---
title: "HiDream-I1 API pricing"
canonical: "https://router.xark.io/models/hidream-i1"
description: "HiDream-I1 at $0.0150/img, 40% below the official rate. MIT licensed, OpenAI-compatible."
section: "models"
updated: "2026-09-02"
source: "https://router.xark.io/models/hidream-i1.md"
---

# HiDream-I1 API pricing

HiDream-I1 costs $0.0150 per image, against an official rate of $0.0250 — 40% below official pricing. It is a HiDream model under the MIT licence, callable through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with the model id `hidream/hidream-i1`. This model is listed for reference and is not currently served by an upstream provider, so requests for it return no available channel.

**Availability:** not currently served. No configured upstream carries HiDream-I1, so a request naming `hidream/hidream-i1` returns `no available channel`. The rate below is what it will cost once an upstream carries it. 7 of the 24 catalogued models are callable today.

## At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Model id | `hidream/hidream-i1` |
| Publisher | HiDream |
| Modality | image |
| Licence | MIT — [what it permits](https://router.xark.io/licences/mit.md) |
| Capacity | 1MP |
| Released | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Unit | per image |
| Saving vs official | 40% |
| Callable today | No |

## Pricing

| Line item | Applies to | Our rate | Official rate | Saving |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Image output | All requests | $0.0150/img | $0.0250/img | 40% off |

## Other providers carrying this model

| Provider | Input | Output |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AI Token Router | $0.0150/img | — |
| Replicate | $0.0300/img | — |
| fal.ai | $0.0280/img | — |
| Publisher (official) | $0.0250/img | — |

## What it is

MIT-licensed with unusually strong prompt adherence for complex multi-subject scenes.

## Good for

- Complex compositional prompts
- Editorial and illustration work
- Commercially unencumbered output

## Calling it

### Python

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://router.xark.io/api/v1"   # ← the only line that changes
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="hidream/hidream-i1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
```

### Node.js

```javascript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.ROUTER_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://router.xark.io/api/v1"   // ← the only line that changes
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "hidream/hidream-i1",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }]
});
```

### cURL

```bash
curl https://router.xark.io/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "hidream/hidream-i1",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'
```

## Questions

### What does HiDream-I1 cost on AI Token Router, and what is the official rate?

HiDream-I1 is billed at $0.0150 per image here, against HiDream's official $0.0250 — 40% below, or $0.0100 per image back. There is no platform fee, no minimum spend and no per-job surcharge on top of that rate, and failed requests are not billed. The official figure is published next to ours because a discount with no stated benchmark is not a claim anyone can check.

### Can I call HiDream-I1 right now?

No. HiDream-I1 is catalogued but not currently servable — no configured upstream provider carries it, so a request naming `hidream/hidream-i1` returns `no available channel` instead of a result. The rate on this page is what it will cost once an upstream serves it, not something you can spend today. The image models you can call today are Qwen-Image. 7 of the 24 catalogued models are callable, and every page says which it is.

### How do I generate an image with HiDream-I1?

POST to `https://router.xark.io/api/v1/images/generations` with `"model": "hidream/hidream-i1"` and a prompt, or call `images.generate` on an OpenAI SDK pointed at `https://router.xark.io/api/v1`. The request and response shapes follow the OpenAI images API, so an existing integration needs the base URL and the model id changed and nothing else. The bare name `hidream-i1`, without the provider prefix, resolves to the same model.

### What resolution does HiDream-I1 output, and what counts as one billable image?

HiDream-I1 outputs at 1MP. Billing is per generated image at $0.0150/img — one rate, so resolution, prompt length and the number of denoising steps do not change what you are charged, and a request that fails is not billed at all. Asking for several images in one call bills as that many images, which is the same as making the calls separately.

### What licence is HiDream-I1 under, and can I use it commercially?

HiDream-I1 is published by HiDream under the MIT licence. MIT is a standard permissive licence: commercial use, modification and redistribution are all allowed, and the only obligation is to keep the copyright and licence notice with the software. It sets no user threshold, no field-of-use restriction and no separate acceptable-use policy, so there is nothing in it that limits what you build commercially on top of the output.

### How does HiDream-I1 pricing here compare with other providers carrying it?

Of the 2 other providers we track carrying HiDream-I1, the lowest is fal.ai at $0.0280/img, against our $0.0150/img. That is where the rates stood when we last reconciled them, and it can change without notice — we are not claiming to be the cheapest source for this model, only that our rate sits below HiDream's official $0.0250/img. If you find one of these figures stale, tell us and we will correct it.

### What is HiDream-I1 actually good at?

MIT-licensed with unusually strong prompt adherence for complex multi-subject scenes. In practice that points at complex compositional prompts, editorial and illustration work and commercially unencumbered output. The specifics that actually decide a fit — the rate, the licence and what it will and will not serve today — are all on this page rather than behind a sales conversation.

## Related models

| Model | Our rate | Callable | Document |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FLUX.2 [schnell] | $0.0018/img | No | [read](https://router.xark.io/models/flux-2-schnell.md) |
| Qwen-Image | $0.0120/img | Yes | [read](https://router.xark.io/models/qwen-image.md) |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large | $0.0210/img | No | [read](https://router.xark.io/models/sd-3-5-large.md) |