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Flux

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Stable Diffusion

Flux vs Stable Diffusion — which one should you pick?

Flux starts at Free — State-of-the-art open image model from Black Forest Labs. Stable Diffusion starts at Free — Open-source image model you can run anywhere. Both are image generation tools. Compare pricing, features, and use cases below.

TOOL	Flux Image Generation State-of-the-art open image model from Black Forest Labs.	Stable Diffusion Image Generation Open-source image model you can run anywhere.
PRICING MODEL	Freemium	Freemium
STARTING PRICE	Free	Free
CATEGORY	Image Generation	Image Generation
AI AGENT	No	No
EDITOR'S PICK	No	No
KEY FEATURES	FLUX.1 [pro] Open-weight Schnell/Dev Prompt adherence Hand rendering API access	Open weights Multiple versions ControlNet support LoRA fine-tuning API access
USE CASES	Photorealism Concept art Product imagery Research	Local generation Custom fine-tuning App integration Research
TAGS	#image#open-source#frontier	#image#open-source#local
WEBSITE	blackforestlabs.ai	stability.ai/stable-image

At a glance

Pricing: Both are freemium.
AI agent: Neither tool ships with an autonomous agent.
Editor’s pick: Neither is currently featured.

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