Is gpt-image-1 still available?

Not at OpenAI. Its model page, read on 2026-10-27, is headed "Retired image generation model", gives the status as shut down on October 23, 2026, and recommends GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst in its place. The ids in the table are the GPT Image models on this key today; gpt-image-1 itself is not among them because OpenAI no longer serves it.

It never was by API, and now it is gone. Every GPT Image model bills per image, at OpenAI and here. On this key the lowest GPT Image tier today is $0.0125 per image (GPT Image 1.5, any size), from a prepaid balance that starts at $10. A generation that fails is refunded.

GPT Image 1 vs GPT Image 2: what changed?

GPT Image 2 takes a quality setting (low, medium, high) and a resolution (1K, 2K, 4K) and is priced per combination, where gpt-image-1 priced by quality and a fixed size list. On this key GPT Image 2 starts at $0.024 per image. GPT Image 1.5 is the closest drop-in for gpt-image-1 code: one price per image, $0.0125 here, with the same size strings. Both answer the same images endpoint.

What is the gpt-image-1 pricing now?

There is no live price for a shut-down model. The table on this page is the current per-image price of every GPT Image model on the key, read from the catalog at render, with OpenAI's list where the catalog has it. OpenAI's own models page is the source for its current list.

Is gpt-image-1-mini on the key?

No. The ids on the key are the ones in the table. For a low-cost tier, GPT Image 2 at quality low or GPT Image 1.5 fills the same slot; Nano Banana 2 and the other image models on the media page are on the same key and the same endpoint.

Does the OpenAI SDK work unchanged?

Yes. images.generate with the base URL set to https://api.relayswitch.io/v1 and the model id swapped. Edits go to https://api.relayswitch.io/v1/generations with the -edit twin and image_urls. The key is an email address and a top-up by card or USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH, SOL; no OpenAI account, no identity documents.

Models / Media / GPT Image

gpt-image-1 API: what to call instead

OpenAI shut gpt-image-1 down on 2026-10-23. The gpt-image-1 API calls you have keep working here with one string changed: 5 GPT Image models on one key, priced per image and read live. Paid by card or in USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH, SOL, no KYC, nothing added on the top-up.

Top up with crypto Open an account

5GPT Image models3 with an edit twin

$0.0125Lowest per imageGPT Image 1.5

$0.0262OpenAI's recommended successor, fromGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst

2026-10-23gpt-image-1 shut downOpenAI's model page

Live prices

GPT Image models, per image

USD per image, read from the catalog at render. Up to three tiers per model; the media models page has every quality and resolution. OpenAI's list where the catalog has it.

Model	Setting	Per image	OpenAI's list
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburstgpt-image-2.5-sunburst	quality low, resolution 1K	$0.0262	—
	quality low, resolution 2K	$0.053	—
	quality low, resolution 4K	$0.0398	—
GPT Image 2.5 Flaregpt-image-2.5-flare	quality low, resolution 1K	$0.0262	—
	quality low, resolution 2K	$0.053	—
	quality low, resolution 4K	$0.0398	—
GPT Image 2gpt-image-2	quality low, resolution 1K	$0.024	—
	quality low, resolution 2K	$0.036	—
	quality low, resolution 4K	$0.066	—
GPT Image 1.5gpt-image-1.5	any settings	$0.0125	—
GPT-4o Imagegpt-4o-image	any settings	$0.06	$0.10 (40% under)

The charge is fixed when the request is accepted and refunded in full if the generation fails. Each -edit twin bills the same tiers.

Drop-in

The same images call, one id changed

The endpoint is OpenAI's images API. Set the base URL, swap gpt-image-1 for an id in the table, keep the rest.

Python, OpenAI SDK

python

1from openai import OpenAI

3client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.relayswitch.io/v1", api_key="YOUR_RELAYSWITCH_KEY")

4result = client.images.generate(

5 model="gpt-image-2", # was: gpt-image-1

6 prompt="A ceramic mug on a walnut desk, soft window light, product shot",

7 size="1024x1024",

8 quality="medium",

9)

10print(result.data[0].url)

curl

bash

1curl https://api.relayswitch.io/v1/images/generations \

2 -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RELAYSWITCH_KEY" \

3 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

4 -d '{"model": "gpt-image-2", "prompt": "A ceramic mug on a walnut desk", "size": "1024x1024", "quality": "medium"}'

size maps to the model's aspect ratio and resolution; quality picks the tier. The answer carries the file URL, served for 30 days.

Edits: the -edit twin on the generations endpoint

bash

1curl https://api.relayswitch.io/v1/generations \

2 -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RELAYSWITCH_KEY" \

3 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

4 -d '{"model": "gpt-image-2-edit", "input": {"prompt": "Replace the mug with a glass of water",

5 "image_urls": ["https://example.com/mug.png"], "quality": "medium"}}'

Which id

Picking a replacement for gpt-image-1

Least code change: GPT Image 1.5. One price per image, the same size strings (1024x1024, 1024x1536, 1536x1024), an -edit twin with mask_url. Change the model id and nothing else.

Same quality knob: GPT Image 2. quality low, medium or high, plus resolution 1K, 2K or 4K, each combination priced in the table. Your existing quality values still work; add resolution when you want more than 1K.

What OpenAI recommends: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, named on the gpt-image-1 model page as the current generation and editing model (read 2026-10-27), with Flare as the lighter build. Both add background and output_format and a quality range up to max.

OpenAI's image generation guide documents the request fields; the catalog at GET https://api.relayswitch.io/v1/catalog/media lists the values each id accepts here and the price of each.

What is stored: the email address, the top-ups, the keys, and one generation record per request with its file for 30 days. Not stored: a name, an ID, a phone number, a card for crypto top-ups. Details on the privacy page.

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