor can drive the same balance. Arcads API access is not published. For the Pro image tier, see Arcads vs Elyum for Nano Banana Pro.
Elyum lists keep prices on the model page and the pricing page. Arcads has no public pricing page as of mid-2026; dollar figures here come from third-party blogs citing user-reported screens. Third-party guides also report credits do not roll over; that is unofficial.
Pick Arcads when
- You already pay for talking-actor UGC ads and want Nano Banana 2 on the same Arcads credit balance.
- Arcads' help center states free image generation up to 100/day, which is a volume cap Elyum does not copy.
- You need 1,000+ preset AI actors, captions, B-roll, and 30+ language localization around the still.
- You want Seedance, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, and Nano Banana 2 under one Arcads subscription (roster per their lists).
Pick Elyum when
- A kept 1K take is 3 credits ($0.03); 2K is 4.8 ($0.05); 4K is 6.4 ($0.06). Previews are free.
- Kill refunds the take in full. Failed generations are never charged. Free meters one kill a month; paid kills freely.
- Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them) with no card. Ultra at $69/mo is fair-use unlimited on this model.
- Kept files have no watermark and include commercial use. Other image models share the models catalog and one credit balance.
Nano Banana 2 in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Nano Banana 2
- Lock identity in one noun phrase and reuse it. Nano Banana 2 holds faces and products when you stop renaming the subject. For an edit, attach the still and describe only the change (new angle, new label), not a full re-cast of the person or SKU.
- Quote in-image text in quotation marks. Flash Image is known for readable signs, labels, and UI chrome. Write the exact string you want on the box, and say where it sits (front panel, lower third, receipt line).
- For SKU-identical angles, fix the product first, then vary only camera: 35mm, 85mm, three-quarter, top-down, eye-level. Do not re-describe colorways or logo geometry on each prompt or the object drifts.
- Set the aspect ratio before you iterate. On Elyum this model has eleven ratios. Mixing square and 9:16 mid-series is how layouts jump. Keep ratio and resolution (1K/2K/4K) constant across a set.
- Avoid video language. Nano Banana 2 is a stills and edit model. Words like pan, loop, or 24fps waste the prompt. Specify lighting and lens instead: softbox left, 50mm, shallow depth, no extra people.
- When text fights the product, split the job. Generate the clean SKU, then run an image-edit pass that only rewrites the label. Asking for a new hero product and a new paragraph of packaging copy in one shot is how geometry slips.
Frequently asked questions
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- Arcads Pricing in 2026: Real Costs, Credits, and What Each Video Actually Costs | Wireflow Blog (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Arcads AI Review 2026: 8 Honest Pros & Cons (Worth $110?) (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Arcads Reviews | Trustpilot (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Everything You Can Do on Arcads — Complete Platform Guide | Arcads Help Center (accessed 2026-09-07)
- AI Video Models Comparison 2026: Seedance, Veo, Sora | opencreator.io (accessed 2026-09-07)
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