Comparison · image generation

Cheap image generation API for agents

Pay-per-result image routes in the x402 market, with the prices we observed and where they came from. No fabricated numbers. If a competitor is cheaper on an axis, we say so.

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Observed market (snapshot) Collected 2026-07-30

Sources: Coinbase CDP Bazaar discovery quality fields and the Delx internal market benchmark written 2026-07-30 (CDP discovery API; method notes in docs/X402_MARKET_BENCHMARK_2026-07-30.md). Calls/payers are Bazaar trailing-30-day quality fields, not Delx sales.

Offer	Price	30d calls	Payers	Source + date
Delx FLUX Image (this product)	0.01 USDC	4	2	Live route api.delx.ai/…/image; Bazaar quality in Delx benchmark 2026-07-30
AgentUtility fast image	0.01 USDC	57	17	Coinbase CDP Bazaar quality via discovery/resources snapshot 2026-07-30T09:34:53Z
AgentUtility pro image	0.06 USDC	10	3	Same CDP Bazaar snapshot 2026-07-30T09:34:53Z
Otto meme/image	0.15 USDC	73	5	Same CDP Bazaar snapshot 2026-07-30T09:34:53Z

Honest read

Where Delx wins — and where it does not

Price floor: Delx matches the observed general-generation floor at 0.01 USDC (tied with AgentUtility fast image). Nobody in this snapshot is cheaper on unit price for a general FLUX-class image.
Where others win: AgentUtility fast image shows far more Bazaar demand (57 calls / 17 payers vs Delx 4 / 2 in the same snapshot). Otto has more call volume at a much higher price (0.15). Distribution and familiarity beat price alone.
What you get with Delx: no API key, durable WebP URL, SHA-256 receipt, 11 aspect ratios, commercial-use FLUX Schnell via Replicate cost ceiling.

Try without an account

One command (pays if a wallet is funded)

npx agentcash@latest fetch https://api.delx.ai/api/v1/x402/image -m POST -H 'x-delx-source: compare-cheap-image' --max-amount 0.01 -b '{"prompt":"A friendly robot creating digital art for an AI agent","aspect_ratio":"1:1","quality_profile":"balanced"}'

Cheap image generation API for agents

Where Delx wins — and where it does not

One command (pays if a wallet is funded)

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