Recraft V4.1 Utility vs standard: which line for product mockups

For product mockups, Recraft's own docs point at the Utility line of V4.1: it is described as simplified, front-facing compositions, and it costs the same $0.035 per image as the standard V4.1 model. Sume's docs list recraft/recraft-v4 in the Image API catalog, not the V4.1 Utility id, so on Sume you ask the listed Recraft model for a flat, front-facing result in the prompt instead of choosing a Utility variant.

Recraft's facts are from its V4.1 model page, read 2026-10-03. Sume's catalog id comes from the Image API docs.

What Recraft lists

The page names nine V4.1 variants: standard, Pro, Utility, Utility Pro, Vector, Vector Pro, Utility Vector, Utility Pro Vector and Flash. It gives a price and a typical time for several of them, and says V4.1 launched on May 14, 2026 and is available on all plan types, including Free.

What to do on Sume

Sume's table of public ids has one Recraft row, recraft/recraft-v4. The catalog describes each row's inputs, so check whether it takes references before you plan an edit workflow. Then ask for the mockup look in words: plain backdrop, product centred and facing the camera, even lighting.

import os
import requests

key = os.environ["SUME_API_KEY"]
url = "https://api.sume.com/v1/images/models/recraft/recraft-v4/endpoints"
resp = requests.get(url, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"}, timeout=30)
resp.raise_for_status()
body = resp.json()
body = body.get("data", body)
for endpoint in body["endpoints"]:
    for line in endpoint["pricing"]:
        print(endpoint["provider_slug"], line["billable"], line["unit"], line["cost_usd"])

Limits

A prompt is not a variant: asking for flat lighting does not make the standard model behave like the Utility line, and this post has no test showing how close it gets. If predictable, front-facing results are the requirement, run a small batch on the listed model, compare it against your brief, and confirm in the catalog whether a Utility or V4.1 id has been added since this page was read.