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MicrosoftImage Generation/v1/media/queue

MAI-Image-2.6 API

Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 from $0.09 per image — design-ready generation and editing through one API key.

The precision tier of Microsoft's MAI-Image-2.6 family. Image generation and reference-image editing for design-ready visuals — from $0.09 per image.

No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.

MAI-Image-2.6 API pricing

Pay per request from your YepAPI balance — no subscription, no monthly minimum. Prices updated October 23, 2026.

BillingPrice
Rate$0.09/image
What it costsPer job
1 imagefrom default size$0.09
100 imagesa product catalog batch$9.00
1,000 imagesa month of app traffic$90.00

2,400+

Developers

1.2M+

API calls served

100+

Endpoints

$0.01

Per call

Yep, that's it.

Try it live

Enter a prompt and generate an image with MAI-Image-2.6.

POST/v1/media/queue

Drop image or click to upload

For image-to-image editing

Response
Hit "Send Request" to see the response

MAI-Image-2.6 specs

ProviderMicrosoft
Model IDmicrosoft/mai-image-2.6
Endpoint/v1/media/queue
TypeImage Generation
Output formatspng
Image inputYes

How to get a MAI-Image-2.6 API key

  1. 1

    Create a free account

    Sign up at yepapi.com with Google or email. It takes about 30 seconds and needs no card.

  2. 2

    Create an API key

    Open the dashboard, go to API Keys and create a key. Copy it — it starts with yep_sk_.

  3. 3

    Call MAI-Image-2.6

    Send a request to /v1/media/queue with the x-api-key header and model "microsoft/mai-image-2.6".

  4. 4

    Pay as you go

    Usage is billed per request from your balance. Top up any amount; there is no subscription.

Strengths

✓
Precision tier

MAI-Image-2.6 is the precision tier of the family, alongside the faster MAI-Image-2.6 Flash.

✓
Design-ready visuals

Suited to visuals that go straight into design and marketing work.

✓
Reference-image editing

Upload an image to edit or restyle rather than regenerating from scratch.

✓
From $0.09 per image

Per-image pricing with no Azure setup.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with MAI-Image-2.6.

// Step 1: Submit job
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "microsoft/mai-image-2.6",
    "prompt": "A clean hero image for a banking app: a hand holding a phone above a city plaza at blue hour, glass towers softly blurred, cool teal and white palette",
    "options": {
      "aspectRatio": "1:1"
    }
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const jobId = data.jobId;

// Step 2: Poll for result
const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${jobId}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' },
});
const { data: job } = await status.json();
// job.status: "pending" | "processing" | "completed" | "failed"
// job.result: { text?, image?, audio?, video? }

MAI-Image-2.6 vs similar models

Every model below runs on the same API key — switch by changing the model ID.

ModelProviderPrice
MAI-Image-2.6Microsoftfrom $0.09/image
MAI-Image-2.6 FlashMicrosoftfrom $0.05/image
MAI Image 2.5Microsoftfrom $0.11/image
MAI Image 2.5 ProMicrosoftfrom $0.24/image
FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labsfrom $0.02/image
GPT Image 2OpenAIfrom $0.02/image
GPT Image 1 MiniOpenAIfrom $0.02/image
GPT-5.4 Image 2OpenAIfrom $0.02/image

Why use MAI-Image-2.6 through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts
✓No monthly minimums — pay per call
✓Switch models with one line of code
✓Simple REST API — works from any language
✓Unified billing across all providers
✓No rate limits for most use cases

MAI-Image-2.6 API — Microsoft image generation from $0.09

MAI-Image-2.6 is an image generation and editing model from Microsoft AI, the precision tier of the MAI-Image-2.6 family alongside the faster MAI-Image-2.6 Flash. It is suited to design-ready visuals.

On YepAPI it is one `POST /v1/media/queue` call at roughly $0.09 per image, with no Azure setup and the same key as the rest of the catalog.

Start generating in 30 seconds

$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.

What developers say

“Switched from SerpAPI and cut our SERP costs by 80%. Same data quality, way simpler billing.”

Marcus T.

SEO Platform Founder

“One API key for AI models, SERP data, and web scraping. Saved us from managing 4 separate providers.”

Priya S.

Full-Stack Developer

“The $5 free credit let us prototype our entire rank tracking feature before committing. No other API does that.”

Jake R.

Indie Hacker

Frequently asked questions

The precision tier of Microsoft's MAI-Image-2.6 family. Image generation and reference-image editing for design-ready visuals — from $0.09 per image.

MAI-Image-2.6 costs from $0.09/image through YepAPI, billed per request with no monthly fee. For example, a 1 image (from default size) costs about $0.09.

Sign up at yepapi.com (Google or email, about 30 seconds), open the dashboard and create an API key. The same key works for MAI-Image-2.6 and every other model — no separate Microsoft account or waitlist.

New YepAPI accounts in most countries get free signup credit, enough to test MAI-Image-2.6 without a card. After that you pay per request at the rates above — there is no subscription.

Use "microsoft/mai-image-2.6" as the model on /v1/media/queue. The short alias "mai-image-2-6" also works.

Ready to use MAI-Image-2.6?

$5 free credit on signup. No credit card required. Pay per call.

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