ImagineArt 1.5 Pro Pricing: What Native 4K Costs Per Image
ImagineArt 1.5 Pro is a flat 12 credits per image on VdoBloom, about $0.60 at the Lite rate, for native 4K at any of its ten aspect ratios. Exact dimensions, plan-by-plan costs and how it compares to its cheaper siblings.
ImagineArt 1.5 Pro costs a flat 12 credits per image on VdoBloom — about $0.60 at the Lite plan rate of $15 for 300 credits, and the price never changes with aspect ratio because every output is native 4K. There is no 1K or 2K tier to downgrade to and no per-megapixel surcharge: a 4096 × 4096 square and a 6592 × 2200 ultra-panorama both bill the same 12 credits.
How the 12-credit price is built
VdoBloom prices every model as a fixed number of credits, and credits convert straight to money through whichever plan you are on. The Lite subscription is $15 per month for 300 credits, which makes one credit $0.05. That is the number used throughout this page, and it is the most expensive per-credit rate on the platform — annual billing and larger plans push it down, which we break out below.
At $0.05 per credit, 12 credits is $0.60 per finished 4K image. A 300-credit Lite month buys 25 ImagineArt 1.5 Pro renders if you spend the whole balance on this one model, and nothing stops you spending part of it on video instead — it is one shared balance across every tool.
What 12 credits actually delivers
ImagineArt 1.5 Pro is a native 4K generator. It is not an upscaler bolted onto a 1K model: the request goes to Runware at the full output dimensions listed below, so fabric weave, skin texture, small background type and product labels survive at a size you can print. Ten aspect ratios are supported, and the pixel dimensions are fixed per ratio.
| Aspect ratio | Output pixels | Megapixels | Credits | Cost at $0.05/credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:1 | 4096 × 4096 | 16.8 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 16:9 | 5120 × 2880 | 14.7 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 9:16 | 2880 × 5120 | 14.7 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 4:3 | 4448 × 3328 | 14.8 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 3:4 | 3328 × 4448 | 14.8 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 3:2 | 4608 × 3072 | 14.2 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 2:3 | 3072 × 4608 | 14.2 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 21:9 | 5760 × 2472 | 14.2 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 3:1 | 6592 × 2200 | 14.5 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
| 1:3 | 2200 × 6592 | 14.5 MP | 12 | $0.60 |
Divide it out and the 1:1 ratio is the best value in raw pixels: 16.8 megapixels for $0.60 works out near $0.036 per megapixel, against roughly $0.042 for the 3:2 and 21:9 ratios. Nobody should pick a composition on that basis, but it is worth knowing that the square costs you nothing extra and gives you the most to crop from.
What the same image costs on each plan
The credit count is identical for everyone. Only the price you paid for the credit moves, so the effective cost per 4K image drops as you buy in larger blocks or commit annually.
| How you bought the credits | Price per credit | One 1.5 Pro image | Images in that block |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free on signup (10 credits, no card) | $0.00 | Free | 0 — 10 credits is short of one render |
| Starter pack, $2.49 for 75 credits, never expires | $0.033 | $0.40 | 6 |
| Lite monthly, $15 for 300 credits | $0.050 | $0.60 | 25 |
| Lite annual, $120 a year for 3,600 credits | $0.033 | $0.40 | 300 per year |
| Pro annual, $49 a month at the 2,000-credit tier | $0.0245 | $0.29 | 166 a month |
Two things are easy to miss here. First, the 10 free credits you get on signup do not cover a single 1.5 Pro image — spend them on ImagineArt 1.5 at 6 credits to see whether you like the family’s look before paying. Second, one-time credit packs never expire, so if you only need 4K art occasionally, buying packs beats a subscription you will not finish. The full ladder is on the pricing page.
How it prices against its siblings and rivals
ImagineArt 1.5 Pro sits at the top of a three-model family, and the two cheaper members are the honest comparison for most jobs.
| Model | Credits per image | Cost at $0.05/credit | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|
| ImagineArt 1.5 Pro | 12 | $0.60 | Native 4K, 10 ratios |
| ImagineArt 2.0 | 10 | $0.50 | 1K or 2K, 12 ratios |
| ImagineArt 1.5 | 6 | $0.30 | 2K, 9 ratios |
| Nano Banana | 6 | $0.30 | Strict content filter |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro, High | 19 | $0.95 | Flagship multi-reference |
| Z-image Turbo | 2 | $0.10 | Cheapest draft model |
The practical read: 1.5 Pro is double the price of base 1.5 and buys you roughly four times the pixels. If the image ends up on a phone screen, that is money burnt. If it ends up on a poster, a 2 metre banner, a product page hero or anything a customer will zoom into, it is the cheapest 4K on the platform apart from the GPT Image 2 family, which applies a much stricter content filter.
Keeping the bill down
Because the price is flat, the only lever is how many times you press generate. Three habits cut spend hard:
- Draft cheap, finish expensive. Iterate the prompt on Z-image Turbo at 2 credits or base ImagineArt 1.5 at 6, then re-run the winning prompt once on 1.5 Pro. Ten drafts plus one final is 32 credits; ten 1.5 Pro attempts is 120.
- Pick the widest useful ratio. A 3:1 render at 6592 pixels wide costs the same 12 credits as a square, so if you need both a banner and a crop, generate the banner and crop down rather than paying twice.
- One request, one image. VdoBloom bills each generation individually at the flat rate, so there is no batch discount to chase and no surprise multiplier either — what the confirm screen says is what leaves your balance.
Every paid plan downloads without a watermark and with commercial rights, so nothing extra is charged to use a 1.5 Pro render in an ad. ImagineArt is also labelled in the flexible content tier, which means swimwear, dance, fitness and fashion prompts that mainstream generators refuse will run here; explicit and illegal content stays blocked regardless of plan.
Worked example
Say you need a product launch kit: one 3:1 site banner, one 9:16 story asset and one 1:1 catalogue shot. That is three 1.5 Pro renders, 36 credits, $1.80 at the Lite rate or $1.08 on Lite annual. Add five cheap drafts on base 1.5 to settle the prompt first and you are at 66 credits, $3.30 — still under a quarter of a Lite month for a complete 4K set. Start in the image generator, or read the full spec sheet on the ImagineArt 1.5 Pro model page.
Frequently asked questions
Does ImagineArt 1.5 Pro cost more for 4K than for smaller sizes?
There is no smaller size. The model only outputs native 4K, and every one of its ten aspect ratios bills the same 12 credits. If you want a cheaper, smaller render, use ImagineArt 2.0 at 10 credits or base ImagineArt 1.5 at 6.
How many images can I make on the cheapest paid plan?
The $2.49 Starter pack of 75 credits covers six 1.5 Pro images, and those credits never expire. The $15 Lite subscription covers 25 a month.
Can I use ImagineArt 1.5 Pro images commercially?
Yes. Paid plans download watermark-free with commercial rights included, at no extra credit cost.
Does a failed generation still charge me?
Credits are charged for a completed generation. If the model returns no image, the request fails rather than delivering a bad render you paid for — check your balance in the dashboard if you are ever unsure.
Is ImagineArt 1.5 Pro the most expensive image model on VdoBloom?
No. Seedream 5.0 Pro at the High tier is 19 credits and Kling IMAGE O1 is 14. At 12 credits, 1.5 Pro is the cheapest way to get true native 4K out of the platform.
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