Recraft V4.1 Utility Text to Image is a fast, lightweight AI image generation model for high-volume creative workflows, ideation, A/B exploration, and content pipelines. Ready-to-use REST inference API for marketing visuals, product mockups, brand assets, social media content, creative design, rapid prototyping, and scalable text-to-image workflows with simple integration, no coldstarts, and affordable pricing.
Idle

$0.04per run·~25 / $1

A cinematic still of an adult woman standing in a simple empty room, plain walls, soft window light, quiet expression, minimal furniture, muted warm tones, realistic film photography, atmospheric stillness, ultra-detailed

A cinematic street scene of an adult walking alone through a quiet night market after closing, dim red lanterns, closed food stalls, wet pavement, nostalgic loneliness, realistic film photography, rich atmospheric lighting, ultra-detailed

A clean studio portrait of an adult female model against a soft beige background, natural makeup, elegant neutral outfit, calm confident expression, soft diffused studio lighting, premium commercial photography, photorealistic, ultra-detailed
Recraft V4.1 Text-to-Image Utility is a faster, lighter variant of Recraft V4.1 built for high-volume raster image generation. It is well suited for quick ideation, A/B exploration, content pipelines, and general-purpose text-to-image workflows where speed and throughput matter.
Fast utility generation Generate raster images more quickly for iterative and high-volume workflows.
Great for ideation Useful for exploring visual directions, testing prompt variations, and building creative options at scale.
Simple prompt-based workflow Turn natural-language descriptions into finished images with minimal setup.
Preset image sizing
Use image_size presets for predictable output framing and composition.
Production-friendly throughput A practical option for teams that need many images for experiments, pipelines, or content operations.
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| prompt | Yes | Text prompt describing the image you want to generate. |
| image_size | No | Output image size preset. Default: square_hd. |
A clean modern product photo of wireless earbuds on a soft gradient background, studio lighting, subtle shadows, minimal premium commercial style
Recraft official pricing for V4.1 Utility raster generation is a flat rate per image.
| Output | Cost |
|---|---|
| Per image | $0.04 |
image_size does not affect pricingprompt is required.image_size defaults to square_hd.Grab a WaveSpeedAI API key, then call POST https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/recraft-ai/recraft-v4.1/text-to-image-utility with your input as JSON. The endpoint returns a prediction id. Start polling the result endpoint around every 2 seconds, increase the interval for long-running tasks, and stop on any terminal status. On completed, read output values from data.outputs. Examples for Recraft v4.1 Text To Image Utility below.
set -euo pipefail
: "${WAVESPEED_API_KEY:?Set WAVESPEED_API_KEY}"
REQUEST_BODY=$(cat <<'JSON'
{
"prompt": "A cinematic shot of a city at sunset, soft golden light",
"image_size": "1:1"
}
JSON
)
# 1. Submit the prediction.
SUBMIT_RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body \
-X POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/recraft-ai/recraft-v4.1/text-to-image-utility" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY" \
-d "$REQUEST_BODY")
TASK=$(printf '%s' "$SUBMIT_RESPONSE" | jq 'if has("data") then .data else . end')
PREDICTION_ID=$(printf '%s' "$TASK" | jq -r '.id')
if [ -z "$PREDICTION_ID" ] || [ "$PREDICTION_ID" = "null" ]; then
printf 'Submission response did not contain a prediction id
' >&2
exit 1
fi
RESULT_URL=$(printf '%s' "$TASK" | jq -r '.urls.get // empty')
if [ -z "$RESULT_URL" ]; then
RESULT_URL="https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/$PREDICTION_ID/result"
fi
# 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while true; do
RESPONSE=$(curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body "$RESULT_URL" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $WAVESPEED_API_KEY")
RESULT=$(printf '%s' "$RESPONSE" | jq 'if has("data") then .data else . end')
STATUS=$(printf '%s' "$RESULT" | jq -r '.status')
case "$STATUS" in
completed) printf '%s\n' "$RESULT" | jq '.outputs'; break ;;
failed|cancelled|timeout) printf '%s\n' "$RESULT" | jq . >&2; exit 1 ;;
created|processing) sleep 2 ;;
*) printf 'Unexpected status: %s
' "$STATUS" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
doneconst submitUrl = "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/recraft-ai/recraft-v4.1/text-to-image-utility";
const apiKey = process.env.WAVESPEED_API_KEY;
if (!apiKey) throw new Error('Set WAVESPEED_API_KEY');
async function requestJson(url, options = {}) {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(await response.text());
return response.json();
}
// 1. Submit the prediction.
const body = await requestJson(submitUrl, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"prompt": "A cinematic shot of a city at sunset, soft golden light",
"image_size": "1:1"
}),
});
const task = body.data ?? body;
if (!task.id) throw new Error("Submission response did not contain a prediction id");
const resultUrl = task.urls?.get ||
`https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${task.id}/result`;
// 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while (true) {
const resultBody = await requestJson(resultUrl, {
headers: { "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}` },
});
const result = resultBody.data ?? resultBody;
if (result.status === "completed") {
console.log(result.outputs);
break;
}
if (["failed", "cancelled", "timeout"].includes(result.status)) throw new Error(JSON.stringify(result));
if (!["created", "processing"].includes(result.status)) throw new Error("Unexpected status: " + result.status);
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
}import json
import os
import time
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
api_key = os.environ["WAVESPEED_API_KEY"]
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
payload = {
"prompt": "A cinematic shot of a city at sunset, soft golden light",
"image_size": "1:1"
}
def request_json(url, data=None):
request = Request(url, data=data, headers=headers, method="POST" if data else "GET")
with urlopen(request) as response:
return json.load(response)
# 1. Submit the prediction.
body = request_json("https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/recraft-ai/recraft-v4.1/text-to-image-utility", json.dumps(payload).encode())
task = body.get("data", body)
if not task.get("id"):
raise RuntimeError("Submission response did not contain a prediction id")
result_url = task.get("urls", {}).get("get") or f"https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/{task['id']}/result"
# 2. Poll until the prediction finishes.
while True:
result_body = request_json(result_url)
result = result_body.get("data", result_body)
status = result.get("status")
if status == "completed":
print(result.get("outputs", []))
break
if status in {"failed", "cancelled", "timeout"}:
raise RuntimeError(result)
if status not in {"created", "processing"}:
raise RuntimeError(f"Unexpected status: {status}")
time.sleep(2)Recraft v4.1 Text To Image Utility is a Recraft model for image generation, exposed as a REST API on WaveSpeedAI. Recraft V4.1 Utility Text to Image is a fast, lightweight AI image generation model for high-volume creative workflows, ideation, A/B exploration, and content pipelines. Ready-to-use REST inference API for marketing visuals, product mockups, brand assets, social media content, creative design, rapid prototyping, and scalable text-to-image workflows with simple integration, no coldstarts, and affordable pricing. You can call it programmatically or try it from the playground above.
POST your input parameters to the model's REST endpoint (shown in the API tab of this playground) with your WaveSpeedAI API key in the Authorization header. Submission returns a prediction ID. Poll the result endpoint starting around every 2 seconds, increase the interval for long-running tasks, and stop on any terminal status. The playground generates production-oriented Python, JavaScript, and cURL examples with timeouts, transient-error handling, and safe GET retries. Full request/response shape is documented at https://wavespeed.ai/docs/docs-api/recraft-ai/recraft-ai-recraft-v4.1-text-to-image-utility.
Recraft v4.1 Text To Image Utility starts at $0.040 per run. That figure is the base price — the final charge scales with the parameters you set in the form (output size, length, count, references, or whatever knobs this model exposes), so a higher-quality or larger output costs more than a minimal one. The exact cost for your current input is shown live next to the Generate button before you submit, and the actual per-call charge is recorded on the prediction afterwards.
Key inputs: `prompt`, `image_size`. The full JSON schema (types, defaults, allowed values) is rendered above the Generate button and mirrored in the API reference at https://wavespeed.ai/docs/docs-api/recraft-ai/recraft-ai-recraft-v4.1-text-to-image-utility.
Sign up for a free WaveSpeedAI account to claim starter credits, copy your API key from /accesskey, then call the endpoint shown in the API tab of the playground. The playground also auto-generates a code sample in Python, JavaScript, or cURL for the parameters you've set.
Commercial usage rights depend on the model's license, set by its provider (Recraft). The license summary appears on the model card above; see WaveSpeedAI's Terms of Service for platform-level conditions.