Qwen-Image
A 20B image model released under Apache 2.0, notable for accurate text rendering in Chinese and English.
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Qwen-Image vs FLUX
Qwen-Image (Alibaba) and FLUX (Black Forest Labs) both sit in Image. FLUX shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Qwen-Image Alibaba | FLUX Black Forest Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Image | Image |
| Version | Qwen-Image | FLUX 3 |
| Entry cost | Open-source model available for free download and local inference. | Pay-as-you-go API pricing with no subscriptions/seat fees. Pricing varies per image resolution, video second, or megapixel. |
| Pricing tiers | Open Source free | Pay as you go free |
| Model stack | Qwen · Qwen-Image · Qwen-Image-2 · Qwen-VL | 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 |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 9 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Text rendering, Instruction editing, Open weights (Apache 2.0), ControlNet, vision understanding, multimodal, open-source, multimodal model | Open weights, Image editing, Multi-reference, Character consistency, High resolution, Text-to-Image, Multi-reference image editing, Outpainting |
FLUX
Image generation and editing models available both as open weights and hosted API.
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