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Flux

Image gen from the Stable Diffusion creators. Best photorealism available, good text rendering, and Kontext lets you edit existing images with plain English.

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Pricing: Schnell is free (Apache 2.0, self-hosted). Pro: $0.04/image. Pro Ultra: $0.06/image. Kontext Pro: $0.04/image. Klein: from $0.014/image. Pay-per-image, no subscription.

About Flux

Flux comes from Black Forest Labs — the same people who built Stable Diffusion. It's a family of models: Schnell (free, under 2 seconds), Dev (open-weight, good for experiments), Pro (best quality), and Kontext (edit existing images with natural language). Kontext is the one worth paying attention to. Upload a product photo, tell it to swap the background or change the lighting, and it keeps everything else intact. Good for creating variations of brand assets without starting from scratch. Photorealism is the best in the field right now. Text rendering is solid — not perfect, but better than most. Flux 2.0 added Klein models that generate in under 1 second. Pricing: $0.04/image for Pro, and Schnell is Apache 2.0 licensed if you want to self-host.

Features

  • Text-to-image with exceptional photorealism
  • Accurate text rendering in generated images
  • Context-aware image editing (Kontext)
  • Multiple model tiers (Schnell, Pro, Ultra, Kontext)
  • Sub-1-second generation with Klein models
  • 4x resolution with Pro Ultra
  • Inpainting and outpainting (Fill model)
  • Apache 2.0 license on Schnell and Klein 4B

Use Cases

  • Photorealistic product shots and mockups
  • Social graphics with text that's actually legible
  • Edit existing marketing images by describing what to change
  • Ad creative and banner variations in bulk

Pros

  • + Best photorealism available right now
  • + Text in images works — not perfect, but the best option
  • + Schnell is free and Apache 2.0 licensed for self-hosting
  • + $0.04/image on Pro — hard to beat
  • + Kontext editing: tweak existing images without regenerating from scratch

Cons

  • - No free hosted tier — pay per image or self-host
  • - No web UI — API or third-party platforms only
  • - Less stylized/artistic than Midjourney
  • - Text rendering still needs manual fixes sometimes

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Added: 2026-02-24 · Last updated: 2026-02-24