Hedra vs Elyumfor Nano Banana Pro
Elyum bills Nano Banana Pro only when you keep a take, from $0.05 at 1K, while Hedra lists the same model from 15 cents a generation.
Nano Banana Pro is Google's 4K image model. Practitioners use it when the brief is a poster, a pack front, or a UI mock with type that has to read as printed, not as a smear. Native 4K holds small headlines and legal lines that collapse on 1K models. It also edits an existing frame in the same weights, so you can lock a layout and swap copy without jumping tools. See the Nano Banana Pro page for text-to-image, image editing, 11 aspect ratios, and the studio line: best 4K images, near-perfect text.
The weights are the same Google model. The bill is not. Hedra's all-models catalog lists Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro) from 15 cents a generation, native 4K, 14 aspect ratios. Elyum lists 1K at 5 credits ($0.05), 2K at 7.5 credits ($0.07), 4K at 10 credits ($0.10), with a free preview first. Keep charges credits; kill refunds. Hedra Basic is $15/mo for 1,500 credits that expire each cycle. The Elyum pricing page starts at Free with up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them). Failed Elyum renders are never billed. Hedra refund terms were not independently confirmed; Trustpilot reviewers report charges on artifacted output.
Hedra is not a weaker studio for this model. It publishes native 4K and 14 aspect ratios, a public API v3, and an MCP server, and it wraps talking-avatar work (Character-3) that Elyum does not ship. Elyum has no timeline editor, no stock footage, no avatars, no mobile app, and no team seats. If the job is a lip-synced portrait plus a 4K still, Hedra is the one account. If the job is ten poster variants and you will throw most of them away, the keep/kill meter on Elyum is the difference. See also the Hedra alternative page.
Nano Banana Pro on Hedra
Hedra lists Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro) from 15 cents a generation, native 4K, 14 aspect ratios, on Hedra's Nano Banana page. Research did not name a plan that unlocks the model. The free tier is 100 one-time credits. Third-party reviews say free files are watermarked and not commercial; that copy was not confirmed on hedra.com. Paid plans start at Basic ($15/mo, 1,500 credits) and list commercial use. Cents per credit is not published in the captured research.
A bad Nano Banana Pro still on Hedra is not a documented free retry. Hedra has a Generation History and Credit Refunds page; exact terms were not independently confirmed. Trustpilot reviewers (score about 2.1/5) report credits charged for outputs with artifacts and slow refunds. Monthly subscription credits do not roll over, per Hedra's pricing copy. Add-on packs reportedly persist, per a third-party review, not confirmed on hedra.com.
Nano Banana Pro on Elyum
On Elyum, Nano Banana Pro is 5 credits per render ($0.05) at 1K, 7.5 credits per render ($0.07) at 2K, and 10 credits per render ($0.10) at 4K. Text to image and image editing share the same weights. Every render is a free preview. You judge it, then keep (credits charge) or kill (full refund). A failed generation is never charged. Free-plan kills are one a month; paid plans kill freely. Kept takes have no watermark and include commercial use.
Plans are Free (up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card), Plus $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo, plus top-ups. Pro and Ultra include fair-use unlimited image generation on selected image models. Elyum has no timeline editor, talking-head stack, or team seats. The same Nano Banana Pro endpoint is available from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via the MCP docs and the REST API docs.
What a Nano Banana Pro take costs
| Scenario | Hedra | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 4K render you keep | From 15 cents per generation | 10 credits ($0.10) at 4K |
| Ten 4K renders, keep three | From 10 × 15 cents = $1.50 if each generation bills | 10 credits ($0.10) |
| A failed generation | Refund terms not independently confirmed | Never charged |
| Monthly plan needed to access the model | Not required; Free is 100 credits. Paid from Basic $15/mo | Not required; Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card |
| Watermark on the file | Paid: none listed. Free: watermarked (third-party) | None on kept takes |
| Commercial use on the download | Paid plans list commercial use; free reported not licensed | Included on kept takes |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Hedra 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
Hedra lists Nano Banana Pro from 15 cents a generation. Elyum is 4.8 / 7.2 / 10 credits ($0.05 / $0.07 / $0.10) and bills only on a keep. Previews on Elyum are free.
Elyum refunds a kill automatically. Free is limited to one kill a month. Hedra documents Generation History and Credit Refunds, but the captured research did not confirm the terms. Trustpilot threads report artifact charges and slow refunds.
Hedra lists 14 aspect ratios for Nano Banana Pro. Elyum lists 11. If your print spec is an odd crop, count the ratios before you pick a studio.
Hedra monthly subscription credits expire and do not roll over, per Hedra pricing copy. Add-on packs reportedly persist (third-party, not confirmed). Elyum Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them); paid plans can be topped up.
Hedra bundles Character-3 talking avatars and a catalog of about 46 video, 35 image, and 12 audio models, plus Teams at $75/mo. Elyum is one balance across 50+ models and does not ship avatars, a timeline, or team seats. Other splits are on the compare index.
Both offer a public API and an MCP server. Hedra API v3 is pay-per-use, separate from subscription credits. Elyum MCP and REST docs are linked above.
Pick Hedra when
- Run it on Hedra if you already buy Character-3 lip-sync and want this still on the same API key.
- Hedra lists 14 aspect ratios for Nano Banana Pro. Elyum lists 11.
- Hedra ships API v3 and an MCP server, with pay-per-use separate from monthly credits.
- Professional and Teams are $75/mo with team access. Elyum has no team seats.
Pick Elyum when
- You pay only on a keep. 4K is 10 credits ($0.10), not 15 cents per try.
- Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Previews do not spend them.
- Kept files have no watermark and include commercial use.
- One credit balance across 50+ image, video, and audio models if the stills sit next to other gens.
Nano Banana Pro in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Nano Banana Pro
- Quote the exact headline, subhead, and legal line. Banana Pro treats quoted strings as type to set. Unquoted copy often becomes decoration in the scene.
- Name the finish and the viewing distance: coated poster at 3 meters, iPhone lockup at 6 inches. Use the 4K tier when you need readable 8pt-class type.
- Set the aspect before you write the scene. Elyum lists 11 ratios for this model; Hedra lists 14. A 9:16 story forced into a 1:1 square will crush the type stack.
- On edits, freeze the lockup. Write that the product silhouette, label die-line, and camera stay put, and that only the headline may change. Open-ended improve-the-text prompts usually redraw the pack.
- One lens and one light. Specify 85mm and a soft key from camera left. Extra style tags fight the letterforms more than they help.
- Do not ask for dense body paragraphs or scannable QR codes at 1K. Move those jobs to 4K, isolate the type block, and keep body lines short.
Frequently asked questions
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Do both platforms offer an API for this model?
- Hedra Pricing (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra All Models catalog (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Video Generation API (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Veo model page (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Nano Banana model page (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Grok Imagine model page (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Best AI Video Models blog (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Reviews - Trustpilot (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra AI Review 2026: Pricing, Character-3, and Is It Still Worth It? (fluxnote.io) (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra AI Review 2026: What Holds It Back (lovart.ai, June 2026) (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Hedra Generation History & Credit Refunds docs (accessed 2026-09-07)
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