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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 2026-09-06 12:15 UTC

Sources: Coinbase CDP Bazaar semantic search and quality fields refreshed 2026-09-06T12:15:40.269351Z (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	Listed Base price	30d calls	Payers	Source + date
Delx FLUX Image	0.01 USDC	30	8	source · Bazaar · this product
Flux Schnell image (GED x402)	0.01 USDC	5	2	source · Bazaar · listed image route
AgentUtility image-generate-pro	0.06 USDC	18	5	source · Bazaar · listed image route
NetIntel AI image	0.25 USDC	9	6	source · Bazaar · listed image route

This is a read-only snapshot of selected listings, not a complete market ranking or a delivery benchmark. Listed prices use Base USDC; other networks or inputs may differ. Calls and payers are Bazaar trailing-30-day fields, not verified external sales or Delx revenue. Unavailable means no value was returned in the recorded queries; it does not mean zero or provider downtime. Delx prices marked portfolio come from its public catalog. Collection receipt and exact source URLs.

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Where Delx wins — and where it does not

Price floor: Delx matches the observed general-generation floor at 0.01 USDC (tied with the GED Flux Schnell route). This is the lowest listed Base price among these four selected offers; model quality and input limits have not been benchmarked for parity.
Where others win: GED Flux Schnell matches Delx's listed 0.01 USDC price. In these four selected listings, Delx has 30 observed calls and 8 payers; AgentUtility has 18/5, NetIntel 9/6 and GED 5/2. These aggregate Bazaar fields do not establish delivery quality, independent customers or sales.
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.

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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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