Magic Hour vs Elyumfor Nano Banana Pro
Elyum charges 10 credits ($0.10) for a kept 4K take and refunds kills; Magic Hour lists the model but does not publish a per-image price.
Nano Banana Pro is Google's 4K image model, built for files where the type has to hold: poster headlines, UI mockups, packaging. Native 4K is the point. Text-to-image and image editing live in one model, with 11 aspect ratios. A practitioner uses it when the lockup is the product, not when they need motion or a timeline.
The weights are the same idea on both sides. The platforms are not. Elyum publishes Nano Banana Pro at 1K 5 credits ($0.05), 2K 7.5 credits ($0.07), 4K 10 credits ($0.10), and charges only when you keep a take. Magic Hour lists the model as highest quality and best for realistic, detailed images, but does not publish a per-image price. Resolution on Magic Hour is plan-gated: Creator 1024px, Pro 1472px, Business 4K. Paid Magic Hour exports are watermark-free; free video and audio may carry a watermark. Magic Hour's failed-generation terms are not in the research.
Magic Hour is the larger workstation: 100+ tools, a public REST API, and pay-as-you-go packs. Elyum is a single credit balance across 50+ models and does not ship a timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, a mobile app, team seats, or a community feed. See the Magic Hour alternative page if the extra tools are the job. For this model alone, published price and kill refunds are the split.
Nano Banana Pro on Magic Hour
Magic Hour lists Nano Banana Pro on its ai-info page as 'Highest quality. Best for realistic, detailed images.' All plans include every tool; the split is credit volume, export ceiling, and priority queue, not a model lock. Magic Hour's pricing page lists Creator at $19/mo ($12/mo yearly, 144,000 credits/year, 1024px), Pro at $39/mo ($25/mo yearly, 300,000 credits/year, 1472px), and Business at $99/mo ($66/mo yearly, 840,000 credits/year, 4K). Credit packs sit at a fixed $1 = 400 credits (0.25 cents per credit).
Paid Magic Hour exports are watermark-free. Free video and audio outputs may include a watermark. Paid-plan credits are allocated annually. Commercial use is allowed for paid subscribers under Magic Hour's Terms of Service; free-tier terms are not fully specified. What a bad Nano Banana Pro take costs there is not published. An Outlierkit review of Magic Hour cited confusing credit usage and a pricing structure where per-model cost is often undisclosed until generation.
Nano Banana Pro on Elyum
On Elyum, Nano Banana Pro is 1K at 5 credits per render ($0.05), 2K at 7.5 credits per render ($0.07), and 4K at 10 credits per render ($0.10). Text to image and image editing. Every render is a free preview. Credits move only when you keep a take. Kill the rest and the refund is automatic and full. A failed generation is never charged. Free allows one kill a month; paid plans kill freely.
Kept takes download full quality, no watermark, commercial use included. Pricing is Free (up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card), Plus $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo, at 1 credit = $0.01, plus top-ups. Pro and Ultra include fair-use unlimited image generation on selected image models. Same studio from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor through the MCP docs. REST details live on the API docs. Compare the same model on Higgsfield vs Elyum if that is the other tab you have open.
What a Nano Banana Pro take costs
| Scenario | Magic Hour | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One 4K render you keep | Not published | 10 credits ($0.10) at keep; preview is $0 |
| Ten 4K renders, keep three | Not published | 10 credits ($0.10); 7 kills refunded |
| A failed generation | Not published | Never charged |
| Monthly plan to use the model | All plans include every tool; Free has basic features | Free (up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them)); no card |
| Watermark on the file | Paid: none. Free video/audio may include one | None on kept takes |
| 4K export access | Business $99/mo ($66/mo yearly); Creator 1024px, Pro 1472px | 4K at 10 credits ($0.10); 1K 4.8 ($0.05); 2K 7.2 ($0.07) |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Magic Hour 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 lists 4.8 / 7.2 / 10 credits for 1K / 2K / 4K ($0.05 / $0.07 / $0.10). Magic Hour does not publish a Nano Banana Pro per-image cost; an Outlierkit review notes per-model cost is often undisclosed until generation.
On Elyum a preview is free, a kill refunds in full, and a failed generation is never charged (Free: one kill a month). Magic Hour's failed-generation policy is not in the research, so a bad take's cost there is unknown.
Magic Hour export quality is Creator 1024px, Pro 1472px, Business 4K. Elyum lists 1K, 2K, and 4K prices on the model page, with no separate plan-pixel table in the research.
Magic Hour wraps Nano Banana Pro in 100+ tools (face swap, lip sync, character replacement) plus a REST API. Elyum is one studio and one credit balance across 50+ models, without a timeline editor, stock, avatars, mobile app, team seats, or a feed.
Magic Hour ships a REST API for async media jobs, usage-based and priced apart from the web subscription, with official SDKs and 99.9% reported uptime. Elyum's studio is also reachable from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via MCP, plus REST.
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, monthly plans from $9, no watermark and commercial use on kept files. Magic Hour: annual credit allotments on paid plans, 0.25 cents per credit on packs, watermark-free paid exports, commercial use for paid subscribers. Free-tier commercial terms on Magic Hour are not fully specified.
Pick Magic Hour when
- You want Nano Banana Pro in the same tab as face swap, lip sync, and character replacement (100+ tools).
- Every Magic Hour plan includes every tool; you buy credits, resolution ceiling, and queue, not a model unlock.
- You prefer annual credit buckets and pay-as-you-go packs at $1 = 400 credits, plus a public REST API.
- Business 4K export at $99/mo ($66/mo yearly) if the rest of the Magic Hour toolchain is already the daily driver.
Pick Elyum when
- You want a published 4K keep price: 10 credits ($0.10), and 1K at 5 credits ($0.05).
- You iterate: previews are free, kills refund in full, failed jobs are never charged.
- You want no watermark and commercial use on kept files, from Free (up to 150 credits (our algorithm may grant them)) up.
- You also run other image models from one balance, including Nano Banana 2.
Nano Banana Pro in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Nano Banana Pro
- Put the exact on-image copy in quotes and name typeface, weight, and alignment. Nano Banana Pro is sold on near-perfect text; vague 'elegant lettering' wastes the model.
- State the aspect ratio in the prompt (it supports 11). Pair it with the tier you will keep: 1K, 2K, or 4K, so the composition is not cropped later.
- For posters and packaging, list headline, subhead, and legal as separate lines. One undifferentiated paragraph of type is how lockups collapse.
- When editing, say what must not move (logo, face, existing type) and what may change. A full re-roll is how you lose a good layout.
- Use still-camera language: 85mm, softbox, three-quarter product angle. Do not prompt pans, cuts, or duration. This is an image model.
- Avoid dense 6-point legal blocks and tiny UI chrome. Ask for short, high-contrast strings. If a line must be exact, repeat it once at the end of the prompt.
Frequently asked questions
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