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.
| Billing | Price |
|---|---|
| Rate | $0.08/image |
| What it costs | Per 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.
Drop image or click to upload
For image-to-image editing
Recraft V4.1 Utility specs
| Provider | Recraft |
|---|---|
| Model ID | recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility |
| Endpoint | /v1/media/queue |
| Type | Image Generation |
| Aspect ratios | 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 16:9, 9:16, auto |
| Image input | Yes |
How to get a Recraft V4.1 Utility API key
- 1
Create a free account
Sign up at yepapi.com with Google or email. It takes about 30 seconds and needs no card.
- 2
Create an API key
Open the dashboard, go to API Keys and create a key. Copy it — it starts with yep_sk_.
- 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
Pay as you go
Usage is billed per request from your balance. Top up any amount; there is no subscription.
Strengths
At about $0.08 an image it is built for generating a lot of assets — placeholders, variants, and internal drafts.
Quick renders suit pipelines that produce imagery on demand rather than in a slow creative loop.
Keeps the Recraft graphic style so utility output still sits alongside the higher tiers in a layout.
Identical options to the Pro tiers, so promoting a prompt is a one-string model change.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls with Recraft V4.1 Utility.
// Step 1: Submit job
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/queue', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility",
"prompt": "A simple spot illustration of a paper airplane looping around a pin on a map, flat two-tone style, soft drop shadow, generous white space",
"options": {
"aspectRatio": "1:1"
}
}),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
const jobId = data.jobId;
// Step 2: Poll for result
const status = await fetch(`https://api.yepapi.com/v1/media/status/${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.
| Model | Provider | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Recraft V4.1 Utility | Recraft | from $0.08/image |
| Recraft V4.1 Flash | Recraft | from $0.02/image |
| Recraft V4.1 | Recraft | from $0.08/image |
| Recraft V4 | Recraft | from $0.09/image |
| Recraft V3 | Recraft | from $0.09/image |
| Recraft V4 Styles | Recraft | from $0.09/image |
| FLUX 3 Image Klein | Black Forest Labs | from $0.02/image |
| GPT Image 2 | OpenAI | from $0.02/image |
Why use Recraft V4.1 Utility through YepAPI?
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
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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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