Drafted with AI tools and edited by a human. The figures and conclusions were checked by a GPUniq editor.
Cost Per Image
CogView-3 Flash costs $0.005 (0.48 RUB) per generated image. Midjourney Reroll costs $0.16 (15.40 RUB) per output. Developers must weigh this baseline difference before locking into a vendor. Zhipu prices its model far below established competitors.
Model Price Comparison
Market options span a wide pricing spectrum. Z-Image costs $0.02 (1.92 RUB) per generated image, while Wan 2.7 Image sits at $0.03 (2.89 RUB). Moving up the ladder, GPT-4o Image requires $0.04 (3.85 RUB). Seedream 4 costs $0.05 (4.81 RUB), and Flux Kontext Pro hits $0.08 (7.70 RUB).
| Model | Vendor | Price, USD | Price, RUB |
|---|---|---|---|
| CogView-3 Flash | zhipu | 0.005 | 0.48 |
| Z-Image | alibaba | 0.02 | 1.92 |
| Wan 2.7 Image | alibaba | 0.03 | 2.89 |
| GPT-4o Image | openai | 0.04 | 3.85 |
| Seedream 4 | bytedance | 0.05 | 4.81 |
| Flux Kontext Pro | black-forest-labs | 0.08 | 7.70 |
| Midjourney Reroll | midjourney | 0.16 | 15.40 |
Volume API Economics
CogView-3 Flash provides a 32x cost reduction compared to Midjourney Reroll. High-volume apps processing millions of prompts save money using Zhipu. A single million requests cost $5,000 on CogView-3 Flash, compared to $160,000 on Midjourney Reroll.
Supported Resolutions
APIs scale from standard outputs up to high-definition formats. CogView-3 Flash and Midjourney models support 1024x1024, 1536x1024, 1024x1536, 2048x2048, and 4096x4096 resolutions. Evaluating how resolution adjustments impact billing helps maintain predictable infrastructure costs.
Features and Limits
Models like CogView-3 Flash and Midjourney Reroll deliver 4 outputs per request and allow up to 10 reference images for style transfer. Balancing feature richness against per-request dollar costs requires testing output quality.
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Methodology
Prices are GPUniq's public retail rates from the live model catalog at the moment of the snapshot - per image, per second of output or per finished clip, as marked. Ruble figures use the rate GPUniq applies to ruble top-ups at that moment. Resolutions, durations and reference limits are what the GPUniq API accepts for each model.
Sources
- 1.GPUniq model catalog and prices — GPUniq (accessed )
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