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Microsoft: MAI-Image-2.6

Microsoft: MAI-Image-2.6

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MAI-Image-2.6 is an image generation model from Microsoft released on Oct 13, 2026. It reads text and writes images.

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It costs $5 per million input tokens and $38 per million output tokens.

Modalities
In / out price
$5 / $38 per 1M
Context
n/a
Max output
n/a
Released
Oct 13, 2026
Knowledge cutoff
n/a
  • Tool calling
  • Structured output
  • Reasoning
  • Prompt caching
  • Open weights
  • Free to use

MAI-Image-2.6 pricing

USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.

Input$5 / 1M tokens
Output$38 / 1M tokens

What MAI-Image-2.6 costs per month

Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.

MAI-Image-2.6 per month
$774
Without caching
$774
Per request
$0.0258

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MAI-Image-2.6 questions

How much does the MAI-Image-2.6 API cost?

$5 per million input tokens and $38 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.

Is MAI-Image-2.6 open source?

No. Microsoft serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.

When was MAI-Image-2.6 released?

Oct 13, 2026.

Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.