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AF Adobe Firefly Image (Model 5) Adobe A live
API & price public (enterprise) · Firefly Services API, credit-based official
Max resolution native ~4MP (2K-class), layers, flexible aspect secondary
Control Generative Fill (inpaint), style/structure refs, strong text, lighting/camera control, layers, custom models official
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (free plan; no IP indemnity on free tier) official Quality no independent measure
F FLUX.2 Black Forest Labs C live
API & price public · [pro] from $0.03/MP, [flex] $0.05, [max] $0.07, [klein] ~$0.015 official
Max resolution megapixel-based (multi-MP); ceiling not stated official
Control multi-reference editing, image combination, text-instruction editing, inpaint, Kontext in-context editing official
Weights open · FLUX Non-Commercial License ([dev]); [pro]/[max] closed official
Free tier open self-host ([dev] weights, non-commercial); API paid official Quality 1194 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (FLUX.2 [max]) ↗
GG Google Gemini Image (Nano Banana) Google B live
API & price public · Gemini 3 Pro Image $0.134/image (1K–2K), $0.24 (4K); 2.5 Flash Image $0.039 official
Max resolution up to 4K (4096²); aspect-ratio control official
Control inpaint/localized edit; up to 14 reference images; character consistency; high-fidelity text official
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (free in Gemini app/AI Studio); SynthID watermark official Quality 1218 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (Gemini 3 Pro Image) ↗
GI GPT Image (gpt-image-2) OpenAI B live
API & price public · $0.011–$0.25/image (tiered); gpt-image-2 ~$0.21/image high official
Max resolution up to 1536×1024 official
Control text+image input; inpaint/edit; strong text rendering official
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (free in ChatGPT with caps; API paid) secondary Quality 1339 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (gpt-image-2, #1) ↗
HO HiDream (O1-Image) HiDream.ai C live
API & price public via third-party hosts; official per-image price not published; self-host secondary
Max resolution I1 1024²; O1-Image up to 2048² official
Control instruction editing, multi-reference personalization, long-text (EN+ZH), layout conditioning official
Weights open · MIT official
Free tier open self-host (MIT weights) official Quality 1264 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (HiDream-O1-Image-1.5, #4) ↗
I4 Ideogram (4.0) Ideogram B live
API & price public · $0.03 (Turbo) / $0.06 (Default) / $0.10 (Quality) per image official
Max resolution flexible aspect + Reframe; upscale to 2K/4K/8K official
Control inpaint/Edit, Remix, Reframe, background replace, transparent BG, character ref, class-leading text official
Weights open · Ideogram commercial licence (4.0 open-weight; ≤3.0 closed) official
Free tier limited (free web tier) secondary Quality 1207 LMArena Text-to-Image (ideogram-4.0-quality) ↗
I4 Imagen 4 (Google) Google B defunct
API & price public · Fast $0.02 / Standard $0.04 / Ultra $0.06 per image (Vertex AI) secondary
Max resolution up to 2K; aspect ratios 1:1–16:9 secondary
Control improved text rendering; editing/inpaint via companion endpoints; SynthID watermark secondary
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (free quota via Gemini app; API paid) secondary Quality 1180 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (Imagen 4 Ultra) ↗
LA Leonardo AI (Lucid Origin) Leonardo.Ai (Canva) B live
API & price public · REST API (credit-based, ~$0.007/image); plans from ~$9/mo secondary
Max resolution Lucid Origin up to 2500²; flexible aspect official
Control Canvas inpaint, Image Guidance, Style Reference, Character Reference official
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (~150 credits/day) secondary Quality 1118 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (Lucid Origin Ultra) ↗
LP Luma Photon Luma AI B live
API & price public · Luma Platform API (credit-based); per-image price not published official
Max resolution aspect ratios 1:1–21:9; 4K tier official
Control Image Reference (up to 4), Style Reference, Character Reference, Modify Image official
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (free app tier; paid from $30/mo) secondary Quality 1067 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (Luma Photon) ↗
MM Microsoft MAI-Image (2.5) Microsoft AI B live
API & price public · token-billed (~$0.048/image); via Azure AI Foundry secondary
Max resolution not published unverified
Control image-to-image editing, localized edits, identity/face consistency, strong text official
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (free trial in MAI Playground; production paid) official Quality 1271 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (MAI-Image-2.5, #3) ↗
MV Midjourney (V8.1) Midjourney, Inc. B live
API & price no public API (enterprise-gated); plans $10–$120/mo secondary
Max resolution 2K HD output (--hd); wide aspect flexibility secondary
Control inpaint (Vary Region), style refs (--sref), Omni Reference; weak text rendering secondary
Weights closed official
Free tier no (paid subscription only) secondary Quality no independent measure
Q Qwen-Image Alibaba C live
API & price public via Alibaba Cloud Model Studio; per-image price not published; also self-host official
Max resolution up to ~3584² multi-ratio secondary
Control class-leading text (Latin + Chinese), style transfer, object insert/remove, in-image text edit official
Weights open · Apache-2.0 official
Free tier open self-host (Apache-2.0 weights) official Quality 1192 LMArena Text-to-Image (qwen-image-2.0-pro) ↗
RV Recraft (V4.1) Recraft B live
API & price public · $0.04/raster, $0.08/vector image (V3) official
Max resolution flexible; native vector/SVG output official
Control style references / brand styles, inpaint/edit, precise text placement, vector output official
Weights hosted closed; 20B 'Red Panda' open-weight sibling exists secondary
Free tier limited (free web credits; API paid) secondary Quality 1203 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (Recraft V4.1) ↗
RR Reve (Reve 2.0) Reve AI B live
API & price public (beta) · ~$0.007/image base credits secondary
Max resolution native 2048² with 4K upscale (Reve 2.0 native 4K) secondary
Control typography engine (strong text), layout-aware editing, remix/edit modes secondary
Weights closed secondary
Free tier limited (~20 daily free web credits) secondary Quality 1280 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (Reve 2.0, #2) ↗
S4 Seedream (4.0/4.5) ByteDance B live
API & price public · ~$0.03/image via BytePlus ModelArk official
Max resolution up to 4K (~4096px), flexible aspect ratios secondary
Control multi-image editing, reference consistency, strong dense-text rendering, img2img stylization official
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (200-image BytePlus trial) secondary Quality 1190 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (Seedream 4.0) ↗
SD Stable Diffusion 3.5 Stability AI C live
API & price public · Large $0.065, Large Turbo $0.04, Medium $0.035 per image official
Max resolution Large ~1MP native; Medium 0.25–2MP official
Control ControlNets (Blur/Canny/Depth); broad ComfyUI inpaint/img2img ecosystem secondary
Weights open · Stability Community License (free commercial under $1M/yr) official
Free tier open self-host (weights on Hugging Face) official Quality 938 LMArena Text-to-Image (SD3.5 Large) ↗
XG xAI Grok Imagine (image) xAI C live
API & price public · $0.02/image (standard), $0.05/image (quality) official
Max resolution not published unverified
Control image-to-image implied; edit/style/consistency controls not documented unverified
Weights closed official
Free tier limited (image gen in Grok/X on paid plans) secondary Quality 1202 Artificial Analysis Image Arena (grok-imagine-image-quality) ↗
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