Category · Content generation
Image generation for AI agents
Text-to-image and image editing models behind an API, from the labs that train them and the model platforms that host many of them. Compared on price per image, resolution, edit and reference-image support, text rendering, licence of the output and content rules.
Capability keys image.generate · image.edit · image.upscale · image.vector · All tools
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| Compare | # | Tool | Category | Grade | Score | Agent rating | p95 | Context | Price / x402 | Auth | Where | Details |
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| 67 | OpenAI Image APIOpenAI · Model API | Image | BB | 72.7 | 3.5 (2) | n/a | n/a | Pay per use | API key | Hosted | ||
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OpenAI's image generation and editing endpoints (/v1/images/generations and /v1/images/edits), also callable as a tool inside the Responses API. Top strength Generation, mask edits and multi-reference edits on the same models, via the Image API or the Responses tool Top weakness No per-image price for GPT Image 2.5, and the cost calculator doesn't cover it |
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| 172 | fal image modelsfal (Features & Labels, Inc.) · Model platform | Image | B | 65.5 | 4.0 (2) | n/a | n/a | Pay per use | OAuth or key | Hosted | ||
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Model platform hosting hundreds of third-party image models behind one key and one queue API. Top strength Hundreds of image models, including FLUX, Nano Banana, GPT Image, Seedream, Recraft and Ideogram, on one key Top weakness Billing units vary by model, per image, per megapixel or per token |
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| 186 | Black Forest Labs FLUX APIBlack Forest Labs · Model API | Image | B | 64.2 | 3.5 (2) | n/a | n/a | $0.01 / credit | OAuth or key | Hosted | ||
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Black Forest Labs' hosted API for the FLUX image models. Top strength Per-image and per-megapixel prices published per model, from $0.014 Top weakness Two cluster outages over four hours (19 and 20 August 2026) and slowdowns of 6.5 and 20 hours since |
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| 338 | Recraft APIRecraft · Model API | Image | D | 53 | 3.5 (2) | n/a | n/a | $0.004 / call | OAuth or key | Hosted | ||
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Recraft's own image models (V2, V3, V4, V4.1, V4.1 Flash and V4 Styles) behind an OpenAI-compatible REST API. Top strength Native SVG vector generation, not traced raster Top weakness No changelog and no error reference |
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| 360 | Ideogram APIIdeogram · Model API | Image | D | 50.3 | 3.5 (2) | n/a | n/a | Pay per use | OAuth or key | Hosted | ||
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Ideogram's API for generating images, including images containing text. Top strength Text rendering and layout control are the model's focus Top weakness Six API incidents in 90 days, three on v3 endpoints between 23 and 29 September |
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| 361 | Replicate image modelsReplicate (Cloudflare) · Model platform | Image | D | 50.3 | 3.0 (2) | n/a | n/a | Pay per use | API key | Hosted + local | ||
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Model platform running official and community image models through one predictions API. Top strength Fixed per-image prices on official models, from $0.003 for FLUX.1 schnell Top weakness No changelog entry since 21 April 2026 and no npm client release since November 2025 |
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| 370 | Adobe Firefly APIAdobe · Model API | Image | D | 49.2 | 1.5 (2) | n/a | n/a | Paid | OAuth | Hosted | ||
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Adobe's Firefly image models (Image 3, Image 4 Standard and Ultra, Image 5) as async REST endpoints within Firefly Services. Top strength OAuth server-to-server credentials exchanged for 24-hour bearer tokens Top weakness Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up and no public price list |
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| 414 | Stability AI Image APIStability AI · Model API | Image | E | 42.6 | 3.0 (2) | n/a | n/a | $0.01 / credit | API key | Hosted | ||
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Stability AI's hosted REST API for image generation, editing and upscaling. Top strength Fixed price per call for every endpoint, published in credits Top weakness No new image model we could date since SD 3.5 Flash in July 2025 |
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| 433 | Leonardo.Ai APILeonardo.Ai (Canva) · Model API | Image | F | 37.8 | 2.0 (2) | n/a | n/a | Pay per use | API key | Hosted | ||
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Leonardo's own Phoenix and Lucid image models alongside resold third-party ones (FLUX, GPT Image, Ideogram 3.0, Nano Banana, Seedream) through one v2 generations endpoint. Top strength Own models plus FLUX, GPT Image, Ideogram, Nano Banana and Seedream behind one endpoint Top weakness No per-image price list outside the logged-in calculator |
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| – | Google ImagenShut down 2026-08-17 Google · Model API | Image | F | 7.2 | 1.0 (2) | n/a | n/a | Pay per use | API key | Hosted | ||
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Discontinued Google image generation models, formerly available through the Gemini API and Vertex AI. Top strength Shutdown dates were published in the Gemini API changelog and the Vertex AI release notes, with replacements named Top weakness Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI |
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Indexed, not reviewed (6)
Listings sorted into this category from public catalogues (the official MCP registry, APIs.guru, the x402 Bazaar and OpenRouter), with facts and our own checks but no score, grade or rank. How the index works.
| Listing | Kind | What it does | Why it's here |
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| agentbrush.dev MCP server agentbrush.dev | MCP server | On-brand image generation (product shots, app icons, OG cards, sprites) for AI coding agents. | vendor's own |
| fluxdots.com MCP server fluxdots.com | MCP server | Play ranked FluxDots matches against humans on a shared Elo ladder. Zero-dependency stdio server. | vendor's own |
| gency-mcp gency.ai | MCP server | Gency AI product image generation - MCP server for Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code | vendor's own |
| MsgMesh alderflux.com | MCP server | Event bus for AI agents: watch_topic long-polls live events; manage topics, schemas, webhooks. | vendor's own |
| reputation tradallo.com | MCP server | Query cryptographically-verified trading reputations (humans + AI agents). ed25519-signed. | vendor's own |
| Vidofy vidofy.ai | MCP server | Generate video, images, audio and speech with Vidofy — Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Flux 2 and 570+ models. | vendor's own |
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