# Recraft V4.1 Utility

Recraft V4.1 Utility is the utility variant of Recraft's V4.1 release. It generates clean, predictable images with flat lighting and front-facing composition, designed for mockups, product shots, and scenes where calm output matters more than aesthetic surprise.

- **Model ID:** `recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility`
- **Type:** image
- **Providers:** recraft
- **Context window:** Not applicable
- **Maximum output tokens:** 0
- **Pricing:** $0.035/image
- **Canonical page:** https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/recraft-v4.1-utility

## Supported parameters

- **Parameters:** `aspectRatio`
- **Operations:** `text-to-image`, `image-to-image`, `inpainting`, `outpainting`
- **Input modalities:** `text`, `image`
- **Output modalities:** `image`
- **Aspect ratios:** `1:1`, `4:3`, `3:2`, `16:9`, `9:16`
- **Resolutions:** Not reported
- **Durations:** Not reported
- **Frame rates:** Not reported
- **Maximum outputs per request:** Not reported

## Example

```ts
import { experimental_generateImage as generateImage } from 'ai';

const result = await generateImage({
  model: 'recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility',
  prompt: 'A red balloon on a wooden table.'
});
```

## About

Recraft V4.1 Utility is the utility variant of Recraft's V4.1 generation. It targets a specific need: clean, simple, and predictable image generation for projects that don't benefit from the model making creative composition choices.

The model focuses on flat lighting, front-facing composition, and simple scenes. That makes it useful for product mockups, packshots, ecommerce imagery, and reference assets where consistency matters more than artistic variation. You get the V4.1 generation's improved photorealism and material rendering applied to a deliberately restrained visual style.

Recraft V4.1 Utility sits alongside the standard `recraft-v4.1` model. Use the standard tier when you want the model to bring composition and aesthetic choices to the prompt. Use Recraft V4.1 Utility when you need straightforward, repeatable output. For higher-fidelity utility output suitable for production assets, the utility Pro tier extends the output ceiling.

## What to consider

Recraft V4.1 Utility produces predictable, low-drama output. Per-image pricing is $0.035; confirm rates on this page. For expressive, varied compositions, use `recraft-v4.1` instead. For premium utility-tier fidelity, evaluate `recraft-v4.1-utility-pro`.

## When to use

### Best For

- Product mockups and packshots where flat lighting is the expected look
- Ecommerce imagery that needs consistent, front-facing composition
- Reference assets and design system illustrations
- Workflows where predictable, repeatable output matters more than aesthetic surprise

### Consider Alternatives When

- You want varied compositions and creative direction from the model. `recraft-v4.1` is the expressive variant
- You need premium utility-tier fidelity for final production assets. `recraft-v4.1-utility-pro` extends that ceiling
- Your workflow needs dramatic lighting or atmospheric scenes. Recraft V4.1 Utility deliberately produces flat, even lighting
- You need editorial illustration with stylistic variety. `recraft-v4.1` handles that better

## Best for

- **Product mockups:** Packshots and mockup imagery where flat lighting is expected
- **Ecommerce imagery:** Front-facing composition and consistent presentation across SKUs
- **Reference assets:** Design system illustrations and internal documentation imagery
- **Repeatable output:** Pipelines that need predictable results across many generations

## Consider alternatives

- **Expressive compositions:** `recraft-v4.1` brings aesthetic variety and creative direction
- **Premium utility fidelity:** `recraft-v4.1-utility-pro` extends fidelity for final production use
- **Dramatic lighting:** `recraft-v4.1` handles atmospheric scenes; the utility tier produces flat lighting by design
- **Editorial illustration:** `recraft-v4.1` is sharper for stylistic illustration work

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Recraft V4.1 Utility for?

Clean, simple, and predictable image generation. The model focuses on flat lighting, front-facing composition, and simple scenes, which suits product mockups, ecommerce imagery, and reference assets.

### How does Recraft V4.1 Utility differ from `recraft-v4.1`?

Recraft V4.1 Utility produces predictable, low-drama output with flat lighting and front-facing composition. `recraft-v4.1` is the expressive variant and brings composition and aesthetic choices to the prompt. Pick the utility tier when consistency matters more than variety.

### When should I choose Recraft V4.1 Utility over `recraft-v4.1-utility-pro`?

Use Recraft V4.1 Utility for everyday utility output where per-image cost matters. Switch to `recraft-v4.1-utility-pro` when you need higher fidelity for final production assets.

### Can Recraft V4.1 Utility produce atmospheric or dramatic lighting?

No. Recraft V4.1 Utility produces flat, even lighting by design. For atmospheric scenes and dramatic lighting, use `recraft-v4.1`.

### Is Recraft V4.1 Utility a multimodal LLM?

No. Recraft V4.1 Utility is a dedicated image generation model. It doesn't have a conversational context or text completion interface. Use `generateImage` from the AI SDK.

### How do I use Recraft V4.1 Utility on AI Gateway?

Pass `recraft/recraft-v4.1-utility` to `generateImage` from the AI SDK. AI Gateway handles routing, retries, and provider failover automatically.

### What does Recraft V4.1 Utility cost?

Per-image pricing is $0.035. See the pricing section on this page for the current rate.

### Does Recraft V4.1 Utility support zero data retention?

Zero Data Retention is not currently available for this model. Zero Data Retention is offered on a per-provider basis. See https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/capabilities/zdr for details.

## Links

- [Model page](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/recraft-v4.1-utility)
- [AI Gateway documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway)
- [Provider model documentation](https://www.recraft.ai/blog/recraft-v4-1-more-beautiful-by-nature)