Recraft

Recraft V4

Name: Recraft V4
Brand: Recraft
Price: 0.054 USD
Availability: InStock

Recraft V4 is a text-to-image model optimized for design-quality outputs, brand assets, and illustrations. Developers should reach for it when they need reliable, composition-aware image generation at a low cost.

Modalities

Text → Image

Price

$0.054 / image

Context

Usage

How much this model is actually called here.

Rank

#90

of 98 active models

Tokens served

all-time

Platform share

0.0%

of all tokens

Pricing

Per image. Async generation; you only pay for successful renders.

$0.054 / image

When to use Recraft V4

Updated 2026-07-31

Where this model earns its cost — and where it doesn't.

Recraft V4 is a text-to-image generator from Recraft that ranks at the top of the HF Arena. It focuses on design-aware composition, lighting, and textures, making it suitable for brand assets and illustrations.

On Kyma, it operates as a frontier-open model in the cheap cost tier with medium generation speed. It accepts text prompts and returns images via an OpenAI-compatible endpoint using a single API key. Requests benefit from automatic failover if a serving path degrades, and exact usage costs are returned in the response payload. Prompt caching applies to repeated prefixes, billing them at this model's cached input rate.

The model does not support vision inputs, reasoning, or structured outputs. It is strictly a text-to-image pipeline, and token-based context limits do not apply.

Brand asset generation

Create consistent marketing visuals and logos from text descriptions.

Editorial illustration creation

Produce design-aware artwork with controlled lighting and textures.

Rapid UI prototyping

Generate placeholder images for interface mockups and design workflows.

Commercial stock imagery

Output high-quality images for product catalogs and web content.

Not ideal for: Do not use this model for tasks requiring image understanding, multi-step reasoning, or structured JSON outputs, as it only accepts text prompts and generates images.

Quick start

Up and running in under two minutes.

1
Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard. Recraft V4 needs a top-up — the signup credit covers the free tier.
Get API key →

Make your first request

Submit a generation job and poll until it succeeds.

curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "recraft-v4",
    "prompt": "A serene mountain lake at sunrise, photorealistic",
    "n": 1
  }'
# Response: { "id": "img_...", "status": "queued" }
# Poll: GET /v1/jobs/{id} until status="succeeded"

FAQ

Common questions about this model.

How much does Recraft V4 cost?

$0.054 per image. Per image. Async generation; you only pay for successful renders.

How do I use Recraft V4?

Kyma is OpenAI-compatible: point your SDK's base URL at https://kymaapi.com/v1, use your Kyma API key, and set the model to recraft-v4. Signing up is free, but this model needs a top-up: the $0.50 signup credit covers the free tier only.

Does Recraft V4 support image inputs or vision tasks?

No. It only accepts text prompts and outputs images. For vision or multimodal inputs, choose a different model.

How does prompt caching affect billing on Kyma?

Repeated prompt prefixes are billed at this model's cached input rate, reducing costs for workflows that reuse system prompts or style guides.

What happens if the generation endpoint experiences latency?

Kyma automatically reroutes the request to a healthy serving path, so you do not need to implement manual retry logic.

Needs a top-up — the signup credit covers the free tier.Create account →

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