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Black Forest Labs' image models, including open weights you can run yourself.

Free tier Open weights for some models; API billed per image Verified 2026-11-09 imageopen-weightsgeneration

Use it for

Image generation where you need to control the pipeline — self-hosting, fine-tuning, or inpainting

Skip it if

Teams that want a consumer app; this is a model family and an API, not a design tool

A family of text-to-image models with both hosted API and open weights, which is unusual at this quality level. The practical consequence is that you can run it locally, fine-tune on a brand style, or build a pipeline around it instead of renting a black box. Prompt adherence is the strength; typography is not.

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