FLUX
Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.
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FLUX vs Seedream
FLUX (Black Forest Labs) and Seedream (ByteDance) 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.. FLUX shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 6). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | FLUX Black Forest Labs | Seedream ByteDance |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | FLUX 3 | 5.0 pro / flash |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel. | from $0.02/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Pay as you go free | Doubao app free · API per image $0.02 |
| 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 | Doubao Seedream 5.0 flash · Doubao Seedream 5.0 pro · Seedream 4.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 9 | 6 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Open weights, Image editing, Multi-reference, Character consistency, High resolution, Text-to-Image, Multi-reference image editing, Outpainting | 4K output, Chinese text rendering, Image editing, Multi-reference, Image Generation, Interactive Editing, Image Generation API, image generation |
Seedream
Seedream powers image generation in Doubao and Jimeng, with API access via Volcano Engine.
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