{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/grok-imagine-image-2/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/grok-imagine-image-2/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"grok-imagine-image-2","name":"Grok Imagine Image 2.0","org":"xAI","family":"Grok Imagine","released":"2026-08-07","status":"current","type":"image-gen","modality_in":["text","image"],"modality_out":["image"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":{"per_image":0.04,"unit":"per output image (base tier per xAI models page)","source":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/models"},"price_line":"$0.04 per image","access":[{"provider":"xAI API","model_id":"grok-imagine-image-2.0","endpoint":"https://api.x.ai/v1/images/generations","docs":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/image-generation"},{"provider":"xAI API (edits)","model_id":"grok-imagine-image-2.0","endpoint":"https://api.x.ai/v1/images/edits"},{"provider":"Web app","url":"https://grok.com"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Generation + editing in one model","detail":"Text-to-image and image editing (URL or base64 input) via /v1/images/generations and /v1/images/edits.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/image-generation"},{"name":"Top-2 on Arena image leaderboards at launch","detail":"xAI reported #2 on both Arena Text-to-Image and Arena Image Edit at launch (Aug 7, 2026).","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://kie.ai/blog/grok-imagine-image-2-0-release"}],"entry":null,"notes":"xAI's recommended image model; cheaper grok-imagine-image ($0.02) and grok-imagine-image-quality ($0.05) also listed. App launch 2026-08-07, API shortly after. Third-party reports of resolution/quality price tiers not verified on official page. xAI release notes (Sept 2, 2026): grok-imagine-image-quality is retired on Nov 2, 2026, after which requests to that slug are served by grok-imagine-image-2.0 with quality low at a lower per-image price; since Aug 28 the quality parameter accepts auto (the default; low for generation, medium for editing) and editing takes up to 5 source images (https://docs.x.ai/docs/release-notes).","verified":"2026-10-14","body_md":"Image generation and editing for Grok / Imagine apps and API.\n\n```bash\ncurl -X POST https://api.x.ai/v1/images/generations -H \"Authorization: Bearer $XAI_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"grok-imagine-image-2.0\",\"prompt\":\"A collage of London landmarks in stenciled street-art style\"}'\n```\n\nSources: https://docs.x.ai/docs/models , https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/image-generation","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/grok-imagine-image-2/","standing":{"kind":"image generation","newer_count":11,"newer":[{"id":"gpt-image-2-6-flare","name":"GPT Image 2.6 Flare","org":"OpenAI","released":"2026-11-04","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-flare/"},{"id":"gpt-image-2-6-sunburst","name":"GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst","org":"OpenAI","released":"2026-11-04","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-sunburst/"},{"id":"moss-image","name":"MOSS-Image","org":"MOSI / OpenMOSS","released":"2026-10-16","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/moss-image/"},{"id":"flux-3-image-klein","name":"FLUX 3 Image Klein","org":"Black Forest Labs","released":"2026-10-15","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/flux-3-image-klein/"},{"id":"krea-3","name":"Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)","org":"Krea","released":"2026-10-15","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/"}],"before":null,"after":null,"weights":"closed","licence":"proprietary","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Closed weights; access is hosted only."}}