{"name":"GPT Image 2","tagline":"OpenAI's image generation/editing model (ChatGPT Images in the app; gpt-image-2 on the API).","url":"https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2","category":"image","pricing":"freemium","price_note":"in ChatGPT: Free/Go limited, Plus expanded, Pro unlimited/faster; API gpt-image-2 $8/1M image-in, $2 cached, $30/1M image-out, $5/1M text-in","free_tier":true,"open_source":false,"api":true,"self_host":false,"verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"This is the image job, not a second ChatGPT card. In the app it rides ChatGPT plan caps; on the API it is token-priced (image out is the expensive line). Free API tier does not include it. Quality/size settings change the token count — use OpenAI's calculator, not a flat $/image folklore.","limitations":["API is token-priced; a \"per image\" number depends on quality, size, and edits.","Not available on the OpenAI API Free tier (TPM table: Not supported).","ChatGPT image quotas are plan-gated and slower on Free/Go.","This is not DALL·E 3 and not Sora; video is a different OpenAI SKU."],"strengths":["Native image generation/editing inside the ChatGPT app and API.","Token pricing is published, though the per-image cost depends on settings."],"use_for":["Image generation inside a ChatGPT plan you already use.","API image jobs where token-based billing fits your existing OpenAI workflow."],"skip_when":["You rely on the OpenAI API Free tier — GPT Image 2 is not supported there.","You need a flat per-image rate rather than a token calculator.","Video is the job; that is a different OpenAI SKU."],"receipts":["https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing","https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2","https://chatgpt.com/pricing"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"blueshift","featured":false,"last_verified":"2026-08-19","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"gpt-image","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/gpt-image/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}