Elorian Glimpse vs Google Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Glimpse accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 131K tokens.
- Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)'s best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 100% vs 94.2%.
- Glimpse is the newer model (released 2026-10-17).
| Glimpse | Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Elorian | |
| Released | 2026-10-17 | 2026-06-18 |
| Input / 1M | $0.60 | $0.50 |
| Output / 1M | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.06 | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $1.20 | $1.13 |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 256K | 33K |
| Accepts | text, image, video | text, image |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 3 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 94.2% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | Operational |
Cost calculator
Glimpse
$81.00 per month$2.70 per day
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)
$75.00 per month$2.50 per day
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) saves $6.00 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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