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Glossary ↗Batch Image Generation
Batch image generation is producing many images in a single automated run — dozens or thousands — instead of one prompt at a time in a UI. You supply a list of prompts, often from a spreadsheet or database, plus parameters, and the pipeline iterates through them via API, saving each result. For SaaS builders, batching is how image generation becomes a backend feature rather than a manual toy: a unique illustration for every blog post, product-scene shots for a whole catalog, or hundreds of ad variants overnight. Practical note: batch jobs live or die on cost, rate limits, and reliability. Run them through a queue so a failed image retries without restarting the batch, respect the provider's rate limits with backoff, and log the prompt plus seed for every output so you can reproduce or regenerate specific ones. Because a batch can quietly rack up a large bill, cap the job size and estimate cost before launching. Deduplicate near-identical prompts to avoid paying twice.
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