# Nano Banana 2.1: API price, context window and how to connect

Nano Banana 2.1 by Google: $1.5 per million input tokens, $7.5 per million output tokens, a 66K-token window. What it is good for, what to compare it with and how to connect it in SKILLOK.

## In short

Google's Flash-tier model for creating and editing images, successor to Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It can answer with a picture, not only text.

## Specifications

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [Google](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/providers/google) |
| Released | 2026-10-06 |
| Context window | 66K tokens |
| Accepts | images, text |
| Answers with | images, text |
| Reasoning mode | yes |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Open weights | no |
| Identifier | `google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1` |

## Price

| Per 1M tokens | In dollars |
|---|---|
| Input (question, context) | $1.5 |
| Output (answer) | $7.5 |

For reference: a conversation of 20 questions of ~500 tokens and answers of ~800 tokens costs about **$0.135**. Models in reasoning mode spend more tokens on an answer than the text shows: the reasoning is paid for too.

## What it is good for

* Generating images from a description
* Editing existing pictures
* A product in a new setting

## Similar models

Catalog models with the same kind of output, closest in the price of a typical request.

| Model | Input | Output | Window | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|

## Other Google models

* [Gemini 4 Argon](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/gemini-4-argon)
* [Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/gemini-3-8-flash)

## How to connect in SKILLOK

Nano Banana 2.1 works through OpenRouter: add an OpenRouter key in **Settings → AI** and pick the `google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1` model. It then becomes available in Space AI, in tasks and to the repository agent. In detail — [Connecting a model in SKILLOK](https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/connecting-in-skillok).

## Where the data comes from

Prices, the context window and capabilities come from the public OpenRouter catalog as of 2026-10-19. A provider may change the price — the exact figure is always on the model's OpenRouter page.

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https://skillok.org/docs/en/ai-models/models/gemini-nano-banana-2-1