Arcads vs Elyumfor Nano Banana Pro
Arcads hides the per-image bill; Elyum charges 10 credits ($0.10) for a kept 4K take and refunds the rest.
Nano Banana Pro is Google's 4K image model, the one you open when the letters on the frame have to look printed, not pasted. Posters, packaging, UI mockups, and 4K ads with headlines in the art are the job. Native 4K is the file you keep for type-heavy work. 1K and 2K are for sketches. Text-to-image and image editing share one model and 11 aspect ratios, so a lockup you generate is the same lockup you correct. See the Nano Banana Pro page for the live keep-prices. Practitioners keep this model for on-image text first.
Same model family, different cash register. Elyum sells a keep: credits (1 credit = $0.01) move only when you keep a preview. Arcads lists Nano Banana Pro among image models, then meters work on a shared credit pool built for talking-actor ads. Third-party pricing guides put Starter at $110/mo and Creator at $220/mo, with 30% promo screens at $77 and $154. Arcads has no public pricing page (the URL 404s as of mid-2026). Per-image Nano Banana Pro cost, failed-render policy, watermark, and max resolution on Arcads are unpublished.
Give Arcads the UGC desk. Its help center states free image generation up to 100/day, which is a volume path a stills shop will feel. Elyum is a multi-model studio with one credit balance, not an actor library. We do not offer a timeline editor, stock footage, our own talking heads, a team-seat product, a mobile app, or a community feed. If the still is a frame next to 30-second talking-actor cuts, read the Arcads alternative page and stay there. If the still is the deliverable, the published keep-price is the comparison.
Nano Banana Pro on Arcads
Arcads offers Nano Banana Pro as a listed image model, per the Arcads platform guide. Which plan first unlocks it is not published. Neither is a per-render credit or dollar figure for this model. Third-party writeups describe Starter at about $110/mo for roughly 10 talking-actor videos (800 credits per billed minute) and Creator at $220/mo. Arcads shows no public pricing page; tiers appear after account creation. There is no free trial in the research.
What a bad Nano Banana Pro take costs on Arcads is unpublished. No refund, kill, or failed-generation policy appears in the research. Third-party pricing guides say credits do not roll over month to month; that is not confirmed on an official Arcads page. Watermark on paid files, commercial-use terms, API access, and max resolution for this model are also unpublished. The documented image perk is free image generation up to 100/day (Arcads help center). Around the model, Arcads is a script-to-UGC pipeline: 1,000+ AI actors, captions, B-roll, music, and 30+ language localization.
Nano Banana Pro on Elyum
Elyum lists Nano Banana Pro at 1K 5 credits per render ($0.05), 2K 7.5 credits per render ($0.07), and 4K 10 credits per render ($0.10). Capabilities are text to image and image editing. Every render comes back as a free preview. You keep the takes you want (that is the only charge) or kill the rest for an automatic refund. A failed generation is never charged. Free-plan kills are one a month; paid plans kill freely. Kept takes download clean, no watermark, commercial use included.
The Free plan on the pricing page gives up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Plus is $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo; credits can be topped up. Pro and Ultra include fair-use unlimited image generation on selected image models. Nano Banana Pro itself is sold at the keep-prices above. The same studio balance covers 50+ models. If you want the model from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor, use the MCP docs or the API docs.
What a Nano Banana Pro take costs
| Scenario | Arcads | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 4K render you keep | Not published (model listed; no per-image rate) | 10 credits ($0.10) at 4K; 4.8 cr ($0.05) 1K; 7.2 cr ($0.07) 2K |
| Ten 4K renders, keep three | Not published | 10 credits ($0.10); 7 kills refunded |
| A failed generation | Not published | $0. Failed generations are never charged. |
| Monthly plan to reach the model | Only after signup; third-party Starter ~$110/mo | Free plan, up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card required |
| Watermark on the kept file | Not published | None on kept takes (full quality, commercial use) |
| Free image volume | Up to 100/day (Arcads help center) | Previews free; credits charge only on keep |
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 Pro page.
Where the two differ
Elyum charges a kept image in credits (1 credit = $0.01) at published 1K/2K/4K rates. Arcads meters image and video models on one credit pool. Talking-actor video is quoted at 800 credits per billed minute; Nano Banana Pro's credit price is not published.
On Elyum, a preview is free, a kill refunds the take, and a failed generation is never charged (one kill/month on Free). Arcads has no documented kill or failed-generation policy for Nano Banana Pro in the research.
Elyum publishes 1K, 2K, and native 4K keep-prices and ships kept files without a watermark, commercial use included. Arcads max resolution, watermark on paid, and commercial-use terms for this model are unpublished.
Arcads is a UGC ad generator: 1,000+ AI actors, custom avatars, captions, B-roll, music, 30+ languages. Elyum is one studio for 50+ models and does not include a timeline editor, stock footage, or its own talking heads.
Arcads' help center describes free image generation up to 100/day. Elyum's volume path is plan credits, optional top-ups, and fair-use unlimited images on Pro/Ultra for selected models. Nano Banana Pro remains a per-keep price on Elyum.
Elyum runs Nano Banana Pro from the web studio and from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via MCP and REST. Arcads API access is unpublished.
Pick Arcads when
- You already buy talking-actor UGC on Arcads and want Nano Banana Pro on the same credit balance.
- You need 1,000+ preset AI actors, custom avatars, captions, B-roll, and 30+ language localization around the still.
- You want the help-center image perk: free image generation up to 100/day.
- You are an agency producing many ad variants and will pay Starter (~$110/mo) or Creator (~$220/mo) anyway.
Pick Elyum when
- You want a published keep-price: $0.05 / $0.07 / $0.10 at 1K / 2K / 4K.
- You iterate with free previews and only pay for kept takes; failed gens are $0.
- You can start on Free (up to 150 credits (our algorithm may grant them), no card) without a $110 video plan.
- You need MCP or REST, and a clean commercial download with no watermark.
Nano Banana Pro in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Nano Banana Pro
- Put the exact on-image copy in quotation marks and name placement, point size, and weight. Nano Banana Pro is bought for type. Vague 'add a headline' yields almost-right lettering.
- State the aspect ratio in the prompt. The model supports 11 ratios. A 4:5 poster and a 16:9 4K key visual need different type scale; cropping after the fact breaks the lockup.
- On edits, lock what must not move (logo paths, product silhouette, existing line breaks) in the same instruction as the change. Unconstrained edits will rewrite nearby text.
- Iterate at 1K or 2K, then keep a 4K take when the type is right. Native 4K is real; using it for every sketch spends keep-budget on drafts.
- Use camera and light nouns for pack shots (85mm, softbox, three-quarter, white sweep). Skip stacked style mood words with no layout. This is a stills model: do not prompt camera moves, duration, or lip sync.
Frequently asked questions
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Nano Banana Pro is a AI image generator you can preview free on Elyum. Keep the takes you love, kill the rest for a full refund.