Best image model · Product photos
The best AI image generator for product photos: 7 models, tested
All 7 image models in llmwise on the same 2 product photo prompts: every image as it was made, what the checks found in it, and what an image of each costs.
Based on 14 images made on September 29, 2026 through kie.ai with llmwise's own settings for each model, each checked by Claude Sonnet 5.5. How the images are checked.
Short answer
On our 2 product photo prompts, run on all 7 image models in llmwise and checked the same way, Qwen-Image 2.1, FLUX.2 Pro, Seedream 5.0 Lite, GPT Image 2.5 Flare, Nano Banana 2, and Nano Banana Pro tied for first, each passing 2 of 2. 6 of 7 passed every prompt; each image is below, with what the checks found.
Every image model on product photos, ranked
Ranked by prompts passed, then by checks right (each question answered yes, each piece of writing read back), then by what an image counts as in llmwise.
| Model | Passed | Checks right | An image counts as | Time an image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Image 2.1 | 2 of 2 | 12 of 12 | 1 Claude Haiku 4.5 message | 113.7 s |
| FLUX.2 Pro | 2 of 2 | 12 of 12 | 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages | 23.3 s |
| Seedream 5.0 Lite | 2 of 2 | 12 of 12 | 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages | 41.5 s |
| GPT Image 2.5 Flare | 2 of 2 | 12 of 12 | 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages | 59.4 s |
| Nano Banana 2 | 2 of 2 | 12 of 12 | 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages | 44.2 s |
| Nano Banana Pro | 2 of 2 | 12 of 12 | 5 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages | 40.4 s |
| Ideogram 3.0 | 1 of 2 | 6 of 12 | 2 Claude Haiku 4.5 messages | 63.6 s |
A white sneaker on a grey background
Every model's image for this everyday square prompt, and what the checks found.
A studio product photo of a single white leather sneaker, seen from the side, on a plain light grey background with a soft shadow under it. No text, no logos, no other objects.
The questions, each answered yes or no from the image alone:
- Is there exactly one shoe?
- Is it a white sneaker?
- Is it seen from the side?
- Is the background plain light grey?
- Is there no writing and no visible logo?
- Does it look like a real photograph?
- Yes: Only a single shoe is visible in the frame.
- Yes: It is an all-white low-top leather sneaker with white laces and sole.
- Yes: The shoe is shown in a side profile view.
- Yes: The background is a plain, uniform light grey.
- Yes: No text or logo can be seen on the shoe or background.
- Yes: It has realistic lighting, stitching and soft shadow, resembling a studio product photo.
$0.030 at kie.ai, 57.0 s, 1254 × 1254.
- Yes: Only a single shoe is visible in the frame.
- Yes: It is an all-white leather low-top sneaker with a white sole and laces.
- Yes: The shoe is shown in a side profile view.
- Yes: The backdrop is a smooth, plain light grey with a soft gradient.
- Yes: No text or logo can be seen anywhere on the shoe or background.
- Yes: The leather grain, stitching, and soft shadow look like a realistic studio product photo.
$0.040 at kie.ai, 43.8 s, 1024 × 1024.
- Yes: Only a single shoe is visible, floating above its shadow.
- Yes: It is an all-white low-top leather sneaker with white laces and sole.
- Yes: The shoe is shown in a side profile view.
- Yes: The background is a plain, softly graded light grey.
- Yes: No text or logo can be seen anywhere on the shoe or background.
- Yes: It looks like a studio product photograph with realistic leather texture, stitching and soft shadow.
$0.090 at kie.ai, 44.4 s, 2048 × 2048.
- Yes: Only a single shoe is visible in the frame.
- Yes: It is an all-white low-top leather-style sneaker with laces and a thick white sole.
- Yes: The shoe is shown in a side profile view, toe pointing right.
- Yes: The background is a smooth, plain light grey-blue gradient with no objects.
- Yes: No text, branding, or logo can be seen anywhere on the shoe or background.
- Yes: It has realistic studio-photo lighting, stitching and shadow, and looks like a product photograph.
$0.028 at kie.ai, 41.2 s, 1920 × 1920.
- Yes: Only a single shoe is visible in the frame.
- Yes: It is an all-white low-top leather sneaker with white laces and sole.
- Yes: The shoe is shown in a side profile view.
- Yes: The background is a smooth, plain light grey with no other objects.
- Yes: No text or logo is visible anywhere on the shoe or background.
- Yes: It has realistic leather texture, stitching, and soft shadow, resembling a studio product photo.
$0.025 at kie.ai, 23.2 s, 1024 × 1024.
No image: kie.ai reported that the task failed, both times we tried.
- Yes: Only a single shoe is visible in the frame.
- Yes: It is a white chunky-soled leather-style sneaker with laces.
- Yes: The shoe is shown in a side profile view.
- Yes: The backdrop is a smooth, plain light grey gradient.
- Yes: No text or logo appears anywhere on the shoe or background.
- Yes: It looks like a studio product photo with realistic lighting and shadow, though very clean.
$0.020 at kie.ai, 136.5 s, 1024 × 1024.
A perfume bottle and its reflection
Every model's image for this hard portrait prompt, and what the checks found.
A luxury product photo of an amber glass perfume bottle with a gold cap, standing on a black glossy surface that shows its reflection. Black background, one soft light from the left. The bottle has no label and no text.
The questions, each answered yes or no from the image alone:
- Is there exactly one bottle?
- Is the glass amber?
- Is the cap gold?
- Is the bottle's reflection visible in the surface under it?
- Is the background black?
- Is there no label and no writing?
- Yes: Only one perfume bottle is in the frame; the other shape below it is its reflection.
- Yes: The liquid inside the glass bottle is a warm amber-brown color.
- Yes: The cap and neck collar are shiny gold metal.
- Yes: A mirrored image of the bottle appears on the glossy surface below it.
- Yes: The background is predominantly black, though there is a faint lighter glow on the left side.
- Yes: The bottle has no label, and no text appears anywhere in the image.
$0.030 at kie.ai, 61.8 s, 1024 × 1536.
- Yes: Only one perfume bottle is present; the lower shape is its reflection.
- Yes: The glass and liquid have a warm amber/orange-brown tone.
- Yes: The cap is a shiny gold metallic cylinder.
- Yes: A mirrored reflection of the bottle's base appears on the glossy surface below.
- Yes: The background is very dark to black, with only a faint warm glow at left.
- Yes: The bottle has no label and no visible text anywhere.
$0.040 at kie.ai, 44.6 s, 848 × 1264.
- Yes: A single bottle stands in the center; the other shape below it is only its reflection.
- Yes: The glass is a translucent amber-brown with orange highlights.
- Yes: The cap and collar are a polished gold metallic color.
- Yes: A mirrored reflection of the bottle's lower part appears on the glossy surface below.
- Yes: The background is solid black.
- Yes: The bottle has no label and no visible text or markings.
$0.090 at kie.ai, 36.4 s, 1696 × 2528.
- Yes: A single perfume bottle is centered in the frame.
- Yes: The glass and liquid have a warm amber-orange tone.
- Yes: The rounded cap and collar are a shiny gold color.
- Yes: A dim mirrored copy of the bottle appears on the glossy surface below it.
- Yes: The background is solid black.
- Yes: The bottle has no label and no visible text anywhere in the image.
$0.028 at kie.ai, 41.8 s, 1664 × 2496.
- Yes: Only one bottle stands in the frame; the second shape below is its reflection.
- Yes: The glass and the liquid inside are a warm amber-brown color.
- Yes: The cylindrical cap has a shiny gold metallic finish.
- Yes: A dim mirrored copy of the bottle, with the same vertical highlight, shows on the glossy surface below.
- Yes: The background is solid black with only a faint gradient.
- Yes: The bottle has no label, and no text appears anywhere in the image.
$0.025 at kie.ai, 23.4 s, 1024 × 1536.
- Yes: Only one bottle is visible; the lower one is its reflection.
- Yes: The glass has a dark amber/brown tint.
- Yes: The cap is a shiny gold metallic color.
- Yes: A dim mirrored copy of the bottle appears below its base.
- Yes: The background is solid black.
- Yes: No label or text is visible on the bottle or elsewhere.
$0.035 at kie.ai, 63.6 s, 864 × 1152.
- Yes: Only one perfume bottle is present; the second shape below it is its reflection.
- Yes: The glass and liquid have a warm amber-brown color.
- Yes: The cap is a brushed gold metallic color.
- Yes: A mirrored image of the bottle and cap is visible on the glossy surface below.
- Yes: The background is very dark, essentially black, with only faint warm light at the left edge.
- Yes: The bottle's front is blank with no label, and no text appears anywhere.
$0.020 at kie.ai, 91.0 s, 832 × 1248.
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What's the best AI image generator for product photos?
On our 2 product photo prompts, run on all 7 image models in llmwise and checked the same way, Qwen-Image 2.1, FLUX.2 Pro, Seedream 5.0 Lite, GPT Image 2.5 Flare, Nano Banana 2, and Nano Banana Pro tied for first, each passing 2 of 2. 6 of 7 passed every prompt; each image is below, with what the checks found.
How are the images checked?
Every image is checked the same way by Claude Sonnet 5.5, whose maker has no image model here: it first writes out all the writing it can read, without being told what should be there, then answers each question yes or no from the image. An image passes when all its writing is there and every answer is yes. Nothing else is judged.
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