FLUX vs Ideogram
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
FLUX
Black Forest Labs' image and video models: open weights plus a pay-as-...
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Ideogram
Image models built around legible in-image text, now with open weights
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.3 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Apache 2.0 weights (FLUX.2 klein 4B, FLUX.1 schnell); FLUX 3 Image Klein and Action free for firms under $5M annual revenue | 30 credits a week for accounts signed in with Google, Apple or Microsoft; free images are public |
| Paid from | From $0.008 per image (FLUX 3 Image Klein API); video from $0.03 per second | $15/month (Plus, billed yearly at $180) or $20 month to month |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Widely available via third-party API providers | 1m+ users |
| Founded | 2024 | 2023 |
| Maker | Black Forest Labs | Yuheng Li, Jiahui Yu, Qifeng Chen, Huiwen Chang |
| Verdict | FLUX is one of the strongest model families to build on, and since July 2026 it is more than an image model: FLUX 3 adds video with native audio and an open robotics model, while FLUX 3 Image Klein is a small open-weight... |
Ideogram is the image generator to reach for when the words in the picture matter. Typography, headlines and packaging copy come out readable far more often than with general-purpose models, and 4.0's JSON prompts with b... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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