Upscale a photo for $0.20 or regenerate it: the cost comparison
Sume image upscale is $0.20 per image with a 1x to 4x factor; regenerating on nano-banana-2.1 is $0.10 and on higgsfield-soul $0.005. Prices side by side.
Image upscale on Sume is $0.20 per image, reserved on roughly 16 megapixels of output. Generating a fresh image instead costs $0.10 on nano-banana-2.1 or $0.005 on higgsfield-soul. They do different jobs: upscale keeps your existing picture, generation makes a new one.
Per-image prices
Upscale and generation figures come from the published SKU and the pricing estimators.
| Operation | Per image | For 100 images |
|---|---|---|
| Image upscale 1.0 | $0.20 | $20.00 |
| nano-banana-2.1 generate | $0.10 | $10.00 |
| seedream-5-lite generate | $0.0437 | $4.375 |
| higgsfield-soul generate | $0.005 | $0.50 |
| RMBG 1.0 cutout | $0.0225 | $2.25 |
The upscale request
upscale_factor is 1 to 4, output_format is png, jpg or webp. Sending model is refused.
curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/image-upscale-1.0/upscale \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: upscale-001" \
-d '{
"image_url": "https://example.com/old-product.jpg",
"upscale_factor": 2,
"output_format": "png"
}'Deciding
If the picture is the real product and must stay the real product, upscale it. If you only need an on-brand visual, generation can be cheaper per image. Check GET /v1/catalog for live prices before you budget a batch.
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