Design comparison
Aibase vs Imagesv2
Indie creators who want one credit-based workspace for AI images and short AI video without juggling multiple subscriptions · Designers, marketers and e-commerce sellers who need finished image assets - posters with readable text, true transparent PNGs, editable SVG and layered PSD - from OpenAI's GPT Image 2 without an OpenAI account, and who would rather buy credits than add another monthly AI subscription
| Decision point | AIBase | ImagesV2 |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Indie creators who want one credit-based workspace for AI images and short AI video without juggling multiple subscriptions | Designers, marketers and e-commerce sellers who need finished image assets - posters with readable text, true transparent PNGs, editable SVG and layered PSD - from OpenAI's GPT Image 2 without an OpenAI account, and who would rather buy credits than add another monthly AI subscription |
| Category | Creative | Creative |
| Price | Free trial credits + paid plans ($29.9/mo Basic, $49.9/mo Pro, $99.9/mo Ultimate; yearly 20–40% off; pay-as-you-go credit packs available) | Free: 3 credits on sign-up (the first image costs 3 instead of 10). Yearly: Starter $49.90/yr (12,000 credits, ~$4.16/mo), Pro $199.90/yr (60,000, ~$16.66/mo), Ultra $499.90/yr (240,000, ~$41.66/mo). Monthly: Starter $8.40 (list $14.90, 1,000 credits), Pro $33.90 (list $39.90, 5,000), Ultra $84.90 (list $99.90, 20,000). One-time packs, credits never expire: Taster $9.90 (500 credits), Starter $39.90 (5,000), Pro $99.90 (20,000), Max $199.90 (50,000). No free trial on paid plans; all purchases final and non-refundable. |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.0/5 | 3.8/5 |
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Official /en/pricing lists Free trial credits, plus monthly Basic $29.9/mo (was $39.9), Pro $49.9/mo (was $69.9), and Ultimate $99.9/mo (was $120) with 800, 1,400, and 2,800 credits per month respectively. Yearly billing is 20–40% off (Basic yearly ~$180; Pro yearly equivalent ~$29.9 × 12 × 0.6 ≈ $215; Ultimate $99.9 × 12 with 40% off ≈ $720, saving $238.8 on the Pro tier). Pay-as-you-go credit packs available. Per the public Credits Cost Table, text-to-image runs 12–46 credits (~$0.05–$0.18) and 5-second video runs 150–380 credits (~$0.60–$1.52). Nano Banana 2, GPT Image 2, Seedream 5.0 Lite, Seedance 1.5 Pro, and Veo 3.1 Fast run on monthly; Veo 3.1 Pro, Seedance 2.0, and HappyHorse 1.0 require yearly or credit packs.
Official sources checked 2026-09-18Open verification questions
- Credits-as-cost model makes monthly spend harder to forecast than flat-rate plans; users should run a real task before subscribing.
- Veo 3.1 Pro and Seedance 2.0 are gated to yearly plans / credit packs — Basic and Pro monthly cannot access them.
- Because AIBase routes to third-party models, each model's provider's terms and safety layers apply on top of AIBase's own.
- No explicit SOC 2 / security claims located on the public site.
- Affiliate program live: 30% recurring for the first year, PayPal NET-15 payouts.
Submitted via the site form by the vendor on 2026-08-28; editorial entry written independently. AIBase explicitly states it is 'an independent platform … not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official product of' the underlying model providers (Nano Banana, GPT Image, Seedream, Seedance, Veo, Wan, HappyHorse). Terms of Service §4 (User Content and Generated Content): 'You may use Generated Content for lawful personal or commercial purposes' subject to compliance; user grants AIBase a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host/process content as needed to operate. Outputs are not guaranteed unique, copyrightable, or free of third-party rights. Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy both live and dated. Free trial credits available; ongoing work is credit-based paid.
Free: 3 credits on sign-up, first image charged 3 credits (normally 10). Yearly (advertised as Save 50% vs monthly): Starter $49.90/year for 12,000 credits (~$4.16/month, $0.0042 per credit), Pro $199.90/year for 60,000 credits (~$16.66/month, $0.0033 per credit), Ultra $499.90/year for 240,000 credits (~$41.66/month, $0.0021 per credit). Monthly: Starter $8.40/month (shown against a $14.90 anchor) for 1,000 credits, Pro $33.90/month (anchor $39.90) for 5,000, Ultra $84.90/month (anchor $99.90) for 20,000. One-time credit packs, credits never expire: Taster $9.90 (anchor $19.90) for 500 credits, Starter $39.90 (anchor $79.80) for 5,000, Pro $99.90 (anchor $199) for 20,000, Max $199.90 (anchor $399.80) for 50,000. Generation cost for GPT Image 2: 10 credits at Low/Standard, 40 at Medium, 110 at High/HD, plus 10 credits each for transparent background, SVG vectorisation or layered PSD, and 20 for image-to-image. Monthly subscription credits expire at the end of each cycle; yearly credits arrive as twelve 30-day blocks; pack credits never expire. No free trial on paid plans; all purchases final and non-refundable. Prices in USD.
Official sources checked 2026-10-22Submitted via form by the vendor 2026-10-22 12:18 UTC (05:18 PDT); editorial entry written independently from live pages on the site's Pacific working date 2026-10-22. The submission's summary and category (Creative) were accurate. Prices were read from the rendered /pricing cards and cross-checked against the /zh/pricing mirror and the site's llms.txt; every figure agreed and the per-credit lines reconcile with the credit counts ($49.90/12,000 = $0.0042, $199.90/60,000 = $0.0033, $499.90/240,000 = $0.0021), and yearly allowances equal twelve monthly allowances. Credit costs per image come from the home page pricing block and the FAQ. Legal pages: /privacy-policy and /terms-of-service return 200 with real substance, while /privacy, /terms, /refund-policy, /contact, /legal, /cookie-policy and /acceptable-use all 404; the ToS defers generated-image retention to unspecified 'image storage terms' that are not published. Non-affiliation is disclosed in both the privacy policy and the ToS. Trackers were read from the served markup: Google Analytics 4 G-GC01M2BQCY (gtag config) and Microsoft Clarity (clarity.ms/tag) are injected on /privacy-policy and /terms-of-service themselves, with no consent banner anywhere and no analytics processor named in the notice, against a policy sentence saying data is not transferred to outside parties. Contact: support@imagesv2.ai and alex@imagesv2.ai both returned 250 against the domain's Cloudflare MX with a random local part returning 550 5.1.1, so the published address is a working mailbox and the domain is not a catch-all. Domain registered 2026-04-05 via Dynadot behind a privacy service (Cloudflare NS jake/noor), sixteen days before OpenAI released gpt-image-2 on 2026-04-21 - a pre-launch registration of a model name, not an incumbent under this name. Name family sweeps found four unrelated operators on four different Cloudflare NS pairs (gptimage2.com, gptimage2.ai, gpt-image-2.com, and imagesv2.com now held by an Indonesian gambling site), so the request asks whether a relationship exists rather than demanding rights. No affiliate or partner page exists (/affiliates, /affiliate, /referral, /partners and /api/referrals all 404).
How to decide
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Use the trial checklist on each review page and the free scorecard to record time-to-result, corrections needed, and monthly cost at your expected volume before committing to a plan.
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