GPT Image 2.5 cost on Sume by quality, size and image count
What GPT Image 2.5 images cost on Sume at each quality tier, square and 16:9, for every image count these posts priced. One image per request.
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All postsGPT Image 2.5 (openai/gpt-image-2.5) on Sume bills per image at a rate set by its quality and size, one image per request, so a set costs the per-image price times the count. The top quality tier costs many times the low one at the same size.
Worked example: 40 images for a product catalog refresh: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality
40 images at 1024x1024 cost $0.99 at quality: low, $2.2250 at medium and $8.8950 at high with ChatGPT Image 2.5 (openai/gpt-image-2.5) on Sume. That is one image per request, priced from Fal's output-token rates with Sume's margin.
Sume's Image API docs (read 2026-10-06) say that if you omit quality the default is high, and that auto reserves the max price. For a product catalog refresh, pass the quality you mean.
What does a product catalog refresh cost at each quality?
Per-image prices are computed for a 1024x1024 output with no reference images.
| Quality | Per image | 40 images |
|---|---|---|
| low | $0.02475 | $0.99 |
| medium | $0.05563 | $2.2250 |
| high | $0.22237 | $8.8950 |
How do I set the quality?
quality accepts auto, low, medium, high, xhigh and max. Draft at low, rerun the keepers at high.
curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/images \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: img-product-catalog-refresh-001" \
-d '{
"model": "openai/gpt-image-2.5",
"prompt": "Studio photo of a ceramic mug on a pale wood table",
"quality": "low"
}'What changes the price?
Check the live per-endpoint price at GET /v1/images/models/{model_id}/endpoints before a large batch.
- Size: a larger output uses more output tokens; the table is for 1024x1024.
- References: up to 16 input images add estimated input-token cost.
autoquality: reservesmaxat submit.
Every quality, size and count in one table
This page replaces 36 posts that asked the same question with different numbers. Each row is one of them, with the answer it gave when it was published.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 40 images for a product catalog refresh: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 40 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $0.99 at low, $2.2250 at medium, $8.8950 at high quality. |
| 10 images for a a thumbnail test: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 10 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $0.2475 at low, $0.55625 at medium, $2.22375 at high quality. |
| 150 images for a app store backgrounds: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 150 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $3.7125 at low, $8.34375 at medium, $33.35625 at high quality. |
| 500 images for a a prompt library: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 500 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $12.3750 at low, $27.8125 at medium, $111.1875 at high quality. |
| 20 images for a weekly blog hero batch: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 20 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $0.4950 at low, $1.1125 at medium, $4.4475 at high quality. |
| 25 images for a ad-creative angle test: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 25 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $0.61875 at low, $1.39063 at medium, $5.55938 at high quality. |
| 50 images for a social carousel pack: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 50 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $1.2375 at low, $2.78125 at medium, $11.11875 at high quality. |
| 200 images for a seasonal campaign set: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 200 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $4.95 at low, $11.1250 at medium, $44.4750 at high quality. |
| 300 images for a marketplace listings: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 300 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $7.4250 at low, $16.6875 at medium, $66.7125 at high quality. |
| 60 images for a a 60-shot storyboard: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 60 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $1.4850 at low, $3.3375 at medium, $13.3425 at high quality. |
| 100 images for a A/B hero image sweep: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 100 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $2.4750 at low, $5.5625 at medium, $22.2375 at high quality. |
| 75 images for a mood-board sweep: GPT Image 2.5 cost by quality | 75 1024x1024 images on Sume with ChatGPT Image 2.5: $1.85625 at low, $4.17188 at medium, $16.67813 at high quality. |
| 100 square GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $1.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.01 on Sume, so 100 cost $1.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 100 square GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $2.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.02 on Sume, so 100 cost $2.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 100 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $3.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.03 on Sume, so 100 cost $3.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 100 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $6.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.06 on Sume, so 100 cost $6.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 1,000 square GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $70.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.07 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $70.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 1,000 square GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $10.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.01 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $10.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 1,000 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $230.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.23 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $230.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 1,000 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $30.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.03 on Sume, so 1,000 cost $30.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 20 square GPT Image 2.5 max images on Sume: $5.40 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at max quality reserves $0.27 on Sume, so 20 cost $5.40. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 20 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 max images on Sume: $17.80 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at max quality reserves $0.89 on Sume, so 20 cost $17.80. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 200 square GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $14.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.07 on Sume, so 200 cost $14.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 200 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $46.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.23 on Sume, so 200 cost $46.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 2,000 square GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $40.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.02 on Sume, so 2,000 cost $40.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 2,000 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $120.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.06 on Sume, so 2,000 cost $120.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 250 square GPT Image 2.5 xhigh images on Sume: $30.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at xhigh quality reserves $0.12 on Sume, so 250 cost $30.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 250 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 xhigh images on Sume: $100.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at xhigh quality reserves $0.40 on Sume, so 250 cost $100.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 50 square GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $3.50 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.07 on Sume, so 50 cost $3.50. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 50 square GPT Image 2.5 xhigh images on Sume: $6.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at xhigh quality reserves $0.12 on Sume, so 50 cost $6.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 50 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 high images on Sume: $11.50 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at high quality reserves $0.23 on Sume, so 50 cost $11.50. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 50 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 xhigh images on Sume: $20.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at xhigh quality reserves $0.40 on Sume, so 50 cost $20.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 500 square GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $5.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.01 on Sume, so 500 cost $5.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 500 square GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $10.00 | One square GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.02 on Sume, so 500 cost $10.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 500 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 low images on Sume: $15.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at low quality reserves $0.03 on Sume, so 500 cost $15.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
| 500 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 medium images on Sume: $30.00 | One 16:9 GPT Image 2.5 image at medium quality reserves $0.06 on Sume, so 500 cost $30.00. Per-quality price list, read 2026-10-09. |
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