Image · segment
Open-weights
Open model licence — self-hostable.
No independent measure ranks this whole set, so no crown. Shortlist ordered by Weights; the basis is stated, not hidden.
5 eligibledata as of 2026-07-04
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 1192LMArena Text-to-Image (qwen-image-2.0-pro) ↗
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 1194Artificial Analysis Image Arena (FLUX.2 [max]) ↗
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 1207LMArena Text-to-Image (ideogram-4.0-quality) ↗
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 1264Artificial Analysis Image Arena (HiDream-O1-Image-1.5, #4) ↗
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 938LMArena Text-to-Image (SD3.5 Large) ↗