FLUX vs Midjourney
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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Midjourney
Prompt-to-image generator known for its aesthetics, now on V8.2
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.3 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription |
| 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 | No free plan; a limited trial exists only in the niji·journey mobile app |
| Paid from | From $0.008 per image (FLUX 3 Image Klein API); video from $0.03 per second | $10/month (Basic), or $8/month billed annually |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | Widely available via third-party API providers | ~20m users (early 2026) |
| Founded | 2024 | 2022 |
| Maker | Black Forest Labs | David Holz |
| 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... |
Midjourney is still the tool designers reach for when the look of an image matters most. V8.2 sharpened aesthetics and personalisation, the new edit model handles instructions, references, inpainting and outpainting, and... |
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