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title: "Nano Banana 2 Lite"
description: "Nano Banana 2 Lite: The fixed-1K Nano Banana variant, with seven references and fourteen aspect ratios. From 3 credits an image (≈ $0.07 on Starter)."
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model: "nano-banana-2-lite"
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# Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google · Images · standard

The fixed-1K Nano Banana variant, with seven references and fourteen aspect ratios.

## What it costs

- Resolution · 1K: 3 credits (≈ $0.07)

Dollar figures are approximate, at the Starter plan's rate of $19.00 for 800 credits.

## What it takes

- **Aspect ratios**: 1:1  1:4  1:8  2:3  3:2  3:4  4:1  4:3  4:5  5:4  8:1  9:16  16:9  21:9
- **Reference images**: 7

## When to reach for it

Nano Banana 2 Lite is the fixed-1K variant of Google's image family. It takes seven reference images and offers fourteen aspect ratios, including the unusually wide and tall 4:1, 1:4, 8:1 and 1:8 formats. It is useful when a draft needs a particular shape and you want a single resolution setting.

An image costs 3 credits. Nano Banana 2.1 also costs 3 credits at 1K, so Lite is not a cheaper credit tier. The newer model accepts fourteen references and can move up to 2K or 4K; Lite stays at 1K. Choose according to the model and capacity you want, rather than expecting a price saving from the Lite name.

Describe the scene, assign a purpose to each reference, and choose the final aspect ratio before generating. A small feed image or thumbnail may need nothing above 1K. If the deliverable needs more pixels or more references, select Nano Banana 2.1 and choose its resolution deliberately.

## How to prompt Nano Banana 2 Lite

Nano Banana 2 Lite takes the same plain, editor-style prompts as 2.1, with seven reference seats and output fixed at 1K. It is a fixed-size option rather than a cheaper tier than 2.1.

[Read the full Nano Banana prompting guide](https://meetkuro.com/models/nano-banana-2.1.md)

## Guides that cover it

- [Which image model to reach for, and when](https://meetkuro.com/guides/choosing-an-image-model.md): Twelve image models, from half a credit to twenty-one. What each one is for, where the resolution setting changes the price, and when the cheap tier is right.

## Nano Banana 2 Lite is one pick in the composer.

Every model in this catalog runs from the same prompt bar, priced in the same credits.

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## About Kuro

Kuro is an AI picture studio: prompt-driven images, clips, voice-overs and music, and storyboard-backed films with consistent characters across every scene.

Agents connect over MCP and can generate directly:

```
claude mcp add kuro https://api.meetkuro.com/mcp --transport http
```

The app is at https://app.meetkuro.com and requires an account.

Each guide, model page, comparison and free tool page on this site (not a tool's variants, and not the index pages) has a Markdown twin at its own URL plus `.md`, and so do /benchmarks/, the English /agents/ page (as /agents.md) and the MCP tool reference. Model catalog: https://meetkuro.com/models/