> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# GPT Image 2 Web vs VIP

> Compare gpt-image-2-web and gpt-image-2-vip by price, quality, size, synchronous Images calls, and unified asynchronous generation or editing.

Choose `gpt-image-2-web` when the lower USD 0.03 fixed price is the main constraint. Choose `gpt-image-2-vip` when the application needs the route whose full quality enum has been exercised across the documented workflow.

## Decision table

| Capability                 | `gpt-image-2-web`                    | `gpt-image-2-vip`               |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- |
| Current fixed price        | USD 0.03/request                     | USD 0.05/request                |
| Text-to-image              | Generate                             | Generate                        |
| Source-image editing       | Edit                                 | Edit                            |
| Unified async generation   | Yes                                  | Yes                             |
| Unified async editing      | 1–16 Base64 source images            | 1–16 Base64 source images       |
| Output presets             | 1024×1024, 2048×2048, 3840×2160      | 1024×1024, 2048×2048, 3840×2160 |
| `quality`                  | Forwarded; upstream-dependent effect | `low`, `medium`, `high`, `auto` |
| Default output in this API | Base64 PNG                           | Base64 PNG                      |

## Fixed VIP price versus OpenAI Standard output cost

For a `1024x1024` image, OpenAI's [current cost table](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/image-generation#calculating-costs) lists these Standard image-output amounts. OpenAI charges text and source-image input separately, so its column is not a complete request price.

| VIP quality | YingTu fixed request | OpenAI Standard image output | What the comparison shows                                                            |
| ----------- | -------------------: | ---------------------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `low`       |            USD 0.050 |                    USD 0.006 | OpenAI's output component is lower; do not choose VIP for a low-tier price advantage |
| `medium`    |            USD 0.050 |                    USD 0.053 | YingTu is 5.7% below the output component before OpenAI input charges                |
| `high`      |            USD 0.050 |                    USD 0.211 | YingTu is 76.3% below the output component before OpenAI input charges               |

The percentages use `(OpenAI Standard image output - YingTu fixed request) / OpenAI Standard image output`, checked September 3, 2026. They do not compare Batch pricing, taxes, promotions, account terms, or total OpenAI input cost. Web uses a different upstream path, so this table does not assign its requests to an OpenAI Standard tier.

## When quality changes the decision

VIP quality values control the output image budget. Use `low` for draft-oriented work, `medium` for a general default, `high` when the output needs the largest supported budget, or `auto` to let the route select. Invalid values fail before generation.

Quality is not a latency guarantee. A higher tier may consume a larger image token budget without completing in a predictable time order.

Web forwards `quality`, but the selected upstream determines its effect. Do not use an HTTP 200 alone as evidence that two Web quality values produce distinct budgets or visual outcomes.

## What remains the same

Both models share Bearer authentication, synchronous Generate and Edit paths, the unified `/v1/images/tasks` endpoint, 1–16 asynchronous reference images, task states, the three documented dimensions, quality forwarding, and one returned image. Switching normally requires changing only `model`.

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  <Card title="Web parameters" icon="sliders-horizontal" href="/en/models/image/gpt-image/gpt-image-2-web/parameters">
    Copy the lower fixed-price request and supported quality values.
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  <Card title="VIP parameters" icon="sliders-horizontal" href="/en/models/image/gpt-image/gpt-image-2-vip/parameters">
    Select a quality and size safely.
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