Black Forest Labs' Flux AI delivers cutting-edge photorealism, anatomy accuracy, and prompt adherence. Ideogram remains the unrivaled leader for in-image text and typography. Pick Flux for realism, Ideogram for anything with words.
Pick the use case that matches your needs to find the right tool.
Marketing posters with text
No other model handles in-image typography this reliably.
Photorealistic portraits
Flux Pro produces the cleanest faces and skin in this generation.
Self-hosted generation
Open-weight Schnell and Dev variants run locally.
Open Source
Flux Dev and Flux Schnell are free and open source for non-commercial use. Flux Pro is available via API at ~$0.05/image. Self-hostable on your own hardware.
Free and open source. download and use without restrictions
Freemium
Free tier with ~25 generations/day. Basic ($8/mo), Plus ($20/mo), and Pro ($60/mo) with increasing speed, quality, and private generation.
Free tier available with limited features. no credit card required
Developers and creators who want fast, open-source image generation with custom training
Designers and creatives producing visual content at scale
Photorealism
Text in Images
Prompt Adherence
Anatomy Accuracy
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Open Source
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Choose Flux AI for photorealistic and stylized art. Choose Ideogram when your image must contain readable, accurate text.