Pollo AI vs Elyumfor Nano Banana Pro
The same Nano Banana Pro model, but Elyum charges only on KEEP and Pollo AI deducts credits even when the render misses the prompt.
Nano Banana Pro is Google's image model for 4K stills with near-perfect in-image text. Practitioners use it for posters, pack shots, UI mocks, and title cards where the letters have to live inside the frame. Pollo AI's Nano Banana Pro page markets improved prompt interpretation, typography, and composition control. Elyum's Nano Banana Pro page carries the same model for text to image and image editing. It is not a video model. Camera-move prompts waste a still.
The weights stay the same. The bill does not. SaaSworthy's June 2026 Pollo AI writeup and aireviewlab list Lite at $15/mo (300 credits) and Pro at $29/mo (800 credits). A second source describes Pro as more open-ended, so treat that SKU as uncertain. Pollo AI does not publish a Nano Banana Pro per-image price. Elyum sells 1K, 2K, and 4K on one balance (1 credit = $0.01) and charges only a KEEP. A kill refunds in full. Failed generations are never billed. Pollo AI free is about 20 signup credits, watermarked. Elyum Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Paid Pollo AI files are reported clean. Kept Elyum files include commercial use.
Give Pollo AI the catalog and the phone. It ships a web and mobile app, plus a separate Pollo API that advertises 300+ visual models, and it put Nano Banana Pro on a live page in the same window as the upstream launch. Elyum is one web studio with Elyum's MCP server and a REST API. We do not ship a timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, a mobile app, team seats, or a community feed. Read the broader Pollo AI alternative page if you want that shell. If you need a kill that refunds, Elyum is the policy difference. If you need a phone app, Pollo AI is.
Nano Banana Pro on Pollo AI
Pollo AI offers Nano Banana Pro on a live image page and markets prompt interpretation, typography, and composition control. No first-party per-image credit price was captured. Pollo AI's pricing page returned HTTP 403 in the September 2026 research, so plan numbers come from third-party writeups: Lite $15/mo (300 credits, 2 parallel tasks); Pro $29/mo (800 credits, 3 parallel tasks, priority queue, full catalog). One source frames Pro as more flexible. Free is about 20 signup credits, watermarked, with daily drips reviewers call too small to use.
aireviewlab reported no refund when the AI misinterprets a prompt: credits come off in full. That was not checked against Pollo AI's own terms, which were unreachable. Subscription credits do not roll over. Add-on packs do not expire, per Pollo AI pricing-page copy quoted in the research. Commercial-use terms were not documented. Paid files are reported without a watermark. App credits and Pollo API credits are not interchangeable.
Nano Banana Pro on Elyum
Elyum runs the same Google still model at three resolutions you KEEP: 1K at 5 credits ($0.05), 2K at 7.5 credits ($0.07), and 4K at 10 credits ($0.10). Text to image and image editing both sit on the Nano Banana Pro page. Live rates are those tokens, not a blog screenshot. The model shares one credit balance (1 credit = $0.01) with the rest of the model list.
Every render comes back as a free preview. KEEP is the only charge. KILL refunds in full, automatically. Failed generations are never charged. Free meters kills (one a month). Plus, Pro, and Ultra kill freely. Kept takes download clean, no watermark, commercial use included. Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card. Plus is $9/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $69/mo on Elyum pricing. Pro and Ultra include fair-use unlimited image generation on selected image models (do not assume this SKU is in that set). Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor can call the same balance through MCP.
What a Nano Banana Pro take costs
| Scenario | Pollo AI | Elyum |
|---|---|---|
| One render you KEEP | Not published on Pollo AI | 5 credits ($0.05) at 1K; 10 credits ($0.10) at 4K |
| Ten renders, KEEP three | Not published; reviews say all ten still spend credits | 5 credits ($0.05) for three kept 1K takes |
| A failed generation | Full credits deducted (aireviewlab; not confirmed in Pollo AI terms) | Never charged |
| Monthly plan to reach the model | Lite $15/mo or Pro $29/mo listed; which SKU gates Nano Banana Pro is not stated | Free plan, up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them); Plus $9/mo |
| Watermark on the download | Yes on free; no on paid | No watermark on kept takes |
| Parallel generation tasks | Lite up to 2; Pro 3, with a priority queue (reviewers) | Not published |
Elyum: 1 credit = $0.01, charged only when you keep a take. Pollo AI 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
Pollo AI uses variable credits per model and does not publish a Nano Banana Pro image price. Elyum publishes 1K, 2K, and 4K as 5 credits ($0.05), 7.5 credits ($0.07), and 10 credits ($0.10) on KEEP only.
Third-party reviews (aireviewlab) say Pollo AI deducts full credits when the AI misinterprets a prompt, and that was not checked against Pollo AI terms. Elyum previews for free, KILL refunds a bad take, and a failed generation is never charged.
Elyum lists Nano Banana Pro at 1K, 2K, and 4K. Pollo AI's max resolution was not independently verified and is described as inherited from the upstream model.
Pollo AI has a consumer app plus a separate Pollo API (300+ models claimed) whose credits do not mix with app credits. Elyum uses one balance from the web studio, MCP, and REST.
Pollo AI has a mobile app. Elyum does not. Elyum also has no timeline editor, stock footage, avatars, team seats, or community feed. Pollo AI Lite lists 2 parallel tasks; Pro lists 3 and a priority queue.
Pollo AI free is watermarked; paid is reported without a watermark. Commercial use on Pollo AI was not documented. Elyum kept takes have no watermark and include commercial use.
Pick Pollo AI when
- You want Pollo AI's web and mobile app, and Nano Banana Pro sitting next to Veo, Kling, Seedance, Sora, and the house Pollo 2.5 model.
- You buy add-on credit packs that do not expire, unlike monthly plan credits that reset each cycle.
- You need the separate Pollo API catalog (300+ visual models advertised) even though those credits do not mix with app credits.
- You already pay Lite at $15/mo or Pro at $29/mo and do not want a second studio for this one still model.
Pick Elyum when
- You iterate. Previews are free. KEEP is the charge. KILL refunds. Failed gens are never billed.
- You want listed 1K/2K/4K rates as 5 credits ($0.05), 7.5 credits ($0.07), and 10 credits ($0.10).
- Plus is $9/mo versus Pollo AI Lite at $15/mo. Free is up to 150 credits once (our algorithm may grant them), no card.
- You want MCP and REST on the same balance, and commercial-use downloads with no watermark.
Nano Banana Pro in three styles, rendered on Elyum
Getting the most out of Nano Banana Pro
- Put the exact in-image copy in quotation marks and name its lockup (lower third, spine type, button label, poster masthead). Nano Banana Pro is sold on typography. Vague add-text prompts still drift.
- State aspect ratio and where the subject sits (1:1 pack shot, 4:5 poster, 16:9 title-safe). A 4K export will not rescue a square composition stretched across a wide frame.
- Use still-camera language: focal length, camera height, key and fill, time of day, wardrobe value. 85mm, chest-up, window key from camera left, muted wool beats a generic portrait ask.
- On image edits, list what must not change (logo, face, product silhouette, already-correct type) and what may. Unspecified elements get improved and you burn another KEEP.
- One style family per take. Mixing anime line, oil paint, and catalog product lighting fights the composition control this model is marketed for.
- Do not prompt pans, racks, or duration. This is a still model. Spend the prompt on type size, tracking, and surface detail (paper grain, foil, screen glare).
Frequently asked questions
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- Pollo.ai Pricing (June 2026): Compare Plans & Find the Best One | SaaSworthy (accessed 2026-09-07)
- Pollo AI Pricing 2026: Free Credits vs. Pro Plan (accessed 2026-09-07)
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- Plans & Pricing | Pollo AI (official page, fetched via proxy) (accessed 2026-09-07)
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