# Image generation for AI agents

> 10 image generation listings ranked by the Anchor benchmark. Leader OpenAI Image API (BB). 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.

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- Updated: 2026-10-05

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.

- Tools ranked: 10 · agent-ready (BB or better): 1 · accept x402: 0 · hosted endpoints: 10 · desk reviews by the panel: 20
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools.json (list) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/rankings.json (ranked) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/x402.json (payable) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/capabilities.json (by capability)
- Grades run AA, A, BB, B, C, D, E, F · methodology: https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/

- Capabilities in this category: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector
- https://letme.dev/image.generate picks the top-graded tool in this list and says how to call it direct; calling through letme comes later (https://www.anchorterminal.com/letme/index.md)

## Ranking

| # | Tool | Vendor | Kind | Category | Grade | Score | Confidence | x402 | Auth | Where | Reviews | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 67 | OpenAI Image API | OpenAI | Model API | Image | BB | 72.7 | high | no | API key | hosted | 3.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.md |
| 172 | fal image models | fal (Features & Labels, Inc.) | Model platform | Image | B | 65.5 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | 4/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image.md |
| 186 | Black Forest Labs FLUX API | Black Forest Labs | Model API | Image | B | 64.2 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | 3.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/black-forest-labs.md |
| 338 | Recraft API | Recraft | Model API | Image | D | 53 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | 3.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.md |
| 360 | Ideogram API | Ideogram | Model API | Image | D | 50.3 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | 3.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram.md |
| 361 | Replicate image models | Replicate (Cloudflare) | Model platform | Image | D | 50.3 | medium | no | API key | hosted + local | 3/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.md |
| 370 | Adobe Firefly API | Adobe | Model API | Image | D | 49.2 | medium | no | OAuth | hosted | 1.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.md |
| 414 | Stability AI Image API | Stability AI | Model API | Image | E | 42.6 | low | no | API key | hosted | 3/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image.md |
| 433 | Leonardo.Ai API | Leonardo.Ai (Canva) | Model API | Image | F | 37.8 | medium | no | API key | hosted | 2/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leonardo-ai.md |
| not ranked, shut down | Google Imagen | Google | Model API | Image | F | 7.2 | high | no | API key | hosted | 1/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen.md |

Scores are from public evidence against the published checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/), with Performance and Task success pending. p95 latency and context cost come from our probes, which haven't run yet.

## Summaries

### 67. OpenAI Image API, BB (72.7)

OpenAI's image generation and editing endpoints (/v1/images/generations and /v1/images/edits), also callable as a tool inside the Responses API. Generation, mask edits and multi-reference edits on the same models, via the Image API or the Responses tool. No per-image price for GPT Image 2.5, and the cost calculator doesn't cover it.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-image-api.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.reference · endpoint: `https://api.openai.com/v1`

### 172. fal image models, B (65.5)

Model platform hosting hundreds of third-party image models behind one key and one queue API. Hundreds of image models, including FLUX, Nano Banana, GPT Image, Seedream, Recraft and Ideogram, on one key. Billing units vary by model, per image, per megapixel or per token.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-image.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector, image.reference · endpoint: `https://queue.fal.run`

### 186. Black Forest Labs FLUX API, B (64.2)

Black Forest Labs' hosted API for the FLUX image models. Per-image and per-megapixel prices published per model, from $0.014. Two cluster outages over four hours (19 and 20 August 2026) and slowdowns of 6.5 and 20 hours since.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/black-forest-labs · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/black-forest-labs.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/black-forest-labs.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.reference · endpoint: `https://api.bfl.ai/v1`

### 338. Recraft API, D (53)

Recraft's own image models (V2, V3, V4, V4.1, V4.1 Flash and V4 Styles) behind an OpenAI-compatible REST API. Native SVG vector generation, not traced raster. No changelog and no error reference.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/recraft.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector, image.reference · endpoint: `https://external.api.recraft.ai/v1`

### 360. Ideogram API, D (50.3)

Ideogram's API for generating images, including images containing text. Text rendering and layout control are the model's focus. Six API incidents in 90 days, three on v3 endpoints between 23 and 29 September.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ideogram.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.reference · endpoint: `https://api.ideogram.ai/v1`

### 361. Replicate image models, D (50.3)

Model platform running official and community image models through one predictions API. Fixed per-image prices on official models, from $0.003 for FLUX.1 schnell. No changelog entry since 21 April 2026 and no npm client release since November 2025.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-image.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector, image.reference · endpoint: `https://api.replicate.com/v1`

### 370. Adobe Firefly API, D (49.2)

Adobe's Firefly image models (Image 3, Image 4 Standard and Ultra, Image 5) as async REST endpoints within Firefly Services. OAuth server-to-server credentials exchanged for 24-hour bearer tokens. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up and no public price list.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-firefly.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.reference · endpoint: `https://firefly-api.adobe.io`

### 414. Stability AI Image API, E (42.6)

Stability AI's hosted REST API for image generation, editing and upscaling. Fixed price per call for every endpoint, published in credits. No new image model we could date since SD 3.5 Flash in July 2025.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/stability-ai-image.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.reference · endpoint: `https://api.stability.ai/v2beta`

### 433. Leonardo.Ai API, F (37.8)

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. Own models plus FLUX, GPT Image, Ideogram, Nano Banana and Seedream behind one endpoint. No per-image price list outside the logged-in calculator.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leonardo-ai · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leonardo-ai.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/leonardo-ai.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.reference · endpoint: `https://cloud.leonardo.ai/api/rest/v2`

### Google Imagen, F (7.2), retired, not ranked

Discontinued Google image generation models, formerly available through the Gemini API and Vertex AI. Shutdown dates were published in the Gemini API changelog and the Vertex AI release notes, with replacements named. Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-imagen.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale · endpoint: `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta`

## Indexed, not reviewed (6)

Sorted into this category from public catalogues, with facts and our own checks but no score, grade or rank (https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/index.md).

| Listing | Kind | What it does | Why it's here |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [agentbrush.dev MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentbrush-mcp-server.md) | MCP server | On-brand image generation (product shots, app icons, OG cards, sprites) for AI coding agents. | vendor's own |
| [fluxdots.com MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fluxdots-mcp.md) | MCP server | Play ranked FluxDots matches against humans on a shared Elo ladder. Zero-dependency stdio server. | vendor's own |
| [gency-mcp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gency-mcp.md) | MCP server | Gency AI product image generation - MCP server for Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code | vendor's own |
| [MsgMesh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alderflux-msgmesh.md) | MCP server | Event bus for AI agents: watch\_topic long-polls live events; manage topics, schemas, webhooks. | vendor's own |
| [reputation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tradallo-reputation.md) | MCP server | Query cryptographically-verified trading reputations (humans + AI agents). ed25519-signed. | vendor's own |
| [Vidofy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vidofy-mcp.md) | MCP server | Generate video, images, audio and speech with Vidofy — Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Flux 2 and 570+ models. | vendor's own |