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11 Powerful Image Models

Everyone is buzzing around image generation this week, or more specifically, Google's Nano-Banana. So today we want to share a list of models that can be your great toolkit for image generation + editing + multi-turn refinement.

1. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, or Nano-Banana →
https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/image/
Google’s newest image model with conversational editing, character consistency, and multi-image fusion. Available in AI Studio and the Gemini API. Price: $2.50 per 1M tokens

2. FLUX (Black Forest Labs) → https://bfl.ai/
A family of models known for rich detail and, excellent prompt adherence, and fast iterative generation. Offered in several variants, from Pro to open-source, it's accessible via Hugging Face, Replicate, Azure AI Foundry, etc., and used as a base in many pipelines. Price: $0.025-0.08 per image

3. Midjourney v7 → https://www.midjourney.com/
Enhanced image fidelity, prompt comprehension, and anatomical coherence (hands, bodies, objects) + provides a smart lightbox editor. The Omni-reference tool improves character and object consistency in your images. It remains accessible via Discord with a supporting web interface. Price: $10-60/month

4. Stable Diffusion 3.5 (Stability AI) → https://stability.ai/stable-image
Open-weights line with improved text rendering, photorealism, and
prompt adherence compared to earlier versions. It introduces technical innovations through its MMDiT architecture. Price: $0.025-0.065 per image

5. OpenAI GPT-Image-1 →https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/image-generation?image-generation-model=gpt-image-1
It's the same multimodal model that powers ChatGPT's image capabilities, offering high-fidelity image generation, precise edits, including inpainting, and accurate text rendering. Available via the Images API. Price: $40 per 1M tokens

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  1. Adobe Firefly → https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html
    What is really important, it's trained on ethically sourced data with C2PA provenance. It integrates into Creative Cloud tools like Photoshop Generative Fill, Express, and Firefly Boards. Recent updates add partner AI models (like Google Imagen, OpenAI) and a new Firefly mobile app for iOS and Android. Price: $9.99-29.99/month

  2. Runway Gen-4 (images and videos) → https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-gen-4
    A still-image base model tuned for stylistic control and consistency. Its References feature allows users to input up to 3 images, helping preserve visual identity across outputs. Now fully accessible via the Runway API. Price: $12-76/month

  3. Ideogram 3.0 → https://ideogram.ai/features/3.0
    The current leader for clean, controllable text in images with Style Reference and strong layout/typography. Great for posters, logos, marketing, etc. Price: ~$0.03-0.09 per output image

  4. Leonardo Phoenix (Leonardo AI) → https://leonardo.ai/phoenix/
    Leonardo’s first foundation model emphasizing prompt adherence + readable text. It offers Style Reference for visual control, and Character Reference for consistent characters across shots. Price: $10-48/month

  5. Freepik Mystic → https://www.freepik.com/ai/mystic
    Delivers Full‑HD photorealism including lifelike portraits and accurate in‑image text without requiring post-processing. Built in collaboration with Magnific AI, it's integrated into the Freepik AI Image Generator suite. Price: € 5-143.75/month

  6. PixArt-Σ (open-source) → https://pixart-alpha.github.io/PixArt-sigma-project/
    A DiT-based T2I model that directly generates up to 4K, showing strong prompt following with a compact footprint. It's a great OSS alternative for researchers/builders. Freely available

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