Black Forest Labs (FLUX) API pricing

Maker of the FLUX models offering a first-party REST API with async polling and megapixel-based pricing; powerful models but leaner API ops and no published SLA.

No free tierBilled per megapixel, credit-based ($0.015-0.07/mp)·Verified Jun 27, 2026

Black Forest Labs (FLUX) API pricing at a glance: FLUX.2 [pro] from $0.03/image, FLUX.2 [flex] from $0.05/image, FLUX1.1 [pro] $0.04/image, FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra $0.06/image

Free tier

None (prepaid credits, 1 credit = $0.01)

Plans and prices

Plan	Price	What it covers
FLUX.2 [pro]	from $0.03/image	Megapixel-based pricing; flagship T2I + editing, up to 10 reference images. Launched #2 on Artificial Analysis T2I Arena.
FLUX.2 [flex]	from $0.05/image	Megapixel-based; tunable quality/steps variant of FLUX.2.
FLUX1.1 [pro]	$0.04/image	Previous-gen flagship text-to-image, fixed per-image price.
FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra	$0.06/image	Up to 4MP output with optional 'raw' photorealistic mode.
FLUX.1 Kontext [pro]	$0.04/image	Fast in-context image editing, ~0.9s per 1024x1024 edit.
FLUX.1 Kontext [max]	$0.08/image	Highest-quality editing tier with improved typography and prompt adherence.

What to watch for on the bill

FLUX.2 [pro]/[flex] use variable megapixel-based pricing, making exact per-image cost harder to predict

The pricing page, as we saw it

Black Forest Labs (FLUX) pricing page, captured for reference — Capture of bfl.ai. Captured from Germany, so some vendors show local prices or currency. Listed prices are verified Jun 27, 2026. The live page may differ.

Source: https://bfl.ai/pricing. Prices change. Confirm on the vendor page before you commit.

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