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Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector
- Image Generation
Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector is a high‑aesthetic text-and-image-to-vector model from Recraft that generates large, production-ready SVG graphics. It is tuned for professional illustration, branding, and other use cases where scalable, clean vector output is required.
About the model
What is Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector?
Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector is the SVG-based variant of the Recraft V4.1 Pro image generation model, designed to produce high-aesthetic vector graphics directly from text or image inputs. It is mainly used for creating logos, icons, and brand assets that must scale cleanly without quality loss. It is also suited to detailed posters, illustrations, and complex scene artwork where structured, editable paths and smooth gradients are important. The model belongs to the Recraft V4/V4.1 family of image and vector generators, extending earlier V4 Pro Vector capabilities with higher fidelity and improved aesthetics.
Model capabilities
5 Core Capabilities
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Text-to-vector generation
Generates high-quality SVG vector illustrations and graphics directly from text prompts, suitable for posters, branding, and detailed scenes.
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Image-conditioned vectorization
Transforms input reference images into large-format, editable SVG outputs, preserving clear shapes and geometry for professional workflows.
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Design aesthetic control
Supports palette and background controls to lock color schemes, enabling brand-consistent, production-ready vector compositions at scale.
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Short-prompt adherence
Understands concise prompts while maintaining structural clarity in the generated SVG artwork, reducing prompt-engineering complexity for designers.
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Multilingual prompt support
Accepts prompts in multiple languages, enabling non-English-speaking designers to generate stylistically rich, scalable vector graphics from text.
Use cases
6 Most Valuable Use Cases
- Logo and Icon Design
- Scalable Brand Assets
- Marketing Illustration Graphics
- UI Vector Asset Creation
- Product Packaging Vectors
- Print-Ready SVG Artwork
Transparent pricing
Cost Comparison
LLM API offers up to ~60% lower image generation costs vs comparable Recraft Pro tiers.
| Provider | Region | Latency | Throughput | Uptime | Input ($/1M) | Output ($/1M) | Context |
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| LLM API BEST | Global | ~450ms | ~120 img/min | 99.99% | ~$0.003/img | ~$0.003/img | ~16K vector shapes |
| Recraft | Global | ~650ms | ~60 img/min | 99.9% | ~$0.007/img | ~$0.007/img | ~12K vector shapes |
| Replicate | US East | ~800ms | ~40 img/min | 99.5% | ~$0.010/img | ~$0.010/img | ~8K vector shapes |
| Hugging Face Inference | EU West | ~900ms | ~30 img/min | 99.9% | ~$0.009/img | ~$0.009/img | ~8K vector shapes |
| Bespoke Cloud GPU (RunPod‑style) | US West | ~1100ms | ~25 img/min | ~99.0% | ~$0.012/img | ~$0.012/img | ~10K vector shapes |
Performance benchmarks
Technical Specifications
| Metric | Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector | Adobe Firefly Vector Model | Shutterstock Generate Vector |
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| Latency per Image | ~900ms | ~1200ms | ~1500ms |
| Throughput | ~30 img/min | ~20 img/min | ~18 img/min |
| Max Resolution | 4096x4096 | 4096x4096 | 4096x4096 |
| Price per Image | ~$0.04 | ~$0.06 | ~$0.05 |
| Supported Formats | SVG, PNG, JPG, WebP | SVG, PNG, JPG | SVG, PNG, JPG |
| Uptime | ~99.9% | ~99.5% | ~99.5% |
30-day usage via LLM API
- 3.4B
- Prompt tokens processed (30 days)
- 9.1M
- Images & vectors generated (30 days)
- 540K
- API requests served (30 days)
- 99.8%
- Avg API uptime (30 days)
Architecture & Integration
Why Build on LLM.API?
One unified API. Every major model. Built-in reliability, cost control, and observability.
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Intelligent Model Routing
Automatically route each request to the best model across providers based on latency, capabilities, and policies. One endpoint, dynamically optimized for every call.
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Cost-Aware Orchestration
Control spend by mixing premium and budget models with per-request cost policies and guardrails. Optimize for price, performance, or a smart balance of both.
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Resilient Fallback Logic
Define automatic provider and model fallbacks when requests fail or time out. Keep your AI features online even during provider outages or quota limits.
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Full-Stack Observability
Trace every request across providers with unified logs, metrics, and latency breakdowns. Quickly debug failures, compare models, and tune workloads in one place.
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Task-Aware Abstractions
Call high-level tasks like chat, tools, or embeddings without worrying about provider-specific quirks. Ship features faster with stable, task-focused APIs.
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High-Throughput Batch
Submit large batches of requests with built-in concurrency control, retries, and cost tracking. Process datasets and background jobs efficiently across multiple providers.
Scale jobs, not scripts
Decision guide
When to Use — When NOT to Use
Use it if...
- You need to generate clean, scalable vector illustrations for logos, icons, or branding.
- You need crisp SVG-style artwork that can be resized without quality loss for print.
- Your use case involves UI illustrations, dashboards, or product mockups in flat vector style.
- You need consistent line-art, simple shapes, and flat colors for infographics or diagrams.
- Your use case involves programmatically generating many style-consistent vector assets from prompts.
- You need vector images that can be easily edited in tools like Figma or Illustrator.
Avoid if...
- You need photorealistic raster images with complex lighting, textures, or camera effects.
- Your workload requires detailed 3D renders, volumetric effects, or cinematic scene composition.
- You need pixel-perfect raster outputs for tasks like texture maps or spritesheets.
- Your workload requires text-heavy document layout generation rather than single illustrative assets.
- You need fine-grained control over every pixel for tasks like medical or satellite imaging.
- Your workload requires integrated multimodal reasoning over text and images in a single model.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector?
Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector is a Recraft model specialized for generating and editing high-quality vector graphics via the LLM.API platform.
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What is Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector best suited for?
It is best for programmatic generation of logos, icons, illustrations, and scalable vector assets where clean paths and editability are important.
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How is Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector priced on LLM.API?
LLM.API usage is billed per generated image or vector job, with exact pricing defined in the Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector entry on LLM.API.
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What is the context window of Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector?
Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector consumes text prompts up to the maximum prompt size allowed by LLM.API for image and vector-generation models.
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How fast is Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector in terms of latency?
Typical latency is several seconds per vector generation, depending on prompt complexity, resolution, and current LLM.API server load.
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What input and output modalities does Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector support?
It accepts text prompts and optionally reference images, and outputs scalable vector graphics formats determined by the LLM.API integration.
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How do I call Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector through LLM.API?
Use the LLM.API image or vector-generation endpoint with the model identifier for Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector and include your prompt and parameters.
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How does Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector compare to raster image models?
Unlike raster models, it produces resolution-independent vector paths, making it preferable for branding, UI assets, and designs needing easy post-editing.
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Does Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector support multiturn conversational context?
It primarily treats each generation as an independent request, with any conversational context managed by your application using previous prompts.
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What are the main limitations of Recraft V4.1 Pro Vector?
It may struggle with photorealism, extremely detailed scenes, or precise text rendering compared with specialized raster or text-layout models.