FLUX.2 Flex
Black Forest Labs
Key facts · verified Oct 28, 2026
FLUX.2 Flex is a Black Forest Labs image generation model released on 25 Nov 2025. Pricing: From $0.05 per image, text-to-image or editing; price scales with output megapixels (BFL API). It ranks #30 on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard (Elo 1156, read 2 Nov 2026). Source: docs.bfl.ai.
Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 [flex], an API-only FLUX.2 image model with adjustable steps and guidance. BFL positions it for typography and preserving small details. It accepts up to 8 reference images through the API (10 in the Playground), and pricing starts at $0.05 per image.
Pricing & specs checkedSource: vendor documentation · checked Oct 28, 2026LMArena: 1156 Elo (rank 30) · source · retrieved Nov 2, 2026
Pricing
From $0.05 per image, text-to-image or editing; price scales with output megapixels (BFL API)
Context
Not published
LMArena Elo
LMArena rank
Key Features
Image Generation
Full Specifications
From $0.05 per image, text-to-image or editing; price scales with output megapixels (BFL API) | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | Black Forest Labs |
| Released | Nov 2025 |
| Licence | Proprietary — API only |
| Self-hostable | No |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | From $0.05 (text-to-image and editing), scaling with megapixels |
| Capability | |
| Image-to-image | Yes — up to 8 reference images (API), 10 (Playground) |
| Text rendering | Yes — BFL positions it for typography |
| Style controls | Adjustable steps and guidance |
| Access | |
| API | Yes — BFL API and Playground |
| Measured quality | |
| LMArena Elo | 1156 (checked Nov 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 30 |