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RecraftAdobe FireflyBlack Forest Labs (FLUX)
| Field | Recraftrecraft.ai | Adobe Fireflyfirefly.adobe.com | Black Forest Labs (FLUX)bfl.ai |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Design-focused generator whose Recraft V4 model (February 2026) outputs genuinely editable SVG rather than traced raster. Also covers raster images, mockups and infographics. One credit buys a raster image; a vector costs two. | 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 | Free 50 credits/day. Basic $12/mo (1,000 credits); Pro $20/$40/$80 for 2K/4K/8K credits. API $0.04 raster, $0.08 vector, $0.25 pro raster per image. | 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 only mainstream model emitting production-quality vector geometry you can open in Illustrator and edit node by node. Reach for it for logos, icon sets, and any layout where text must stay legible and infinitely resizable. | 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 | Free-tier images are owned by Recraft, published to the public community gallery, and carry no commercial licence - you need a paid plan before any client work. Subscription credits reset monthly and never roll over. | 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 | Public REST API available on all plans including Free; billed per image. | 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 — Recraft 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. ## Recraft (recraft) - URL: https://www.recraft.ai - Category: AI media generation - Cost: mixed — Free 50 credits/day. Basic $12/mo (1,000 credits); Pro $20/$40/$80 for 2K/4K/8K credits. API $0.04 raster, $0.08 vector, $0.25 pro raster per image. - What it is: Design-focused generator whose Recraft V4 model (February 2026) outputs genuinely editable SVG rather than traced raster. Also covers raster images, mockups and infographics. One credit buys a raster image; a vector costs two. - Why builders pick it: The only mainstream model emitting production-quality vector geometry you can open in Illustrator and edit node by node. Reach for it for logos, icon sets, and any layout where text must stay legible and infinitely resizable. - Trap: Free-tier images are owned by Recraft, published to the public community gallery, and carry no commercial licence - you need a paid plan before any client work. Subscription credits reset monthly and never roll over. - Wiring: Public REST API available on all plans including Free; billed per image. - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/recraft ## 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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