Shutterstock ImageAI

Lakemeter UI name: Shutterstock ImageAI

Shutterstock ImageAI provides AI-powered image generation on Databricks. You specify the number of images to generate per month, and costs are calculated based on a fixed DBU rate per image. This is one of the simplest workload types to estimate.

When to use Shutterstock ImageAI

Use Shutterstock ImageAI when you need to generate images using AI — things like marketing content, product mockups, creative assets, or data augmentation for ML training. If you need text generation or chat capabilities, see FMAPI — Databricks Models instead.

Real-world example

Scenario: Your marketing team generates 2,000 AI images per month for social media and ad campaigns on AWS us-east-1 (Premium tier).

Configuration

Field	Value
Workload Type	Shutterstock ImageAI
Images Per Month	2,000

Step-by-step calculation

1. DBU rate per image

Each image costs a fixed 0.857 DBU:

DBU per Image = 0.857

2. Monthly DBUs and cost

Monthly DBUs = Images × DBU per Image = 2,000 × 0.857 = 1,714 DBUs
DBU Cost     = 1,714 × $0.07/DBU = $119.98
Total Cost   = $119.98 (no VM costs — always serverless)

note

These are example rates for illustration. Actual $/DBU depends on your cloud, region, and pricing tier. The $0.07 rate is the fallback for the SERVERLESS_REAL_TIME_INFERENCE SKU on AWS/us-east-1/Premium.

Scaling examples

Images/Month	Monthly DBUs	Estimated Cost
500	428.5	~$30
1,000	857.0	~$60
5,000	4,285.0	~$300
10,000	8,570.0	~$600

Costs scale linearly with image count.

Configuration reference

Field	Description	Default
Images Per Month	Number of images to generate per month.	1,000

That's it — Shutterstock ImageAI has the simplest configuration of any workload type.

How costs are calculated

DBU per Image  = 0.857 (fixed)
Monthly DBUs   = Images Per Month × DBU per Image
DBU Cost       = Monthly DBUs × $/DBU
Total Cost     = DBU Cost (no VM costs — always serverless)

Shutterstock ImageAI is always serverless. There are no VM infrastructure costs.

SKU mapping

Workload	SKU	Fallback $/DBU
Shutterstock ImageAI	SERVERLESS_REAL_TIME_INFERENCE	$0.07

Tips

• Start with actual usage: Track how many images your team generates in a typical month before estimating. Marketing teams often overestimate their needs.
• Costs are linear: Double the images = double the cost. No volume discounts or tier thresholds to worry about.
• Compare with external services: At ~$0.06 per image (at $0.07/DBU), Shutterstock ImageAI is competitive with other AI image generation APIs.

Common mistakes

• Overestimating image volume: A marketing team generating 50 social media posts per week needs ~200 images/month, not 5,000. Estimate based on actual creative workflows.
• Expecting VM costs: Shutterstock ImageAI is always serverless. $0 VM cost is correct.

Excel export

Each Shutterstock ImageAI workload appears as one row in the exported spreadsheet:

Column	What it shows
Configuration	Image count
Mode	Serverless (always)
SKU	SERVERLESS_REAL_TIME_INFERENCE
Images/Month	Direct value
Monthly DBUs	Images × 0.857
DBU Cost (List)	At list price
DBU Cost (Discounted)	At negotiated rate
VM Cost	$0 (always serverless)
Total Cost	DBU Cost