How many AI images does $50 buy? Count by image model on Sume

The fastest way to compare image models is to ask how many images a fixed budget buys. This table divides $50 by each image-router model's all-in price: list × 1.25, then the 5.5% fee. List prices are the list_usd_micros_per_image values in the Sume catalog; the Ideogram 4.5 row is the catalog's default medium quality, and the GPT Image 2.5 row is the catalog's reference price at high quality and 1024 × 1024. Both of those move with quality settings.

Sume prices every job at the vendor list price × 1.25, then adds a 5.5% fee on that result, so $1.00 of list becomes $1.31875 (how the formula works). The tables below show both the catalog price (list × 1.25) and the all-in figure with the fee.

$50 by model, cheapest first

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Two things bend the table. First, price per image is not quality per image: the cheapest rows are for volume work such as drafts and thumbnails. Second, models that price by quality or pixel count (Ideogram 4.5, GPT Image 2.5) have a range, so use the catalog row only as a midpoint and see Ideogram's tiers for the spread.

Because every image model on Sume shares the same job lifecycle, a draft on one id and a final on another costs only the sum of the two lines.