A Free Nano Banana Alternative You Can Try Without Signing Up
If you want an image model like Nano Banana but would rather try before you sign up for anything, Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo is an option. Alibaba's Qwen team released it on October 9, 2026. It handles text-to-image and image editing in one model and is good at text inside images when you put the exact words in quotes. You can run it here in your browser.
Try 2 images free, no sign-up
Signed-up accounts get 10 more free images at 1K with no watermark. Paid plans are opening soon.
Free path
- 2 anonymous images, lower resolution with a watermark, no account.
- Signed-up accounts get 10 more free images at 1K with no watermark.
- Then paid plans, opening soon. Paid images will come out in 2K with no watermark. See pricing.
Pricing
On TurboImageGen, paid plans are opening soon; see the pricing page for details. Failed generations are refunded to your balance automatically. We don't list a Nano Banana price here; check Google's own pricing for that.
Hosted vs open weights
| Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo | Nano Banana | |
|---|---|---|
| Who makes it | Alibaba (Qwen team) | |
| Run locally | Yes, open weights (Qwen Research License), e.g. in ComfyUI | No, hosted only |
| Try here without an account | Yes, 2 images | Not on this site |
Open source note
The Qwen-Image-2.1 weights are published under the Qwen Research License, which is a research licence, not a permissive open-source one. This site does not run those weights; it calls the model via OpenRouter on Alibaba Cloud's paid Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo endpoint.
Try it yourself
Pick a tested prompt from the prompt library and run it yourself, or compare features and pricing on the Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo vs Nano Banana 2 page.
TurboImageGen is independent and not affiliated with Alibaba, Qwen or Google.
FAQ
Is it really free?
Free to start: 2 anonymous images without an account. Signed-up accounts get 10 more free images at 1K with no watermark. Paid plans are opening soon. It is not unlimited.
Do I need an account?
Not for your first 2 images. Signed-up accounts get 10 more free images at 1K with no watermark.
Is there a watermark?
Only on the 2 anonymous previews. Signup images (1K) and paid images (2K) have no watermark.
How is it different from Nano Banana?
Nano Banana 2 is Google's hosted model and cannot be run locally. Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo is Alibaba's model with open weights under the Qwen Research License; this site runs it via OpenRouter on Alibaba Cloud's paid Qwen Image 2.1 Turbo endpoint. Which one gives better images depends on the prompt, so compare them on your own prompts.