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Google VeoAdobe FireflyBlack Forest Labs (FLUX)
| Field | Google Veodeepmind.google | Adobe Fireflyfirefly.adobe.com | Black Forest Labs (FLUX)bfl.ai |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Google DeepMind's video model, currently Veo 3.1 in Lite, Fast and Quality variants, generating synchronised dialogue, sound effects and music in a single pass. Consumer access runs through Flow and the Gemini app; developer access through the Gemini API and Vertex AI. | 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 per second: Veo 3.1 Lite $0.03-$0.05, Fast $0.10-$0.15, Quality $0.20-$0.40. Google AI Pro $19.99/mo (1,000 Flow credits), AI Ultra $249.99 (25,000 credits). | 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 | The best native audio in AI video - lip-synced dialogue and matched foley emerge from one generation instead of a separate pass. Flow adds scene extension and ingredient-based shot assembly, and Lite makes bulk drafting genuinely cheap. | 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 | Every generation is capped at 8 seconds, so longer sequences mean stitching multiple runs and paying for each. Flow credits vary wildly by tier: a Quality clip costs 100 credits against 10 for Lite, so a $19.99 Pro plan is only about ten good clips. | 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 | Gemini API and Vertex AI, priced per second of output. | 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 Veo 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 Veo (google-veo) - URL: https://deepmind.google/models/veo/ - Category: AI media generation - Cost: mixed — API per second: Veo 3.1 Lite $0.03-$0.05, Fast $0.10-$0.15, Quality $0.20-$0.40. Google AI Pro $19.99/mo (1,000 Flow credits), AI Ultra $249.99 (25,000 credits). - What it is: Google DeepMind's video model, currently Veo 3.1 in Lite, Fast and Quality variants, generating synchronised dialogue, sound effects and music in a single pass. Consumer access runs through Flow and the Gemini app; developer access through the Gemini API and Vertex AI. - Why builders pick it: The best native audio in AI video - lip-synced dialogue and matched foley emerge from one generation instead of a separate pass. Flow adds scene extension and ingredient-based shot assembly, and Lite makes bulk drafting genuinely cheap. - Trap: Every generation is capped at 8 seconds, so longer sequences mean stitching multiple runs and paying for each. Flow credits vary wildly by tier: a Quality clip costs 100 credits against 10 for Lite, so a $19.99 Pro plan is only about ten good clips. - Wiring: Gemini API and Vertex AI, priced per second of output. - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/google-veo ## 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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