Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) API
Recommended photoreal image model and the successor to the deprecating Imagen 4 line — best-in-class photorealism, legible in-image text, and up to 4K.
$0.141/img on Varosity credits ($0.134/img with your own key).
no google account needed · no subscription · failed renders never billed
Best for
- best-in-class legible in-image text
- multilingual text
- reasoning-driven composition
- up to 4K
Trade-offs
- base64 only — no hosted URL
- pricier than Imagen 4 Fast
Call it from your code
One Varosity key works for every model.
curl -X POST https://varosity.ai/api/v1/images \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VAROSITY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"prompt": "studio product shot of a matte black water bottle, soft rim light",
"modelId": "gemini-3-pro-image",
"aspectRatio": "1:1"
}'Or ask your agent
Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to https://varosity.ai/api/mcp with your key, then say:
"Use Varosity with gemini-3-pro-image to generate an image of …"Agent setup guide
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