FLUX.2 Max
Black Forest Labs
Key facts · verified Oct 14, 2026
FLUX.2 Max is a Black Forest Labs image generation model released on 1 May 2026. Pricing: From $0.07 per image, text-to-image or editing; price scales with output megapixels (BFL API). It ranks #29 on LMArena's text-to-image leaderboard (Elo 1162, read 26 Oct 2026). Source: docs.bfl.ai.
Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 [max], its top FLUX.2 image model, available through the BFL API and Playground only. It generates and edits images with up to 8 reference images through the API (10 in the Playground), uses grounding search, and BFL documents it for text rendering in infographics and UI mockups. Pricing starts at $0.07 per image.
Pricing & specs checkedSource: vendor documentation · checked Oct 14, 2026LMArena: 1162 Elo (rank 29, max effort) · source · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Pricing
From $0.07 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 $0.07 per image, text-to-image or editing; price scales with output megapixels (BFL API) | |
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| Identity | |
| Developer | Black Forest Labs |
| Released | May 2026 |
| Licence | Proprietary — API only |
| Self-hostable | No |
| Cost | |
| Price per image | From $0.07 (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 documents text rendering for infographics and UI mockups |
| Access | |
| API | Yes — BFL API and Playground |
| Measured quality | |
| LMArena Elo | 1162 (checked Oct 2026) |
| LMArena rank | Rank 29 |