# Grok Imagine (T2I) > Grok Imagine is xAI’s multimodal image and video generation model that converts text or images into short visual outputs with coherent motion and synchronized audio. - Canonical page: https://artifio.ai/models/grok-imagine-t2i - Run it: https://artifio.ai/create/grok-imagine-t2i - Modality: prompt to image - Model brand: xAI - Pricing: from about $0.020 per generation (exact cost shown in the workspace before you confirm; varies with selected options) - Typical generation time: ~30s (catalogue estimate) - Full pricing table: https://artifio.ai/pricing/models ## About Grok Imagine (T2I) Grok Imagine is xAI's image and video generation family. It began as a consumer feature inside the Grok app in July 2025, producing stills and short animated clips, and xAI brought a rebuilt image generation API to developers in January 2026. The text-to-image variant turns a written prompt into finished pictures through two API tiers: grok-imagine-image, the fast and cheap option, and grok-imagine-image-quality, the higher-fidelity tier xAI recommends for polished work. Both tiers share the same request shape and sit in the wider Imagine API next to image editing and video generation, so a still generated here can be edited or animated without leaving the pipeline. On artifio.ai the model runs alongside 100+ others in one workspace, billed per generation from a single wallet. ## Features - Renders at two output resolutions: 1K (1024x1024) and 2K (2048x2048). - Twelve aspect ratio options, from square 1:1 and widescreen 16:9 through 19.5:9 smartphone and 20:9 ultra-wide formats, plus an auto setting that lets the model pick the best fit for the prompt. - Generates up to 10 images from one prompt in a single request. - Two model tiers: grok-imagine-image for speed and grok-imagine-image-quality for higher fidelity, with flat per-image pricing regardless of prompt length. - Returns images as hosted URLs or base64 data, and each response carries a moderation flag plus the resolved model version. - Batch API support for large offline generation jobs. ## What people use it for - Social media and marketing imagery sized to platform-specific ratios, including vertical stories and banner headers. - Concept art and mood exploration, generating up to 10 candidate variations of one prompt and picking the strongest. - Blog and article illustrations where the auto aspect ratio setting saves manual format decisions. - Wallpaper and device art in modern phone formats such as 19.5:9 and 9:20. - Bulk catalogue or placeholder imagery through the Batch API. ## Reported strengths - Unusually wide aspect ratio coverage, including ultra-wide and tall smartphone formats that many rivals skip. - Multi-image batching (up to 10 per request) makes variation-picking workflows cheap and fast. - Flat per-image billing keeps costs predictable no matter how long the prompt gets. - Sits in one API family with image editing and video generation, so outputs chain into animation or edits directly. ## Reported limitations - Output tops out at 2K (2048x2048); there is no 4K tier. - Returned image URLs are temporary, so results must be downloaded or stored promptly. - Every generation passes content-policy review, and moderated prompts can come back rejected rather than rendered. - The consumer Grok Imagine app drew sustained criticism in 2025 for weak safeguards around its permissive content mode, and the family still carries that reputational baggage. ## Sources 1. Image Generation (xAI Docs): https://docs.x.ai/developers/model-capabilities/images/generation 2. grok-imagine-image-quality model page (xAI Docs): https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-imagine-image-quality 3. Grok Imagine (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_Imagine ## What it's good at - Unmatched exploration value: every generation returns six variants for one of the lowest prices in the catalogue, so you can iterate a concept for pennies. - Word-accurate signage — our multi-word storefront test rendered every word correctly on the first attempt. - Fast and consistent: runs finished in roughly 20-30 seconds across our battery. ## Where it falls down - Photorealism trails the flagship image models: our portrait showed smudge-like dark patches on the skin, a rainbow lens-flare artifact, and an oddly rendered ear. - Style adherence is loose — asked for art-deco lettering it delivered a generic vintage serif instead. - Secondary text beyond the main subject degrades quickly into letter-shaped noise (a side door sign in our test was gibberish). ## Best for - Cheap rapid ideation - Concept boards - Signage drafts ## Sample generations (exact prompts) All samples below were generated on Artifio.ai with this model and are hosted on our media CDN. ### Correct wording; note the style drift from deco to vintage serif Prompt: "A bakery storefront sign that reads 'GOLDEN CRUST BAKERY — FRESH DAILY' in art-deco lettering, warm evening light" Output (image): https://media.artifio.ai/users/user_3Bm1K1h3HGUm1KEaek1PCLVody6/outputs/grok-imagine-text-to-image/2026/07/12/1783817303999-c4ef938e-fced-48a0-aa0b-508ee76001bc.jpg ### One of six variants returned by a single generation Prompt: "Close-up portrait of a middle-aged fisherman with deeply weathered skin, golden hour light on a harbor, shallow depth of field, 85mm photograph" Output (image): https://media.artifio.ai/users/user_3Bm1K1h3HGUm1KEaek1PCLVody6/outputs/grok-imagine-text-to-image/2026/07/12/1783817066624-41f36455-0de1-46c8-98cf-b3b3f2de7220.jpg _Strengths and weaknesses above were observed in real generations by the Artifio team, not taken from vendor marketing copy._ --- About Artifio.ai: 100+ AI image, video, and audio models in one workspace with a single shared wallet — no per-model subscriptions. 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