Changelog: New Models, API Changes & Pricing Updates

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September 2026

• GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst — text-to-image and reference-guided image editing with five quality tiers (2026-09-09)
• Z-Image LoRA Pro — vivid-detail text-to-image generation with flexible size, common aspect_ratio presets, optional seed control, and prompt extension (2026-09-03)

• GPT Image 2.5 Flare and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst are billed per successful image from $0.0100 to $1.0000, depending on quality and resolution.
• Z-Image LoRA Pro is billed per successful generated image at $0.025 / image. Prompt extension does not add an extra public charge.

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August 2026

• Seedance 2.5 — multimodal video generation with text-to-video, first_and_last_frames, omni_reference, dynamic duration, and 480p / 720p / 1080p outputs
• Grok Imagine Video 1.5 — image-to-video generation with 1-15 second outputs and 480p, 720p, or 1080p pricing tiers
• MiniMax H3 — 768p and 2K video generation for text-to-video, image-to-video, and multimodal reference-to-video workflows
• Wan 3.0 Video — text-to-video, image-to-video, and multimodal reference-to-video workflows with 480p, 720p, and 1080p outputs
• Wan 3.0 Video LoRA and Wan 3.0 Video Pro LoRA — LoRA video generation with text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video workflows
• Kling 3.0 Omni — standard, pro, and 4K text, image, and reference video generation workflows

• Seedance 2.5 is billed per second by resolution and video-reference usage: 480p at $0.085-$0.140 / second, 720p at $0.190-$0.315 / second, and 1080p at $0.500-$0.800 / second. duration=-1 is pre-charged as 30 output seconds and settled by actual output duration after success.
• Grok Imagine Video 1.5 is billed per second: 480p at $0.02 / second, 720p at $0.035 / second, and 1080p at $0.048 / second.
• Grok Video now supports 1080p and uses updated per-second pricing: 480p at $0.02 / second, 720p at $0.035 / second, and 1080p at $0.048 / second.
• Grok Image pricing docs now reflect the current $0.10 / image rate for both supported modes.
• Seedream 5.0 Pro now documents layer-decomposition, including text-based <bbox> region guidance in prompt, and the current $0.045 / output image, $0.09 / output image, and $0.36 default layer-decomposition quote.
• MiniMax H3 now supports 768p at $0.09 / second; 2k remains $0.13 / second. Reference video seconds use the selected output resolution rate, and reference images after the first 5 remain $0.04 / image.
• Wan 3.0 Video uses updated per-second pricing: 480p at $0.07, 720p at $0.12, and 1080p at $0.225 across supported modes.
• Wan 3.0 Video LoRA is billed per second at $0.0525, $0.1050, and $0.2100 for 480p, 720p, and 1080p; Wan 3.0 Video Pro LoRA is billed per second at $0.1890, $0.2380, and $0.3220 for 1080p, 2k, and 4k.
• Kling 3.0 Omni is billed per second from $0.084 for standard generation without sound up to $0.42 for 4K generation.

• Seedance 2.5 now documents the final data.billing settlement snapshot returned for successful duration=-1 tasks, including seconds units, 3-decimal rounding, input/output video counts, and repeated polling stability.
• Grok Image now documents the expanded text-to-image aspect ratios and the image-to-image limit of up to 5 reference images.
• Grok Video now documents direct image-to-video support for up to 7 reference images at 480p / 720p, with 1080p limited to 1 reference image.

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July 2026

• Seedream 5.0 Pro — flagship Seedream image generation with high-resolution output (2026-07-09)
• Z-Image LoRA — LoRA-based stylized image generation (2026-07-21)
• Wan 2.2 Video LoRA and Wan 2.7 Video LoRA — LoRA fine-tuned video generation (2026-07-15)
• Runway Gen4 Image and Runway Gen4 Image Turbo — reference-guided image generation (2026-07-02)
• Utility models: Image Upscaler, Video Upscaler, watermark removers, and swap tools, with updated pricing (2026-07-10)

• New model category landing pages for image, video, and audio (2026-07-24)
• Single-tree sidebar navigation with collapsible model families (2026-07-27)

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June 2026

• Seedance 2.0 Mini — lightweight Seedance video generation (2026-06-23)
• Kling 3.0 Turbo — faster Kling 3.0 video generation (2026-06-18)
• MiniMax Speech 2.8 — speech generation with preset voices (2026-06-16)
• Wan 2.7 Video — latest Wan video generation (2026-06-16)
• MiniMax Image 01 — MiniMax image generation (2026-06-12)
• Seedance 1.5 Pro Extend — extended duration support (2026-06-18)

• Seedance 2.0 adds 4K output support (2026-06-24)
• Veo 3.1 modes and pricing updates (2026-06-09, 2026-06-16)