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Black Forest Labs · #3 most active of 19 in Image

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Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.

Current version

FLUX.2

Entry cost

Open weights plus hosted API

Changes / 30d

1

Capabilities

  • Open weights
  • Image editing
  • Multi-reference
  • Character consistency
  • High resolution

Pricing

  • FLUX.2 [dev] weights

    Free

  • API

    per image

    Free

  • Enterprise

    custom

    Free

Entry price over time

Not enough pricing history yet — we start charting from the second observation.

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • FLUX.2 [pro]

    Black Forest Labs

    disclosed

  • FLUX.2 [dev]

    Black Forest Labs

    disclosed

Context window

n/a

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

no

Stack signals

  • Diffusion transformer
  • Replicate
  • fal

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

  • FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs · 1 product
  • FLUX.2 [pro]Black Forest Labs · 1 product

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unknown

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • version

    FLUX.2 released with open dev weights alongside the hosted pro model

    FLUX.1FLUX.2

    source