FLUX
Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.
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FLUX vs Stable Diffusion
FLUX (Black Forest Labs) and Stable Diffusion (Stability AI) 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 8). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | FLUX Black Forest Labs | Stable Diffusion Stability AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | FLUX 3 | Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Entry cost | Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel. | from $19/org/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Pay as you go free | Trial free · Creator $19 · Core $50 |
| 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 | more · Nano Banana · Seedream · Stable Audio 3.0 · Stable Diffusion · Stable Diffusion 3.5 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 9 | 8 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Open weights, Image editing, Multi-reference, Character consistency, High resolution, Text-to-Image, Multi-reference image editing, Outpainting | Open weights, LoRA fine-tuning, ControlNet ecosystem, Local inference, Commercial licence, Text-to-image, Sketch-to-image, Inpainting |
Stable Diffusion
A family of downloadable image models with a large ecosystem of fine-tunes and tooling.
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