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RecraftImage Generation/v1/media/queue

Recraft V4.1 Utility API

Recraft V4.1 Utility from $0.08 per image — the volume tier for drafts, placeholders, and bulk assets.

The everyday workhorse tier of Recraft V4.1. Cheap, fast design imagery for placeholders, drafts, and high-volume asset generation — from $0.08 per image.

No credit card required. Takes 30 seconds.

Recraft V4.1 Utility API pricing

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

BillingPrice
Rate$0.08/image
What it costsPer job
1 imagefrom default size$0.08
100 imagesa product catalog batch$8.00
1,000 imagesa month of app traffic$80.00

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 Recraft V4.1 Utility.

POST/v1/media/queue

Drop image or click to upload

For image-to-image editing

Response
Hit "Send Request" to see the response

Recraft V4.1 Utility specs

ProviderRecraft
Model IDrecraft/recraft-v4.1-utility
Endpoint/v1/media/queue
TypeImage Generation
Aspect ratios1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, auto
Image inputYes

How to get a Recraft V4.1 Utility 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 Recraft V4.1 Utility

    Send a request to /v1/media/queue with the x-api-key header and model "recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility".

  4. 4

    Pay as you go

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

Strengths

✓
Volume pricing

At about $0.08 an image it is built for generating a lot of assets — placeholders, variants, and internal drafts.

✓
Fast turnaround

Quick renders suit pipelines that produce imagery on demand rather than in a slow creative loop.

✓
Consistent design look

Keeps the Recraft graphic style so utility output still sits alongside the higher tiers in a layout.

✓
Same request shape

Identical options to the Pro tiers, so promoting a prompt is a one-string model change.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with Recraft V4.1 Utility.

// 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": "recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility",
    "prompt": "A simple spot illustration of a paper airplane looping around a pin on a map, flat two-tone style, soft drop shadow, generous white space",
    "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? }

Recraft V4.1 Utility vs similar models

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

ModelProviderPrice
Recraft V4.1 UtilityRecraftfrom $0.08/image
Recraft V4.1 FlashRecraftfrom $0.02/image
Recraft V4.1Recraftfrom $0.08/image
Recraft V4Recraftfrom $0.09/image
Recraft V3Recraftfrom $0.09/image
Recraft V4 StylesRecraftfrom $0.09/image
FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labsfrom $0.02/image
GPT Image 2OpenAIfrom $0.02/image

Why use Recraft V4.1 Utility 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

Recraft V4.1 Utility API — bulk design imagery from $0.08

Recraft V4.1 Utility is the everyday tier of Recraft's V4.1 line, priced and tuned for volume: internal drafts, placeholder art, variant sweeps, and any pipeline that needs a lot of on-brand imagery cheaply.

It shares the request shape of the Pro tiers on YepAPI's `/v1/media/queue`, so you can generate broadly here and re-render the keepers on Recraft V4.1 Pro.

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 everyday workhorse tier of Recraft V4.1. Cheap, fast design imagery for placeholders, drafts, and high-volume asset generation — from $0.08 per image.

Recraft V4.1 Utility costs from $0.08/image through YepAPI, billed per request with no monthly fee. For example, a 1 image (from default size) costs about $0.08.

Sign up at yepapi.com (Google or email, about 30 seconds), open the dashboard and create an API key. The same key works for Recraft V4.1 Utility and every other model — no separate Recraft account or waitlist.

New YepAPI accounts in most countries get free signup credit, enough to test Recraft V4.1 Utility without a card. After that you pay per request at the rates above — there is no subscription.

Use "recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility" as the model on /v1/media/queue. The short alias "recraft-utility" also works.

Ready to use Recraft V4.1 Utility?

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

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