FLUX.1 [dev]
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Pricing — 2 offering(s)
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- $0.030 / image Historical 2026-06-09 → 2026-06-09
- $0.025 / image Current 2026-06-10 → present
Default
- $0.025 / megapixel Current 2026-06-10 → present
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See how →Capability profile
Prompt adherence strong
Compositional accuracy strong
Photorealism strong
Artistic style range strong
Text rendering moderate
Resolution ceiling moderate
Inference speed moderate
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Score | Config | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GenEval | ≈0.66 | Third-party comparisons report FLUX.1 [dev] GenEval ≈0.66-0.71 depending on sampling settings. | independent ↗ |
Operator guidance
The balanced open FLUX tier: route here when you want FLUX-class quality and open weights without paying for [pro]. Drop to FLUX.1 [schnell] for speed/cost; step up to [pro] for the highest fidelity and text. Note the non-commercial licence on the weights.
Use cases
- Open-weight / self-hosted deployments needing strong quality
- Style customisation via the FLUX fine-tune / LoRA ecosystem
- Higher fidelity than schnell when latency budget allows
Provenance notice
- Open weights for non-commercial use; commercial use requires a separate licence from Black Forest Labs
- No built-in content-provenance metadata by default
Limitations
- Weights are non-commercial — licence matters for self-hosting
- Slower and pricier per image than schnell
- Text rendering below pro / DALL·E 3 / Ideogram
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