Text to image
Elo · text-to-image arena
Custom pricing for production workloads
Development-oriented FLUX.1 image generation model.
blackforestlabs/flux-devPOST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generationsDevelopment-oriented FLUX.1 image generation model.
FLUX.1 Dev API Pricing
- Pricing on request
High-volume image generation
Produce product visuals, thumbnails, and marketing assets programmatically at scale.
Creative and concept art
Turn text prompts into illustrations, mockups, and design explorations.
FLUX.1 Dev is documented as suited to generating high-quality images from text prompts, including simple text-to-image creation.
It is also documented for marketing and content production, such as creating social media visuals, blog illustrations, campaign assets, and other consistent brand imagery.
Another documented use case is product development and design, including UI mockups, concept variations, visual prototypes, and rapid iteration.
It is additionally described for creators and professionals who need high-quality image generation from text prompts to support visual communication.
Human-preference results for FLUX.1 Dev in text to image, next to models available on AI/ML API. Data retrieved Nov 3, 2026.
Elo · text-to-image arena
USD per generation
Arena results for models you can call with the same API key.
Blind pairwise human votes on images generated from text prompts. FLUX.1 Dev ranks #90 of 98.
| Usage | Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Image generation | $0.025 | per generation |
The final price depends on request parameters such as resolution or duration.
Prices from the AI/ML API price list, checked on Nov 4, 2026.
AI/ML API rates for 5 models, per generation.
| Model | Per generation |
|---|---|
| $0.025 | |
| $0.025 | |
| $0.028 | |
| $0.03 | |
| $0.03 |
Give your agent the model details, code and documentation.
export AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"model": "blackforestlabs/flux-dev",
"prompt": "A ginger cat asleep on a stack of exactly three hardcover books in a rainy bookshop window at dusk. Gold lettering on the glass reads OPEN LATE. Warm lamp light inside, raindrops and blurred neon reflections outside, 35mm film photo."
}'import os
import requests
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AIMLAPI_KEY']}",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
"model": "blackforestlabs/flux-dev",
"prompt": "A ginger cat asleep on a stack of exactly three hardcover books in a rainy bookshop window at dusk. Gold lettering on the glass reads OPEN LATE. Warm lamp light inside, raindrops and blurred neon reflections outside, 35mm film photo."
}
response = requests.post("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations", headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())const response = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "blackforestlabs/flux-dev",
"prompt": "A ginger cat asleep on a stack of exactly three hardcover books in a rainy bookshop window at dusk. Gold lettering on the glass reads OPEN LATE. Warm lamp light inside, raindrops and blurred neon reflections outside, 35mm film photo."
}),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());FLUX.1 Dev takes image, text as input and returns image.
FLUX.1 Dev became available on June 12, 2026.
FLUX.1 Dev costs $0.025 per generation on AI/ML API, billed as you go with no subscription.
FLUX.1 Dev is billed per generation, a fixed charge per output rather than by prompt length.
Yes, FLUX.1 Dev accepts image input as well as a text prompt.
FLUX.1 Dev was built by Black Forest Labs.
Send a request to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations with blackforestlabs/flux-dev as the model id.
Yes. FLUX.1 Dev is served through AI/ML API, so the same key and endpoint format used for other models applies.
It is a development-oriented image generation model from the FLUX.1 family, built for generating images from text prompts.
Use blackforestlabs/flux-dev as the model parameter. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations with your AI/ML API key.