What is Nano Banana Lite?

Nano Banana Lite is the fastest, most cost-efficient image generation and editing model in Google's Nano Banana family, corresponding to gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image. As an AI Image Generator, it takes a text prompt or a reference image and returns a crisp image in about 4 seconds, so marketers, social creators, and developers can test more concepts and publish more often. This independent platform gives you a simple way to try its text-to-image and image editing workflows in the browser.

How is the AI Image Generator different?

The Nano Banana Lite AI Image Generator is built for speed and iteration rather than slow, expensive renders. It generates a result in roughly 4 seconds at about $0.034 per 1K images, which makes it a strong fit for campaign iteration, ad-variant testing, and ROI-driven creative work. It also scores 1251 Elo on the Text-to-Image arena, edging out the pricier Nano Banana Pro, while keeping cost low for high-frequency production.

What can the model do?

The model supports text-to-image generation and image editing with strong prompt adherence, character consistency, and clear, readable text rendered inside the image. Its world knowledge helps with accurate scene context, data-style visuals, and location mockups, plus localized typography. It is well suited to marketing image variants, social posts, storyboards, ecommerce mockups, and rapid prototyping on a crisp 1K canvas.

Can I use a reference image?

Yes. It accepts a text prompt on its own, or you can upload a reference image to guide the subject, style, or product identity, and to edit an existing image. Starting from a reference image helps keep the look consistent, which is useful when you are working on a product shot, a character, or a brand frame. You can then adjust the prompt, aspect ratio, and style and regenerate until the image matches your direction.

What resolution does it produce?

Nano Banana Lite renders on a 1K canvas, which is the trade-off that keeps it fast and inexpensive for everyday, high-volume work. If you need a larger canvas for print or detailed close-ups, the standard and Pro tiers target higher resolutions. On this platform you choose the aspect ratio and style before generating, then download the finished 1K image.

Can I start using Nano Banana Lite for free online?

Yes. New users can start with free credits, test prompts, compare images, and decide whether a paid plan fits their volume. Free online testing is the best way to explore prompt style, reference images, aspect ratio, and in-image text before you scale up. Because it is positioned as a lower-cost, faster model, it is well suited to high-frequency creators who generate a lot of images.

Nano Banana Lite is a strong fit for performance marketers, social creators, ecommerce sellers, developers, and designers who need frequent images and value speed and cost over maximum resolution. If your workflow depends on testing many ad variants, building storyboards, automating batch assets, or generating localized creative quickly, this AI Image Generator is built for exactly that kind of high-frequency, ROI-driven production.

Is this the official Google or DeepMind website?

No. This is an independent access and information site for creators who want to try Nano Banana Lite style image workflows through a simplified interface. We are not affiliated with Google or DeepMind, and we do not claim ownership of the underlying model. We aim to describe the model accurately, but exact specifications and pricing are set by Google and may change.

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