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No. Oakgen does not have a free tier, signup credits or a checkout trial. Every image uses credits from a paid plan. As of October 30, 2026, plans start at $19 a month for 4,000 credits, and the cheapest image costs 2 credits (GPT Image 2 at low quality). The generator shows the credit cost before you run anything.
If you need a free image generator, a few vendors offer limited free use, and they are listed below. If you want many image models plus video, voice and music on one balance, a paid Oakgen plan is the trade.
What do Oakgen's plans cost?
These are the monthly plans on Oakgen's pricing page on October 30, 2026. Plan prices can change, so check Oakgen pricing before you subscribe.
| Plan | Monthly price | Credits per month |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $19 | 4,000 |
| Pro | $39 | 8,000 |
| Ultimate | $69 | 15,000 |
| Creator | $99 | 30,000 |
Annual billing gives the same monthly credits for a lower total on the Pro, Ultimate and Creator plans. Annual credits arrive each month, not all at once. Monthly plan credits reset when your plan renews and do not roll over. Credits you buy as add-ons never expire and are used after your plan credits. If an eligible generation fails, the credits go back to your balance automatically.
How many credits does one image cost?
It depends on the model, the quality and the resolution. These are per-image prices from Oakgen's pricing code on October 25, 2026, with the number of images the 4,000-credit Basic plan buys at that setting.
| Model on Oakgen | Setting | Credits per image | Images on Basic (4,000 credits) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT Image 2 | Low quality, 1024x1024 | 2 | 2,000 |
| Grok Imagine Image | Default | 7 | 571 |
| Nano Banana 2.1 | 1K | 14 | 285 |
| GPT Image 2 | Medium quality, 1024x1024 | 18 | 222 |
| GPT Image 2.5 Flare or Sunburst | High quality, 1024x1024 | 21 | 190 |
| Nano Banana 2 | 1K | 28 | 142 |
| Nano Banana Pro | 1K | 51 | 78 |
| GPT Image 2 | High quality, 1024x1024 | 72 | 55 |
Higher resolutions cost more. Nano Banana 2.1 rises to 46 credits at 4K, and Nano Banana Pro to 102. Edits, upscales and retries each cost credits too, so plan on fewer finished images than the last column shows.
Where can I make AI images for free?
Oakgen is not the right tool if you need images at no cost. These vendors listed some free use on their own pages on October 25, 2026. Limits change often, so read each page before you rely on it.
| Tool | What the free option includes |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | The Free plan lists "Limited image creation" |
| Google Gemini app | Nano Banana 2 is listed as free, at 2K resolution |
| Adobe Firefly | A free plan with limited generations |
| Ideogram | "Eligible free accounts receive weekly credits" |
| Krea | A free plan with 100 compute units a day |
None of these gives you every model in one place. ChatGPT runs OpenAI's image models, and the Gemini app runs Google's. That is the gap Oakgen fills, and the reason it charges.
What does one Oakgen balance cover besides images?
The same credits pay for every tool on Oakgen. As of October 25, 2026 that includes the image models in the table above, image editing, video models such as Kling v3 Pro and Seedance 2.5, ElevenLabs and MiniMax voices, Eleven Music and Lyria 3.5 for music, and Agent Chat, which can carry a brief through several generation steps. A short video costs far more than an image. A 5-second clip starts at 85 credits.
Which plan should I choose for images?
Start from your normal week of work, not from a theoretical image count.
- Basic suits light, image-only use. At 14 credits a Nano Banana 2.1 image, 4,000 credits is about 285 images a month.
- Pro suits regular image work with some video. 8,000 credits covers a few hundred mid-priced images or dozens of short clips.
- Ultimate and Creator suit volume and video. Video is where credits go fastest.
If you run out mid-month, an add-on is often cheaper than moving up a plan. Add-ons need an active subscription and give 180 credits per $1.
How we checked this
Plan prices and credit allocations come from Oakgen's live pricing page, read on October 30, 2026. Per-image credit costs come from Oakgen's pricing code on October 25, 2026. The free options come from each vendor's own pricing or product page, read on October 25, 2026, and listed in the sources. We did not test the free tiers or count how many images each one allows.
See Oakgen plans and credit costs
One credit balance for image, video, voice and music models. The cost of each generation shows before you run it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Oakgen's AI image generator free?
No. As of October 30, 2026, Oakgen has no free tier, gives no signup credits and offers no checkout trial. Every image uses credits from a paid plan. The cheapest plan on the pricing page that day was Basic at $19 a month for 4,000 credits.
Does Oakgen give 1,000 credits when I sign up?
No. New accounts start with 0 credits. Oakgen does not issue signup credits and does not move accounts to a set number of free images per day.
How many images can I make with 4,000 credits?
It depends on the model and settings. Using Oakgen's pricing code on October 25, 2026, 4,000 credits buys about 2,000 GPT Image 2 images at low quality (2 credits each), 285 Nano Banana 2.1 images at 1K (14 credits each), or 78 Nano Banana Pro images at 1K (51 credits each). The generator shows the exact cost before you run each image.
What happens when my credits run out?
You can wait for your next monthly allocation or buy a credit add-on. Add-ons need an active paid subscription. Each $1 adds 180 credits, from $5 to $1,000, according to Oakgen's pricing page on October 30, 2026.
Do unused credits expire?
Monthly plan credits reset when the plan renews and do not roll over. Credits you buy as add-ons never expire and are used after your plan credits.
Can I use Oakgen images commercially?
Oakgen does not claim ownership of your inputs or eligible outputs. Under section 4.4 of Oakgen's Terms, your right to use an output, including commercially, depends on following the Terms, the law, the terms of the model provider used, and the rights you hold in anything you upload or reference.
