Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.
Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.
| Recraft V4.1 Flash recraft/recraftv4-1-flash | Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro alibaba/qwen-image-2.1-pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Recraft | Alibaba |
| Family | Recraft | |
| Modality | image | image |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Released | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-10 |
| Input price | $0.0070 /img | $0.040 /img |
| Output price | — | — |
| Cache read | — | — |
| Tools | — | — |
| Streaming | — | — |
| Vision | — | — |
| JSON mode | — | — |
| Reasoning | — | — |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
Recraft V4.1 Flash is Recraft's fastest and lowest-cost image model, generating a 1K raster image in about 1.3 seconds with quality close to Recraft V4.1. Built for high-volume generation and rapid iteration, with strong results for photography, portraits, atmospheric scenes, mixed media, and logo concepts. It outputs raster images only and does not support styles.
# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
api_key="sk-aig-...",
)
# Try Recraft V4.1 Flash
client.chat.completions.create(
model="recraft/recraftv4-1-flash",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
# Try Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
model="alibaba/qwen-image-2.1-pro",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)