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Flux vs Krea

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
Flux
Image Generation
Krea
Image Generation
TaglineBlack Forest Labs' open-weights image model — rivals Midjourney quality.All-in-one creative AI canvas that aggregates dozens of image, video, and 3D models behind a single UI.
CategoryImage GenerationImage Generation
PricingFreemium· API per-image; weights free for [schnell] and [dev]Freemium· Free tier with 100 daily compute units; paid Basic/Pro monthly or annual plans
ModelFlux.1 [schnell / dev / pro]Multi-model (Flux, Ideogram, Runway, Luma, Veo 3.1, Gemini, Krea 2)
Editorial score9.0 / 10—
Use cases
open sourceself-hostedhigh quality
text-to-imagetext-to-videoimage-upscalingreal-time-generationlora-trainingtext-to-3d
Pros
  • Open weights for [schnell]/[dev] variants
  • Quality rivals Midjourney
  • Excellent prompt adherence
  • Self-hostable
  • One subscription covers 64+ image, video, and 3D models
  • Real-time canvas with sub-50ms generation feels like sketching
  • Native 4K output and upscaling to 22K resolution
  • LoRA training for custom styles and characters
  • Used in production by Lego, Nike, Samsung, Microsoft
Cons
  • [pro] is API-only
  • Self-hosting needs serious GPU
  • Compute-unit pricing is harder to predict than per-image plans
  • Quality depends on upstream third-party model availability
  • Heavy features gated behind higher-tier subscriptions
  • No self-host or fully open-source option
Websiteblackforestlabs.aikrea.ai
Pick Flux if
  • ✅ Open weights for [schnell]/[dev] variants
  • ✅ Quality rivals Midjourney
  • ✅ Excellent prompt adherence
  • ✅ Self-hostable
Pick Krea if
  • ✅ One subscription covers 64+ image, video, and 3D models
  • ✅ Real-time canvas with sub-50ms generation feels like sketching
  • ✅ Native 4K output and upscaling to 22K resolution
  • ✅ LoRA training for custom styles and characters
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