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AI Image Generation Cost Calculator

Calculate per-image and monthly costs across DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and self-hosted GPU.

Inputs

Results

Cost per image ($)

$0.04

Monthly cost ($)

$120.00

≈ 8 movie tickets

Daily cost ($)$4.00
Annual cost ($)$1,460.00
Cost per 1K images ($)$40.00
Monthly images3,000
Monthly storage (GB)1.46
Res Name1024x1024
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Images per Day — how many images your application or workflow generates daily.
  2. Choose the Resolution (e.g., 1024×1024 for standard, 1024×1792 for HD portrait) as larger sizes cost more.
  3. Select the Provider: DALL-E 3, DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion API, Midjourney, or self-hosted GPU.
  4. For DALL-E 3, toggle HD Quality if you need higher-quality renders.
  5. Review Cost per Image, Monthly Cost, and Monthly Storage to plan your AI image budget.

What each input means

Images per day
Number of images generated per day.
Resolution
Select the resolution
Provider
Select the provider
HD quality (DALL-E 3)
Select the hd quality (dall-e 3)
Batch size
Images per batch request. Batches >1 receive a ~5% discount.

What each result means

Cost per image ($)
Effective cost to generate one image with selected settings.
Daily cost ($)
Total daily image generation cost.
Monthly cost ($)
Projected 30-day generation cost.
Annual cost ($)
Projected 365-day cost.
Cost per 1K images ($)
Cost to generate 1,000 images at current settings.
Monthly images
Total images generated in a 30-day period.
Monthly storage (GB)
Estimated storage needed for one month of generated images.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Images per day = 100, Resolution = 2, Provider = 0, HD quality (DALL-E 3) = 0 = 5 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Cost per image
    Cost per image = costPerImage * batchDiscount
    0.04 = $0.04
  3. Calculate Monthly cost
    Monthly cost = dailyCost * 30
    120 = $120
  4. Calculate Daily cost
    Daily cost = imagesPerDay * effectiveCostPerImage
    4 = $4
  5. Calculate Annual cost
    Annual cost = dailyCost * 365
    1460 = $1,460

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