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Google Nano Banana 2Adobe FireflyBlack Forest Labs (FLUX)
| Field | Google Nano Banana 2ai.google.dev | Adobe Fireflyfirefly.adobe.com | Black Forest Labs (FLUX)bfl.ai |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Google's image line, rebuilt as Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) in February 2026, with a cheaper Lite variant and the higher-fidelity Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image). Generates and edits from plain-language instructions inside a normal Gemini conversation. | Adobe's generative suite, currently on Firefly Image 5, trained on Adobe Stock, openly licensed and public-domain material rather than scraped web images. Now also brokers third-party models and generates video. Credit cost varies by model: Image 5 is 10 credits, Image 4 Ultra 20. | The FLUX family from the ex-Stable Diffusion team. FLUX.2 ships as klein, dev, pro, flex and max; FLUX 3 landed 26 July 2026 as one multimodal model doing image, 20-second video with native audio, and robot action prediction, still in gated early access. |
| Category | AI media generation | AI media generation | AI media generation |
| Cost tier | mixed | mixed | mixed |
| Pricing | API: Nano Banana 2 $0.067 at 1K, $0.101 at 2K, $0.151 at 4K; Lite $0.034. Nano Banana Pro $0.134 (1K/2K), $0.24 (4K). Batch mode is 50% off. Free inside the Gemini app. | Free tier with limited watermarked credits. Standard $9.99/mo (2,000 credits), Pro $19.99 (4,000), Premium $199.99 (50,000). API is enterprise contract only. | API per image: FLUX.2 klein from $0.014, pro from $0.03, flex $0.05, max $0.07. Kontext pro $0.04, max $0.08. Open weights free to self-host. |
| Why builders pick it | Unbeatable at iterative conversational editing - change one element and everything else stays pixel-identical across many turns. Character and object consistency is the strongest available anywhere, and text rendering is close to best in class. | The pick when legal sign-off matters more than raw quality: Adobe offers IP indemnification to enterprise customers, which no other major generator does. Deep native integration into Photoshop, Illustrator and Express beats any bolt-on plugin. | The pragmatic pick when image generation lives inside your own product: cheap per-image API, plus dev and klein open weights you can run on your own GPUs with no per-call fee. Kontext remains the best instruction-based image editor. |
| Watch out for | There is no free API tier for image models; free access exists only through the consumer Gemini app. All outputs carry invisible SynthID watermarking, and consumer-app generations may be used to improve Google products depending on account settings. | Free-tier outputs are watermarked. Consumer plans include no API access at all - Firefly Services is an enterprise sales contract with no published rate card, and community reports suggest a starting commitment near $1,000/month. | Open weights are not an open licence - dev and klein are non-commercial unless you buy a BFL commercial self-hosting licence. FLUX 3 access is staged and gated: video first, image later, open weights last. |
| How to wire it up | Available via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI; batch mode halves per-image price. | Firefly Services API is enterprise-only via Adobe Sales; there is no self-serve developer tier. | Direct REST API at api.bfl.ai, plus resale through fal, Replicate and Together. |
| Editor's pick | No | No | No |
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# Tool comparison — Google Nano Banana 2 vs Adobe Firefly vs Black Forest Labs (FLUX) Source: Kbaise, a directory of tools that work with Lovable projects. Pick one and tell me why before writing any integration code. ## Google Nano Banana 2 (google-nano-banana-2) - URL: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation - Category: AI media generation - Cost: mixed — API: Nano Banana 2 $0.067 at 1K, $0.101 at 2K, $0.151 at 4K; Lite $0.034. Nano Banana Pro $0.134 (1K/2K), $0.24 (4K). Batch mode is 50% off. Free inside the Gemini app. - What it is: Google's image line, rebuilt as Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) in February 2026, with a cheaper Lite variant and the higher-fidelity Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image). Generates and edits from plain-language instructions inside a normal Gemini conversation. - Why builders pick it: Unbeatable at iterative conversational editing - change one element and everything else stays pixel-identical across many turns. Character and object consistency is the strongest available anywhere, and text rendering is close to best in class. - Trap: There is no free API tier for image models; free access exists only through the consumer Gemini app. All outputs carry invisible SynthID watermarking, and consumer-app generations may be used to improve Google products depending on account settings. - Wiring: Available via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI; batch mode halves per-image price. - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/google-nano-banana-2 ## Adobe Firefly (adobe-firefly) - URL: https://firefly.adobe.com - Category: AI media generation - Cost: mixed — Free tier with limited watermarked credits. Standard $9.99/mo (2,000 credits), Pro $19.99 (4,000), Premium $199.99 (50,000). API is enterprise contract only. - What it is: Adobe's generative suite, currently on Firefly Image 5, trained on Adobe Stock, openly licensed and public-domain material rather than scraped web images. Now also brokers third-party models and generates video. Credit cost varies by model: Image 5 is 10 credits, Image 4 Ultra 20. - Why builders pick it: The pick when legal sign-off matters more than raw quality: Adobe offers IP indemnification to enterprise customers, which no other major generator does. Deep native integration into Photoshop, Illustrator and Express beats any bolt-on plugin. - Trap: Free-tier outputs are watermarked. Consumer plans include no API access at all - Firefly Services is an enterprise sales contract with no published rate card, and community reports suggest a starting commitment near $1,000/month. - Wiring: Firefly Services API is enterprise-only via Adobe Sales; there is no self-serve developer tier. - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/adobe-firefly ## Black Forest Labs (FLUX) (black-forest-labs) - URL: https://bfl.ai - Category: AI media generation - Cost: mixed — API per image: FLUX.2 klein from $0.014, pro from $0.03, flex $0.05, max $0.07. Kontext pro $0.04, max $0.08. Open weights free to self-host. - What it is: The FLUX family from the ex-Stable Diffusion team. FLUX.2 ships as klein, dev, pro, flex and max; FLUX 3 landed 26 July 2026 as one multimodal model doing image, 20-second video with native audio, and robot action prediction, still in gated early access. - Why builders pick it: The pragmatic pick when image generation lives inside your own product: cheap per-image API, plus dev and klein open weights you can run on your own GPUs with no per-call fee. Kontext remains the best instruction-based image editor. - Trap: Open weights are not an open licence - dev and klein are non-commercial unless you buy a BFL commercial self-hosting licence. FLUX 3 access is staged and gated: video first, image later, open weights last. - Wiring: Direct REST API at api.bfl.ai, plus resale through fal, Replicate and Together. - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/black-forest-labs ## Rules 1. Prefer the free tier when no budget was stated, and say what the ceiling is. 2. Read the full dossier before integrating. 3. Fetch /api/public/models before writing any AI model ID.
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