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FLUX (Black Forest Labs)
shipOpen-weights image models from the original Stable Diffusion team.
bfl.aiVerified 2026-08-15
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The best open-weights image models you can actually run: prompt adherence and typography beat SDXL by a mile, and the API is priced sanely. Default choice when you need self-hosting or fine-tunes.
Known limitations
- FLUX.1 [dev] weights carry a non-commercial license for production use.
- The top pro tier is API-only, no weights.
- Local runs want a 24GB GPU for comfortable speed.
Facts
- pricing
- freemium1
- price note
- open weights (FLUX.2 klein, Apache-2.0); API from ~$0.014/image
- free tier
- yes
- open source
- yes
- api
- yes
- self-host
- yes
- category
- image
Models used
Sources
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