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 recraft/recraftv4 | Recraft V4.1 Utility recraft/recraftv4-1-utility | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Recraft | Recraft |
| Family | Recraft | Recraft |
| Modality | image | image |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Released | 2026-05-22 | 2026-05-22 |
| Input price | $0.040 /img | $0.040 /img |
| Output price | — | — |
| Cache read | — | — |
| Tools | — | — |
| Streaming | — | — |
| Vision | — | — |
| JSON mode | — | — |
| Reasoning | — | — |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
Recraft V4 generates art-directed images with strong composition, accurate text rendering, and design taste built in. Fast and cost-efficient at standard resolution.
Recraft V4.1 Utility is a general-purpose text-to-image model balancing quality and flexibility for a wide range of everyday use cases at standard resolution.
# 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
client.chat.completions.create(
model="recraft/recraftv4",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
# Try Recraft V4.1 Utility — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
model="recraft/recraftv4-1-utility",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)