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FLUX (Black Forest Labs)

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Open-weights image models from the original Stable Diffusion team.

freemiumopen weights (FLUX.2 Klein, Apache-2.0); API from ~$0.014/image

Verified 2026-09-01

Krea

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Real-time AI creative suite for images, video, and 3D.

freemiumfree 100 units/day; Basic $9/mo, Pro $35/mo, Max $105/mo (yearly ~$5/$21/$63); Business flat up to 50 seats, Enterprise custom

Verified 2026-09-01

Midjourney

ship

The aesthetic benchmark for AI image generation — Discord-born, now web-first.

paidfrom $10/mo (Basic)

Verified 2026-09-01

Adobe Firefly

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Generative image, vector and design tools inside Adobe's creative cloud.

freemiumfree daily generations; paid plans from $9.99/mo

Verified 2026-08-24

Ideogram

situational

Image generator with the strongest text-in-image rendering.

freemiumfree tier (weekly credits, amount may vary); Plus $15/mo (annual), Pro $42/mo (annual), Team $20/user/mo (annual)

Verified 2026-08-24

Reve

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4K image model with layout-native edit/create — consumer energy plans plus a credit API.

freemiumFree with daily energy; Lite $7.99/mo (5× energy); Pro $19.99/mo (100× energy, video energy); API from $10 = 7,500 credits

Verified 2026-08-24

Clipdrop

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Jasper's suite of generative image tools — uncrop, relight, remove background, and more.

freemiumfree tier with watermarks; Pro from $9/mo

Verified 2026-08-19

Gemini Nano Banana 2

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Gemini's native image model (gemini-3.1-flash-image) — generate/edit in the Gemini app and Gemini API.

freemiumGemini app: included with plan caps (Free limited; Plus/Pro/Ultra expand); API billed as Gemini image tokens — confirm live rates on Google AI pricing (not Imagen 4)

Verified 2026-08-19

GPT Image 2

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OpenAI's image generation/editing model (ChatGPT Images in the app; gpt-image-2 on the API).

freemiumin ChatGPT: Free/Go limited, Plus expanded, Pro unlimited/faster; API gpt-image-2 $8/1M image-in, $2 cached, $30/1M image-out, $5/1M text-in

Verified 2026-08-19

Leonardo AI

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Production-oriented image suite with fine-tuning, canvas editing and team features.

freemiumfree tier (150 tokens/day); Essential $12/mo, Premium $30/mo

Verified 2026-08-19

Photoroom

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Product-photo editor — background removal plus credit-metered generative tools for listings.

freemiumFree Space (no commercial use); paid yearly Pro 8,000 AI credits + 1,000 exports/mo, Max 25,000 + 3,000, Ultra 75,000 + 10,000; USD is JS-rendered on the pricing page — confirm in-browser; API/MCP billed separately

Verified 2026-08-19

Qwen-Image

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Alibaba Cloud text-to-image and image-editing models, including Qwen-Image 2.0 and Plus/Max variants.

paidQwen-Image 2.0 ~$0.029/image, Image Plus ~$0.0287/image, Image Edit Max similar per-image rate

Verified 2026-08-19

Recraft

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Design-focused image model with vector output and brand style controls.

freemiumfree tier; from $10/mo (Basic)

Verified 2026-08-19

Seedream

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ByteDance's image generation model, served via BytePlus ModelArk and Dreamina.

paidBytePlus ModelArk pay-as-you-go; Seedream 5.0 Pro packages from ~$6.99 intro; standard from $0.045/image

Verified 2026-08-19

Stable Diffusion (Stability AI)

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The open-weights classic — the largest community ecosystem of checkpoints and tools.

freemiumopen weights free; Brand Studio Core $50/mo; API from ~$0.03/image

Verified 2026-08-19

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