FLUX Kontext Max
Black Forest Labs
Key facts · verified Oct 14, 2026
FLUX Kontext Max is a Black Forest Labs image generation model released on 29 May 2025. Pricing: $0.08 per image (BFL API). It ranks #61 on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard (Elo 1074, read 26 Oct 2026). Source: docs.bfl.ai.
Black Forest Labs' FLUX.1 Kontext [max], the top model of the FLUX.1 Kontext family for generating and editing images from text and a reference image, billed at $0.08 per image. BFL now recommends FLUX.2 for new projects.
Pricing & specs checkedSource: vendor documentation · checked Oct 14, 2026LMArena: 1074 Elo (rank 61, max effort) · source · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Key Features
Image Generation
Full Specifications
$0.08 per image (BFL API) | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | Black Forest Labs |
| Released | May 2025 |
| Status | Available; BFL recommends FLUX.2 for new projects |
| Licence | Proprietary — API only |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | $0.08 |
| Capability | |
| Image-to-image | Yes — in-context editing from a reference image |
| Access | |
| API | Yes — BFL API and Playground |
| Measured quality | |
| LMArena Elo | 1074 (checked Oct 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 61 |