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Flux (Black Forest Labs)
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TaglineOpen weights + strong photorealism. The open-source answer.Commercially safe image gen, deeply integrated with Photoshop.Spreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.Open-source VS Code agent. Reads + writes + runs.
CategoryImageImageDataCoding
PricingAPI + open weights (Schnell is Apache 2.0)Free + included with Creative CloudFree + $19-$89/user/moFree (open source) + your API costs
Best forDevelopers + power users who want control and privacy.Anyone in Creative Cloud. Brands that need copyright clarity.Ops teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.VS Code users who want agentic coding without changing IDEs.
Strengths
  • Runs locally on a beefy GPU
  • Very photoreal
  • Best open-weight model
  • Trained on licensed content — commercially safe
  • Generative Fill in Photoshop is incredible
  • Native to Adobe ecosystem
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
  • Free extension for VS Code
  • Plan + Act modes
  • Model-agnostic (Claude, GPT, local)
  • Sees terminal output and iterates
Weaknesses
  • Harder to use than hosted tools
  • Needs infra
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Tied to Adobe subscription
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
  • Can burn tokens fast if not watched
  • Less polished than Cursor
Kai's verdictA-tier. S-tier if you self-host. The reason open-source image gen matters.S-tier inside Photoshop (Generative Fill). B-tier standalone.A-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.A-tier. Best free agentic option in VS Code. Use with Claude for best results.
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