FLUX
Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.
Full FLUX record →Head to head
FLUX (Black Forest Labs) and Ideogram (Ideogram) both sit in Image. FLUX is the cheaper entry point at Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel.. Ideogram shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (12 vs 9). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | FLUX Black Forest Labs | Ideogram Ideogram |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | FLUX 3 | 4.5 |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel. | from $8/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Pay as you go free | Free free · Basic $8 · Plus $20 · Pro $60 |
| Model stack | FLUX 1.1 [pro] · FLUX 3 · FLUX 3 Action · FLUX 3 Image · FLUX 3 Image Klein · FLUX 3 Max · FLUX 3 Video · FLUX 3 Video Draft · FLUX.1 [dev] · FLUX.1 [pro] · FLUX.1 Kontext · FLUX.1 Kontext [max] · FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] · FLUX.2 · FLUX.2 [dev] · FLUX.2 [flex] · FLUX.2 [klein] · FLUX.2 [klein] 4B · FLUX.2 [klein] 9B · FLUX.2 [max] · FLUX.2 [pro] · FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra | GPT Image · GPT Image 2.5 · GPT Image 2.5 Flare · GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst · Ideogram 3.0 · Ideogram 4.0 · Ideogram 4.5 · ideogram-1 · ideogram-3 · ideogram-4 · Kling · Kling v3 Standard · MiniMax H3 · Nano Banana · Nano Banana 2.1 · Nano Banana Pro · Seedance 2.5 · seedance-2-5-text-to-video · Topaz |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 9 | 12 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Open weights, Image editing, Multi-reference, Character consistency, High resolution, Text-to-Image, Multi-reference image editing, Outpainting | Legible text, Style references, Magic fill, Canvas, Describe, Image Generation, Typography, Remix |
Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.
Full FLUX record →Best known for rendering typography and logos correctly inside generated images.
Full Ideogram record →