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Imagen 3

Retired

Previous-generation text-to-image model, marked shut down by Google. No longer priced on the pricing page. REPLACEMENT RE-POINTED 2026-10-20: the deprecations table now names gemini-nano-banana-2.1 as the recommended replacement; until the 2026-10-19 read it named imagen-4.0-generate-001, which Google itself greyed as shut down on 2026-10-02 after its August 17, 2026 shutdown date. Google does not date the edit (page: Last updated 2026-10-20 UTC). The row stays gray; nothing else in it moved. Google publishes shutdown dates as "the earliest possible dates on which a model might be retired"; already-shut-down models are marked with a grey row on the deprecations page.

Imagen 3 by Google is tracked live in our LLM catalog. It has been retired (shut down 10 Nov 2025); the recommended migration is Gemini Nano Banana 2.1.

Last verified: 24 Oct 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

Retired on 10 Nov 2025

Lifecycle warning

This model has been retired. Recommended migration: Gemini Nano Banana 2.1.

Read the Imagen 3 migration guide → replacement & cheapest alternatives

Provider
Google
Status
Retired
Input price
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Output price
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Cached input
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Blended price
—
Context window
—
Max output
—
Modality
text-in, image-out
Open weights
No — API only
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
6 Feb 2025
API string
imagen-3.0-generate-002

Source: Google official documentation ↗

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FAQ

Imagen 3 — questions & answers

Is Imagen 3 still available?

Imagen 3 has been retired and is no longer available. Its scheduled shutdown date is 10 Nov 2025. The recommended migration is Gemini Nano Banana 2.1.

Does Imagen 3 support image or vision input?

Our catalog lists Imagen 3's modalities as text-in, image-out; image/vision input is not among them.

Can I self-host Imagen 3?

No — Imagen 3 is proprietary. Its weights are not publicly released, so it is available only through Google's API (or hosted partners), not for self-hosting.

What is the API model string for Imagen 3?

The API model identifier for Imagen 3 is "imagen-3.0-generate-002" when calling Google's API.