FLUX.2
Black Forest LabsIMAGE Proprietary
- Provider
- Black Forest Labs
- Modality
- IMAGE
- Parameters
- —
- Context window
- —
- Weights
- Proprietary
- Released
- 25 Nov 2025
FLUX.2 is the developer's photoreal image engine — API-first, with the strongest open-weight option for self-hosting.
Best for
- Photoreal product shots and high-volume marketing imagery via API
- Developer / programmatic workflows
- Strong prompt fidelity and single/multi-reference editing
- Commercial use without per-image platform lock-in
How it compares — and the India angle
- No free consumer tier — Indian devs pay per-megapixel in USD (~₹2.5-3 per base image).
- Self-host the open FLUX.2 [dev]/[schnell] variants free on a GPU (or rent one) to avoid recurring API cost.
- Best pick for Indian startups building image features into their own apps vs paying Midjourney subscriptions.
How to access
API ~$0.03 first megapixel, ~$0.015/MP after. Open-weight FLUX.2 [dev]/[schnell] free to self-host.
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