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DALL-E 3
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Flux (Black Forest Labs)
A
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Ideogram
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TaglineOpenAI's image model. Built into ChatGPT Plus.Open weights + strong photorealism. The open-source answer.Spreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.The one that actually gets text in images right.
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PricingIncluded with ChatGPT Plus $20/moAPI + open weights (Schnell is Apache 2.0)Free + $19-$89/user/moFree + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo
Best forChatGPT Plus users who want images without paying extra.Developers + power users who want control and privacy.Ops teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.
Strengths
  • Excellent prompt understanding
  • Built into ChatGPT — no extra subscription
  • Good at composition + concepts
  • Runs locally on a beefy GPU
  • Very photoreal
  • Best open-weight model
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
  • Best text rendering in the game
  • Strong free tier
  • Good for logos, posters, thumbnails
Weaknesses
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney + Ideogram
  • Text rendering worse than Ideogram
  • No fine control
  • Harder to use than hosted tools
  • Needs infra
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Less style variety
Kai's verdictB-tier standalone, A-tier value if you already pay ChatGPT. Don't pay for it separately.A-tier. S-tier if you self-host. The reason open-source image gen matters.A-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.
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