GPT Image 2, on every plan, four green runs a day

The one model here that GPU credits pay for, four times a day. GPT Image 2 is otherwise a ✦4 model, but the first four runs of each day cost ⚡1 an image on every account, free ones included, out of the wallet that refills every day — so it is a model to test a prompt on without spending Premium model credits. It runs on our own ChatGPT subscription rather than a metered API, which is why those runs are priced with our GPUs and also why it comes with a daily ceiling — four a day on a free account, and more on every paid plan. It is unusually good at photographic subjects and at understanding an instruction written as a sentence rather than a keyword list.

Which plan: On every plan, Free included.

What it is good at

One green credit

⚡1 an image on every plan, from the wallet that refills every day — no Premium model credits needed.

Reads a sentence

Plain instructions land: it does not need a comma-separated pile of style tags to behave.

Photographic subjects

Animals, food, landscapes and product shots come back looking shot rather than rendered.

How to prompt this model

Make the layout, wording and preservation requirements explicit.

State the intended image, its subject and the arrangement of important elements.
Quote exact visible text and say where it belongs.
For edits, specify both the change and the identity, branding or layout details to preserve.

Example prompt

Create a clean product photo of a glass water bottle on pale stone. The label reads "Spring 01" in black. Keep the whole bottle visible with space above the cap.

Read the prompting tutorial. Select this model before using Enhance prompt to apply its guidance to your draft.

The specifics

Setting	Details
Made by	OpenAI
Price	⚡1 an image, from the green wallet
Runs a day	3 on Free, 10 on Starter, 25 on Creator, 75 on Pro, 200 on Ultra
Runs	Text to image, and editing from references
Reference images	Up to 6
Opens at	Free — no card

A prompt to start from

A red fox standing still in a snowy pine forest at golden hour, breath visible in the cold air, shot on a long lens with the background falling away

Open GPT Image 2 in the studio — Choose the model and review your prompt and quote before generating.

Questions people ask

Is GPT Image 2 free here?

It costs one GPU credit (⚡1) an image, and that is the wallet every account gets for nothing: it refills toward ⚡20 a day on a free account and is never bought, so no card and no Premium model credits are involved. On top of the price there is a daily run count — three a day on a free account, and more on every paid plan.

Do I need a card to try it?

No. A free account gets ⚡20 GPU credits a day and no card is asked for, and GPT Image 2 spends one of those a picture for the first four runs of the day. After that a run is ✦4 in Premium model credits, which a free account does not hold.

What is the catch?

Two, and they are the same catch: it runs on our own ChatGPT subscription rather than a metered API. So it queues behind other work at busy moments, and it is capped at a few runs a day — three on a free account, more on every paid plan. When the subscription's own daily allowance runs out the model pauses for everyone for a short while. If you want a result immediately, run it alongside a paid model and take whichever lands first.

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Guides that use GPT Image 2

How to generate AI images free, every day — Free plan
How to run one prompt through several models at once — Free plan
How to shoot product photos without a studio — Free plan
How to prompt different image and video models — Free plan
Connect OpenModels to ChatGPT and Claude with MCP — Pro and up
How credits work: the two wallets, explained — Free plan

Articles about GPT Image 2

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