Does GPT Image 2.5 require a monthly subscription?

No. There is no plan to pick and no monthly minimum. You top up credits when you want them and spend them across every model on the platform, GPT Image 2.5 included. An account that sits idle costs nothing.

How do I get a GPT Image 2.5 API key?

Create a reAPI account and generate a key from the dashboard — one key reaches every model on the platform, so there is no separate credential for GPT Image 2.5. Send it as a bearer token on the image generations endpoint and set the model id to the tier you want.

Can GPT Image 2.5 edit an image I already have?

Yes, and it is the model's strongest suit. Pass up to 16 reference images and describe the change; optionally add a mask to fence the edit to one region. reAPI accepts public HTTPS URLs for every media input on every model, so upload your source first and pass GPT Image 2.5 the link.

Does GPT Image 2.5 support transparent backgrounds?

Yes. Set background to transparent and request png or webp output, and GPT Image 2.5 returns an image with a real alpha channel. JPEG has no alpha channel, so it cannot hold a transparent background regardless of the setting.

How large an image can GPT Image 2.5 produce?

Three standard sizes cover square, landscape and portrait, and GPT Image 2.5 also accepts custom WIDTHxHEIGHT values as long as both edges divide by 16, the aspect ratio stays between 1:3 and 3:1, and the longest edge stays within 3840 pixels. Resolutions above 2560x1440 are marked experimental by OpenAI.

Are images from GPT Image 2.5 watermarked?

OpenAI attaches C2PA provenance metadata and an invisible watermark to images made with its tools, which is how they can be identified later. That is a property of GPT Image 2.5 itself, not of reAPI, and it applies wherever the model is called from.

GPT Image 2.5 — Sharper Detail, Precise Editing

GPT Image 2.5 is OpenAI's current image generation and editing model, released on September 8, 2026. GPT Image 2.5 renders more natural lighting and richer texture, keeps the subjects of your reference photos recognizable, and changes only the element you asked it to change. Call GPT Image 2.5 through reAPI's shared image endpoint with the same key as every other model.

Text to imageImage editingMasked inpaintingTransparent backgroundCustom sizes to 4K

Highlights: GPT Image 2.5 ships two tiers, Flare and Sunburst · quality up to max · edits from up to 16 reference images
Best for: Precision edits, reference-led campaign assets, on-brand creative series
Input: Text prompt, reference images, optional mask
Output: Up to 10 images per request · png, jpeg or webp

Input

Channel

Model

Prompt*

required · up to 32,000 characters

Reference images

Drag images here or click to upload

0/16 files

optional · up to 16 images

Mask

Drag images here or click to upload

0/1 file

optional · requires at least one reference image

Size

auto or a WIDTHxHEIGHT value

Quality

auto · low to max · affects price

Background

auto, opaque or transparent

Output format

png, jpeg or webp

Compression100

0–100 · jpeg and webp only

Estimated cost~$0.0220 credits

Result

Try one of these prompts

See what it generates

Unedited output from this model. Every clip plays exactly as the API returned it.

Sample video generated with GPT Image 2.5

Pricing

Credit-based — 1 credit = $0.001 USD. Pay only for completed generations.

PRICE EST.gpt-image-2.5-flare-official

× 1 · real-time

Figures are pre-submit estimates. The final charge uses the actual text-input, image-input, and image-output usage returned by the model.

Your estimate

…

Per $10

… images

medium quality · 1024×1024

Official

~$0.01314 cr

Reference calculator estimate. For batches it multiplies the per-image subtotal; final billing uses the provider's aggregate usage and does not multiply shared inputs again.

Tokens per image

image output439

image input0

text input12

Quality

Size

Pixels

mult. 16 · 655K–8.29M px · edges ≤ 3840 · aspect ≤ 3:1

Count

With reference images (image-to-image)

Prompt

0 chars · ~0 tokens

First test cost

$0.0220 credits

One sample at the cheapest tier (1 image · standard).

Testing budget guide

Add credits

$10

≈ 500 tests

$50

≈ 2500 tests

$100

≈ 5000 tests

GPT Image 2.5 · Standard: $0.020; Price · 1 image · standard
GPT Image 2.5 · Official: $0.002; Price · 1 image · official, from

What is GPT Image 2.5?

GPT Image 2.5 is the image model OpenAI released on September 8, 2026, alongside ChatGPT Images 2.5. Two GPT Image 2.5 ids ship: Flare, the default, which brings the quality and editing gains at roughly half the latency of the previous generation, and Sunburst, which trades generation time for tighter control across edits. Both take text and image input, both read the same parameters, and both meter on the same token rate card. What changed underneath is fidelity and control. GPT Image 2.5 produces more natural lighting and richer textures. GPT Image 2.5 preserves the subjects of reference photos more reliably. GPT Image 2.5 edits only the element you named and leaves the surrounding composition alone, then holds that consistency across a long chain of successive edits. It also handles more complex layouts, including transparent backgrounds, and adds two quality tiers above high. On reAPI you reach GPT Image 2.5 through the same image endpoint, the same key and the same task lifecycle as every other model in the catalog.

3 generation modes on one endpoint

Mode is implicit: which media fields you send decides how the request runs.

Text to image

prompt

A prompt alone. GPT Image 2.5 composes the frame from scratch.

Reference edit

prompt + image_urls

Up to 16 source images plus an instruction.

Masked inpainting

prompt + image_urls + mask_url

A mask fences the edit to one region. Everything outside it comes back untouched.

What you can build with this model

Real-world workflows and production use cases you can build and ship with this model.

GPT Image 2.5 replacing one element of a product photo while the rest of the frame stays identical

Change one element without rebuilding the asset

The expensive part of production imagery is everything you did not want to change. Point GPT Image 2.5 at a single product, background or line of copy and GPT Image 2.5 rewrites that region while the subject, composition and brand treatment around it stay put. Nothing is re-rolled, so an approved layout survives the edit.

Read the docs

A reference photo transformed by GPT Image 2.5 into three settings with the subject still recognizable

Keep a real subject recognizable across new settings

Reference-led work fails when the person or product in the source photo comes back subtly wrong. GPT Image 2.5 carries distinctive features, lighting and texture through into new settings, styles and compositions.

A sequence of GPT Image 2.5 edits to one image with no visible quality loss

Run a long edit chain without quality drift

Ten edits into a conversation, earlier models start losing what they were told five turns ago. GPT Image 2.5 keeps earlier changes intact as new ones land, so a series of on-brand assets, UI concepts with a fixed hierarchy, or presentation visuals built to a defined structure stay coherent to the end.

Why reAPI for GPT Image 2.5

Edits stay surgical

GPT Image 2.5 is better at editing only what you asked for, even with complex subjects and busy backgrounds. That is the difference between an edit you can ship and one that sends you back to the original file.

References survive the trip

Subjects from your reference photos come back recognizable — features, lighting and materials carried through rather than approximated.

Two tiers, same parameters

Flare for volume and speed, Sunburst when edit precision decides the outcome. Both GPT Image 2.5 tiers take the same parameters, so switching between them is a change of model id and nothing else.

GPT Image 2.5 vs GPT Image 2

GPT Image 2 is the generation GPT Image 2.5 replaces, and it is callable on reAPI today. Every comparison point below is one OpenAI states in its own GPT Image 2.5 documentation, measured against exactly that predecessor.

Capability

GPT Image 2.5

GPT Image 2

Quality settings

Six tiers, adding xhigh and max above high for detail-critical work

Four tiers, topping out at high

Generation latency

GPT Image 2.5 Flare runs at roughly half the latency of the previous generation, per OpenAI

The baseline that figure is measured against

Editing precision

Rewrites the named element and leaves the rest of the frame intact, including on complex subjects

Editing supported, without the targeted-change guarantees stated for GPT Image 2.5

Multi-turn consistency

Earlier edits survive later ones without quality degrading over the chain

No equivalent claim in the vendor's documentation

Model ids

Two ids, Flare and Sunburst, reading exactly the same parameters — pick per request

A single id, with channel options rather than model tiers

Comparison reflects publicly documented behavior at the time of writing, drawn from OpenAI's release announcement and model reference pages of September 8, 2026. Vendor capabilities change; check the linked documentation before relying on any single row.

Integrate GPT Image 2.5 in three steps

step 01
Create an API key
Sign up at reAPI and create a key from the dashboard. One key reaches every model on the platform, GPT Image 2.5 included.
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step 02
Submit a generation
POST to /api/v1/images/generations with a model id, a prompt, and any of size, quality, background or n. The endpoint answers immediately with a task id — media generation is asynchronous across the whole platform.
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step 03
Poll the result
GET /api/v1/tasks/:id until status is completed, then read the image URLs from the response. Mirror them to your own storage if you need them long term, because generated links expire.
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Two ways to run GPT Image 2.5

Call the GPT Image 2.5 endpoint from your own backend when you are shipping a product or running batches. Hand it to an agent when you want results without writing integration code. Both use the same API key, the same balance, and the same task log.

Path 1

Through the API

Best for product backends, batch jobs, automated pipelines

Call the shared image endpoint directly. You own the parameters, the queue, the polling, and where the file lands.

1Configure parameters and review the estimated cost in the Playground
2Create an API key in the console
3POST to /v1/images/generations to run GPT Image 2.5
4Poll the task id until it settles, then read usage.credits

Create an API key

Path 2

Through an agent

Best for iterating inside Codex, Claude, or Gemini

Paste one instruction into your agent. It picks the parameters, submits the job, and tracks it to a terminal state.

1Keep REAPI_API_KEY in your environment, never in a prompt
2Copy the prompt below into Codex, Claude, or Gemini
3Fill in the subject, references, size, and quality
4The agent submits, polls to completion, and reports failures back

docs/api/gpt-image-2-5

API reference

Drop-in code and the full parameter table.

View full reference

curl -X POST https://reapi.ai/api/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-image-2.5-flare",
    "prompt": "An editorial poster for a ceramic kettle, soft window light",
    "size": "1536x1024",
    "quality": "high"
  }'

Parameter validation failed

Rejected synchronously with the failing field named. Check enum values, ranges, and URL fields — nothing is charged.

Authentication or balance issue

401 means a missing or invalid Bearer key; 402 means the reserve exceeds your balance. Manage keys and credits in the console.

Content or material rejected

Reference material and outputs pass automated moderation. Rejected tasks fail with a clear error and a full refund.

Task failed or timed out

A task that reaches a failed state is never charged — the reserve refunds automatically. Keep the task id and retry when ready.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this model.

They are two GPT Image 2.5 ids that read exactly the same parameters. Flare is the default: the same quality and editing gains at roughly half the latency of the previous generation, which suits high-volume generation, creator and social content, and rapid prototyping. Sunburst is built for premium visual workflows that benefit from tighter control across edits, such as campaign creative and polished product imagery, and takes longer to generate. Both meter on the same token rate card, but the number of tokens an image costs differs between them.

GPT Image 2.5 is paid, and pay-as-you-go. reAPI bills per completed generation in credits, where $1 buys 1,000 credits and credits never expire. New accounts get a small starter grant to try the platform — a starter grant, not a free tier. Failed generations are refunded automatically, so you are only charged for images you actually receive. The current rate is in the pricing table on this page.

Four things, per OpenAI's own release notes. Lighting and texture look more natural. Subjects from reference photos are preserved more reliably. Edits land only where you asked and hold up across a long chain of turns. And the GPT Image 2.5 quality ladder grows two rungs above high — xhigh and max — which earlier GPT Image models do not have. OpenAI also puts GPT Image 2.5 Flare at roughly half the latency of the previous generation.