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Criterion	FLUX (Black Forest Labs)	Stable Diffusion (Stability AI)	Midjourney	Recraft
Provider	—	Stability AI	Midjourney, Inc.	—
What it is for	Black Forest Labs' FLUX image models, available through an API, a playground, and open-weight licences you can self-host.	Stability AI's open-weight image models, also available through a credit-based API.	Subscription image generator known for stylised, high-detail artwork, with short image-to-video animation.	An AI image and vector design platform aimed at designers, with custom styles and editable SVG output.
Latest confirmed model	—	Stable Diffusion 3.5 (image); Stable Audio 3.0 (audio, May 2026) May 20, 2026	Midjourney V8.2 Jul 24, 2026	—
Main capabilities	FLUX image models (3, 2 and Klein variants) through a documented API Browser playground for testing prompts without code Open-weight licensing with fine-tuning and LoRA rights Image editing tools such as outpainting, erasing and virtual try-on FLUX 3 also generates video and audio from text, images or keyframes	Stable Diffusion 3.5 suite Stable Image Ultra / Core API Editing, upscaling and control APIs Stable Audio 3.0 Stable Fast 3D	Text-to-image (V8 family) Edit model Image-to-video (Depends on plan) Relax mode (Depends on plan) Stealth mode (Depends on plan)	Text-to-image generation with a style library Vector (SVG) generation and vectorisation Custom styles created from your own reference images Mockups, background removal, upscaling, erasing and inpainting REST API covering image and vector generation, editing and batch jobs
Free plan	No	Yes Organisations or individuals under $1M annual revenue	No	Yes
Cheapest paid plan	Pricing not verified	No monthly list price	Basic: $10/mo $8/mo billed annually $96 billed yearly	Pricing not verified
API access	Yes	Yes · docs (opens in a new tab)	No	Yes
Learning curve	—	Technical	Beginner-friendly	—
Last verified	Oct 18, 2026	Oct 19, 2026	Oct 19, 2026	Oct 18, 2026

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