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  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "schema": "https://assetforgeindex.com/api/schema.json",
  "generated": "2026-10-17",
  "source": "https://assetforgeindex.com",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Asset Forge Index (https://assetforgeindex.com)",
  "license_note": "Free public data under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): reuse it, including commercially, with credit to 'Asset Forge Index' and a link to https://assetforgeindex.com (ideally the page you used). Verbatim quotes from vendor and store terms remain their owners' text. Site text, guides and design are not covered (all rights reserved). Future premium data products have separate terms.",
  "disclaimer": "Prices and terms change. Confirm on the vendor page (source_urls) before buying or shipping.",
  "tool": {
    "slug": "gemini-image",
    "name": "Gemini image (Nano Banana)",
    "url": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation",
    "category": "2d",
    "free_tier": "Gemini app: image generation with 1K downloads without a Google AI plan (2K with one). Google AI Studio: models 'can be tested' free. Gemini API free tier: 'Not available' for image models",
    "paid_price": {
      "display": "Gemini API pay-as-you-go: Nano Banana 2.1 $30 per 1M image tokens (about $0.034 per 1K image, $0.113 per 4K); Nano Banana 2 $60 per 1M (about $0.067 per 1K image)",
      "currency": "USD",
      "note": "Batch is half price for Nano Banana 2.1 ($15 per 1M image tokens). Gemini app limits depend on the Google AI plan (not reviewed)"
    },
    "cost_per_asset": "Nano Banana 2.1 (Standard): $0.0336 per 1K, $0.0504 per 2K, $0.113 per 4K image",
    "license": {
      "free": "Google Terms of Service (effective Jul 30, 2026): 'Google won't claim ownership over that content'; no commercial-use restriction. On unpaid use (AI Studio, free quota) Google uses prompts and outputs to improve its products and human reviewers may read them",
      "paid": "Gemini API Additional Terms (effective Mar 23, 2026): 'Google won't claim ownership over that content'; paid prompts and responses are not used to improve Google products. Prohibited Use Policy: don't claim AI content was made solely by a human"
    },
    "export_engine": "PNG images from 0.5K to 4K; every image carries an invisible SynthID watermark (the Gemini app can also add a visible one)",
    "api_mcp": "Gemini API (REST and SDKs), Batch API, Google AI Studio",
    "affiliate": {
      "status": "unverified",
      "url": null,
      "terms": null
    },
    "source_urls": [
      "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation",
      "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing",
      "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms",
      "https://policies.google.com/terms",
      "https://policies.google.com/terms/generative-ai/use-policy",
      "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17405358",
      "https://cloud.google.com/terms/generative-ai-indemnified-services"
    ],
    "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
    "verification": {
      "price": "verified",
      "license": "verified"
    },
    "notes": "Imagen is shut down in the Gemini API; Nano Banana models replace it. The API is for users 18+ and can't be used in apps directed at, or likely to be used by, under-18s, which matters if your game generates images at runtime. Google Cloud's generative AI indemnity covers Gemini and Imagen on its Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI) API, not the Gemini Developer API or AI Studio.",
    "changelog": [
      {
        "date": "2026-10-17",
        "type": "added",
        "entry": "Added to index; baseline snapshot of pricing/terms pages taken."
      }
    ],
    "commercial_use": {
      "free": "yes",
      "paid": "yes",
      "basis": "Editorial summary of the licence text in license.free / license.paid"
    },
    "attribution": {
      "free": "none_found",
      "paid": "none_found",
      "basis": "No attribution requirement found on the vendor pages in source_urls"
    },
    "engines": {
      "unity": "not_stated",
      "unreal": "not_stated",
      "godot": "not_stated",
      "blender": "not_stated",
      "mcp": false,
      "source": null,
      "basis": "No engine plugin or export claim found on the vendor pages we reviewed"
    },
    "indemnity": {
      "vendor_ip_indemnity": "offered_some_plans",
      "you_indemnify_vendor": "yes",
      "source": "https://cloud.google.com/terms/generative-ai-indemnified-services",
      "quote": "Google Cloud lists Gemini and Imagen on the 'Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform API (formerly Vertex AI API)' as Generative AI Indemnified Services; the Gemini Developer API and AI Studio are not on that list. Google APIs Terms: 'if you are a business, you will defend and indemnify Google'"
    },
    "links": {
      "page": "https://assetforgeindex.com/tools/gemini-image",
      "markdown": "https://assetforgeindex.com/tools/gemini-image.md",
      "commercial_use_page": "https://assetforgeindex.com/commercial-use/gemini-image",
      "json": "https://assetforgeindex.com/api/tools/gemini-image.json"
    }
  }
}