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

Speed

medium

Performance

Live production data from real requests on Kyma — not synthetic benchmarks.

Rank

#82

of 87 active models

Tokens served

all-time

Total requests1

Platform share0.0%

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 10% of the standard 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.

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Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard — $0.50 free credit, no card required.
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 and includes $0.50 of credit — no card required.

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 10% of the standard 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.

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