Krea vs Elyumfor Nano Banana 2
A kept 1K still is $0.03 on Elyum after a free preview; Krea's Basic plan lands near $0.04 and does not publish a credit-back for a bad take.
Nano Banana 2 is Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model. It is a fast text-to-image and image-editing engine that holds faces, products, and layouts across a prompt change or an edit pass. That is the job most catalog and ad stills actually need: SKU-identical product shots across angles, the same person in a new crop, a label that still reads after you swap the background. The Nano Banana 2 page is the place to run it when consistency matters more than surprise.
The bill is the difference, not the weights. On the Krea alternative page the same model sits in a compute-unit pool. Krea's Basic plan ($9/mo) quotes 64 Nano Banana 2 images per 5,000 units, about $0.14 at that rate. Krea's API lists $0.08 / $0.12 / $0.16 at 1K / 2K / 4K. Elyum bills only the keep: 3.2 / 4.8 / 6 credits ($0.03 / $0.04 / $0.06). Every Elyum render comes back as a free preview. You keep it or kill it. Krea does not publish a credit-back for a failed or bad generation. Paid Krea plans include a commercial license; Elyum includes commercial use on kept files with no watermark.
Krea's Basic drops to $5/mo on yearly billing, which is cheaper than Elyum Plus at $9/mo on the subscription line. Per kept 1K still, Elyum is still $0.03 against about $0.04 on monthly Basic. Krea is also the better desk if you want a real-time canvas, Nodes, an iOS app, or team seats. We do not ship those, and we do not have a timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, or a community feed.
Nano Banana 2 on Krea
Krea offers Nano Banana 2 in the studio catalog and via its public API. Full image-model access starts on Basic at $9/mo. Krea's Nano Banana 2 API reference lists $0.08, $0.12, and $0.16 per image at 1K, 2K, and 4K. The Krea pricing page quotes 64 Nano Banana 2 images in Basic's 5,000 compute units (about 78 units, about $0.14 at that rate). Pro is $35/mo with 20,000 units (about 257 images). Max is $105/mo with 60,000 units (about 771 images). Free is 100 compute units per day, no card, with limited access to image models.
Krea describes the listing as a cheaper quality version of Nano Banana. Native output goes to 4K. Paid plans can upscale images to 22K via Topaz, a path Elyum does not have. A failed or bad generation has no published credit-back. Krea's refund docs address subscription cancellation only when workspace usage is below 650 compute units and fewer than 20 generations that month. A bad still costs the same as a good one.
Nano Banana 2 on Elyum
On Elyum, Nano Banana 2 is 3 credits per render at 1K ($0.03), 4.5 credits at 2K ($0.04), and 6 credits at 4K ($0.06). Those dollars are already in the listed price. Text to image and image editing both sit in the image studio with eleven aspect ratios. Ultra ($69/mo) is fair-use unlimited on this model. See the pricing page for Free (up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card), Plus $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, and Ultra.
Every render returns as a free preview. You judge it, then keep the takes you want (that is the only moment credits are charged) or kill the rest for a full refund. A failed generation is never charged. Kills are metered lightly on Free (one kill a month); paid plans kill freely. Kept files download clean, no watermark, commercial use included. The same credit balance covers 50+ video, image, and audio models, and you can call the studio from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor through Elyum's MCP server or the REST API.
What a Nano Banana 2 take costs
| Scenario | Krea | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One render you keep | Basic about $0.14 (5,000 units / 64). API 1K/2K/4K: $0.08/$0.12/$0.16. | 1K: 3 credits ($0.03) after a free preview |
| One 4K render you keep | API: $0.16. Studio units not published beyond Basic's 64 images / 5,000 units. | 6 credits ($0.06) after a free preview |
| Ten 1K renders, keep three | If all ten bill at Basic about $0.14: about $1.40. No per-take refund published. | 3 credits ($0.03). Seven kills refund. |
| A failed generation | Not published. Subscription refund only if under 650 units and under 20 gens. | Never charged |
| Plan needed to open the model | Free: 100 units/day, limited image access. Basic $9/mo unlocks all image models. | Free: up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Previews free on every plan. |
| Commercial use and watermark | Commercial license on Basic+. Free has none. Watermark policy not published. | Commercial use included. No watermark on kept files. |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Krea 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
Krea spends compute units. Basic is $9 for 5,000 units, about $0.14 per Nano Banana 2 image (64 in that allotment). Elyum charges 1 credit = $0.01 only when you keep a preview. Listed keeps are 3.2 / 4.8 / 6.4 credits.
Elyum refunds a kill in full and never charges a failed generation. Free allows one kill a month; paid plans kill freely. Krea does not publish a credit-back for failed or bad individual generations. Its refund docs cover cancelling the subscription only if usage is below 650 units and under 20 generations.
Both run Nano Banana 2 up to 4K natively. Krea Basic+ can then send stills through Topaz upscalers to 22K. Elyum downloads the kept 1K, 2K, or 4K file and does not offer a 22K upscaler.
Krea layers a real-time canvas (on Free), Nodes and App Builder (Pro+), LoRA training, 3D, an iOS app, and Business seats. Elyum is one web studio and one credit balance. We do not have a timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, a mobile app, team seats, or a community feed.
A Trustpilot reviewer wrote that cancelling a subscription is difficult and support is essentially just an AI bot. Other reviews report unexpected renewal charges. Monthly Krea units do not roll over; one-time packs expire in 90 days. Elyum charges only kept takes.
Krea includes a commercial license on Basic, Pro, Max, Business, and Enterprise. The Free plan does not. Watermark on paid plans is not stated on krea.ai. Elyum kept takes download clean, no watermark, commercial use included.
Pick Krea when
- You already buy compute units for Kling, Veo, or Seedance and want Nano Banana 2 in that same pool.
- You need Krea Realtime, Nodes, or an iOS app. Elyum does not ship those.
- You want Topaz upscaling toward 22K after a native 4K render.
- Business needs pooled credits and up to 50 seats on one plan.
Pick Elyum when
- You iterate. Previews are free; a kept 1K still is 3 credits ($0.03).
- A kill refunds the take. Failed generations never bill. Krea does not publish that policy.
- Ultra ($69/mo) is fair-use unlimited on this model. Krea's unlimited relaxed gens exclude it.
- The same credits also cover video on the Seedance 2.5 page, with keep-or-kill on every take.
Nano Banana 2 in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Nano Banana 2
- Name the product once and reuse that sentence on every angle. Attach a reference still when you rotate the camera. Changing the brand adjectives between views is how logos drift.
- Use one lens and one key light: 50mm, three-quarter, softbox camera-left, gray paper sweep. Extra style words fight the consistency this model is for.
- On an edit pass, lock what must not move. Write keep the bottle silhouette, cap color, and label type; replace only the backdrop. Open-ended polish prompts reshape the SKU.
- Put pack copy in straight quotes in the prompt, such as NITRO 2.0 or 12 FL OZ. Flash Image can render readable in-image type. Vague add some text is what turns into gibberish.
- Pick the aspect ratio before you generate. A 1:1 pack shot and a 4:5 ad are different framings. On Elyum there are eleven ratios; do not generate square and crop to wide later if you care about label placement.
- Do not prompt motion. This is a stills model. Dolly in, 24fps, handheld wastes the pass. Describe a frozen pose, shutter feel, and stance instead.
Frequently asked questions
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- Krea Pricing | AI Creative Tools for Everyone (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea Model Library (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Seedance 2.5 AI Video Generator | Krea (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Nano Banana 2 API reference | Krea Docs (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Refunds and Billing | Krea Docs (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea Reviews | Trustpilot (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea AI Review (2026): Real-Time Canvas, Free-Tier License Trap & Pricing (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Krea AI Pricing 2026: Free, $9 Basic, $35 Pro, $70 Max (accessed 2026-09-07)
- KREA API - AI Image Generation, Upscaling & Video API (accessed 2026-09-07)
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