Black Forest Labs' open-weights image model. Rivals Midjourney, runs on your GPU.
Flux is the open-weights image model from Black Forest Labs (the team that invented Stable Diffusion). In 2026, Flux 1.1 Pro matches Midjourney v6 quality on most prompts — and it's open source, so you can run it on your own GPU, fine-tune it, and use it commercially without restrictions.
Who it's for: Developers and creators who want Midjourney quality with open-source freedom.
Download and run on your own hardware. No API dependency, no rate limits.
Flux 1.1 Pro matches or beats Midjourney v6 on most prompts in 2026.
Train on your own data. Custom styles, products, characters.
Replicate, fal.ai, and others offer Flux at $0.05/image — 10x cheaper than Midjourney.
The most artistic AI image generator. v7 produces photorealism and illustration that no other model matches.
The Midjourney alternative for game assets and product photography. Fine-tuning is unmatched.
Best text rendering in AI image generation. 2.0 fixed hands and faces.
Real-time AI image generation. Sketch to render in 100ms.
Use Midjourney if you want the easiest, most polished experience. Use Flux if you want quality + control + lower cost. For developers and creators building tools, Flux is the obvious choice.