Microsoft: MAI-Image-2.6-Flash
MAI-Image-2.6-Flash is an image generation model from Microsoft released on Oct 13, 2026. It reads text and writes images.
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It costs $1.75 per million input tokens and $19 per million output tokens.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $1.75 / $19 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-Flash 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 | $1.75 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $19 / 1M tokens |
What MAI-Image-2.6-Flash costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
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MAI-Image-2.6-Flash questions
How much does the MAI-Image-2.6-Flash API cost?
$1.75 per million input tokens and $19 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
Is MAI-Image-2.6-Flash 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-Flash 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.