Overall Score
9.1
Highest-fidelity image generation from the team behind Stable Diffusion
Benchmark Scores
Reasoning
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Coding
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Math
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Creative writing
9.0
Instruction following
9.2
Multimodal
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Price
$0.05 / image (Pro) · $0.003 / image (Schnell)
Paid
Context
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Speed
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Overview
Black Forest Labs' premium image model. Notable for crisp text rendering, photorealistic detail, and a permissive commercial license via API. The Schnell variant offers faster, cheaper generation; Pro targets quality-critical use.
Strengths
Excellent text rendering in images · photorealistic detail · API-first delivery · permissive commercial license · strong prompt adherence
Known limitations
API-only for Pro tier (no consumer app) · per-image pricing adds up vs. subscriptions · smaller community than Midjourney