What FLUX by Black Forest Labs does
Black Forest Labs builds visual AI models, and its FLUX 3 family is the main offering on the page. FLUX 3 Image generates images with accurate text rendering and complex prompts. FLUX 3 Video creates clips up to 20 seconds from text, image, or keyframe inputs, with native audio and multi-shot scenes. FLUX 3 Audio generates speech, effects, and ambience alongside frames. FLUX 3 Action is an open-weights 7B world action model for robotics that predicts outcomes from visual observations and text instructions. Access is through an API for production workloads, open weights for self-hosting and fine-tuning via Hugging Face and GitHub under a license, an enterprise plan that lists SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and a browser Playground. The page targets developers, teams, enterprises, and people who want to experiment without code. It does not state prices and links to a separate pricing page.
How FLUX by Black Forest Labs compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as FLUX by Black Forest Labs does. Among the 3 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Midjourney at $10 a month and the median is $10. 2 of the 5 offer an API, as FLUX by Black Forest Labs does. FLUX by Black Forest Labs offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. FLUX by Black Forest Labs was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2021 and 2024, 2 of them earlier. FLUX by Black Forest Labs is based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; none of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters is in Germany. They are in the United States and China.