Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic)

Name: Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic)
Brand: Playground AI
SKU: playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate
Price: 0.0732 USD
Availability: InStock

Image generationAvailable

by Playground AIplayground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate

Playground AI's diffusion model tuned for aesthetics. SDXL-based architecture trained on the EDM formulation, rated by users as more visually pleasing than SDXL in their study. Strong on vivid color and contrast.

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Price: ≈ $0.0732/run
Resolution: up to 1,536 × 1,536 px
Input → output: Text → Image
Developer: Playground AI
Updated: September 23, 2026

Playground

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Input & output

≈ $0.0732/run

Prompt

0 / 4,000

Text description of the image to generate

Advanced settings (6)

Negative prompt(optional)

0 / 4,000

Things to avoid in the image

Seed(optional)

Optional seed for reproducibility

Width(optional)256–1,536

Height(optional)256–1,536

Guidance scale(optional)1–50

Steps(optional)1–100

⌘/Ctrl + Enter

Output

Your image appears here.

This run

about $0.0732 · 7.32 credits

$0.2196 (21.96 credits) are reserved at the start; the actual GPU time is billed.

For accounts without a purchase: runs above 2 credits need a top-up.

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Examples

Real outputs from the public examples of this model on Replicate, with the prompt and settings that produced them. They were not generated live on this page.

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Prompt
Astronaut in a jungle, cold color palette, muted colors, detailed, 8k
Settings
negative_prompt: ugly, deformed, noisy, blurry, distorted
width

1024
height

1024
Open full size
Input
Prompt
a cartoon of a girl playing with a big tiger
Settings
negative_prompt: ugly, deformed, noisy, blurry, distorted
width

1024
height

1024
Open full size
Prompt
a close up of a woman wearing a transparent, prismatic, elaborate nemeses headdress, over the should pose, brown skin-tone
Settings
negative_prompt: ugly, deformed, noisy, blurry, distorted
width

1024
height

1024

About Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic)

TL;DRAs of September 23, 2026

Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) is a model by Playground AI in the Image generation category. On Railwail, Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) costs ≈ $0.0732 per run.

Pricing

Prices in US dollars. Usage is charged from prepaid credits.

Typical run (≈ 44 s on A100 (80GB))	$0.0732 per run
GPU time (A100 (80GB))	$0.00168 per GPU second

Billed by the GPU time the run actually takes. When the run starts, 3× the typical price is reserved from your balance and settled afterwards.
1 credit = $0.01

Cost calculator

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GPU seconds per run

Typical according to the provider: about 43.6 s

Runs

Total

$7.32

732 credits

Per run

$0.0732 · 7.32 credits

Billed by the actual GPU time; this is an estimate.

API

Call Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) with your Railwail API key. Use this model ID in the request:

playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicateAPI documentation Get an API key

curl https://railwail.com/api/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RAILWAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate",
    "prompt": "A lighthouse on a rocky coast at sunset, photorealistic"
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["RAILWAIL_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://railwail.com/api/v1",
)

image = client.images.generate(
    model="playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate",
    prompt="A lighthouse on a rocky coast at sunset, photorealistic",
)

print(image.data[0].url)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.RAILWAIL_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://railwail.com/api/v1",
});

const image = await client.images.generate({
  model: "playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate",
  prompt: "A lighthouse on a rocky coast at sunset, photorealistic"
});

console.log(image.data[0].url);

// npm install railwail
import railwail from "railwail";

const rw = railwail(process.env.RAILWAIL_API_KEY);

const res = await rw.image("playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate", "A lighthouse on a rocky coast at sunset, photorealistic");

console.log(res.data[0].url);

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Specifications

Model ID: playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate
Developer: Playground AI
Category: Image generation
Input: Text
Output: Image
Resolution: up to 1,536 × 1,536 px
Billing: By usage (tokens or GPU time)
Catalog entry updated: September 23, 2026

Input parameters

Inputs and settings from the model's input schema. The example in the API section shows which of them the API accepts.

ParameterTypeDefaultAllowed values

promptrequired
Text description of the image to generate
Type: Text
Default: –
Allowed values: up to 4,000 characters
seed
Optional seed for reproducibility
Type: Integer
Default: –
Allowed values: –
width
Type: Integer
Default: 1024
Allowed values: 256 to 1,536
height
Type: Integer
Default: 1024
Allowed values: 256 to 1,536
guidance_scale
Type: Number
Default: 3
Allowed values: 1 to 50
negative_prompt
Things to avoid in the image
Type: Text
Default: –
Allowed values: up to 4,000 characters
num_inference_steps
Type: Integer
Default: 25
Allowed values: 1 to 100

Use cases

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Frequently asked questions

What is Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic)?

Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) is a model by Playground AI in the Image generation category. On Railwail you can call it with an API key through the Railwail API.

How much does Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) cost on Railwail?

On Railwail, Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) costs ≈ $0.0732 per run. You are charged for what each request actually uses. Usage is paid from prepaid credits; 1 credit equals $0.01.

Which settings does Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) support?

According to its input schema, Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) knows these parameters: prompt (up to 4,000 characters), seed, width (256 to 1,536), height (256 to 1,536), guidance_scale (1 to 50), negative_prompt (up to 4,000 characters), and num_inference_steps (1 to 100).

How fast is Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic)?

There are not enough measured runs of Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) on Railwail yet to state a run time. It depends on the input, the settings and the load at the provider.

Is Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) better than FLUX 1.1 Pro?

That depends on the task. Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) (Playground AI) and FLUX 1.1 Pro (Black Forest Labs) are both models in the Image generation category. The comparison page shows their prices and specifications side by side.

Compare Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) and FLUX 1.1 Pro

How do I use Playground v2.5 (1024px Aesthetic) through the API?

Create a Railwail API key and send your request with the model ID playground-v2-5-aesthetic-replicate. Code examples for curl, Python and JavaScript are in the API section of this page.

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