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Flux (Black Forest Labs) A | Leonardo.ai A | GitHub Copilot B | |
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| Tagline | Open weights + strong photorealism. The open-source answer. | Gamer + creator image gen with model fine-tuning built in. | Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration. |
| Category | image | image | coding |
| Pricing | API + open weights (Schnell is Apache 2.0) | Free + $12-$60/mo | Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business |
| Best for | Developers + power users who want control and privacy. | Indie game devs, illustrators, anyone training custom style models. | Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs. |
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| Kai's verdict | A-tier. S-tier if you self-host. The reason open-source image gen matters. | A-tier for creators training custom looks. B-tier for general use. | B-tier. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't. |
| Link | Open → | Open → | Open → |