# Image generation for AI agents (slim)

> 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.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/image-generation.md (~2,900 tokens) · this version ~530 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/image-generation.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/image-generation
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

- Tools: 10 · agent-ready (BB+): 1 · accept x402: 0 · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools.json · by capability: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/capabilities.json
- Capabilities: image.generate, image.edit, image.upscale, image.vector

| # | Tool | Grade | Score | Confidence | x402 | Auth | Where | Slim |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 67 | OpenAI Image API | BB | 72.7 | high | no | API key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.min.md |
| 172 | fal image models | B | 65.5 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-image.min.md |
| 186 | Black Forest Labs FLUX API | B | 64.2 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/black-forest-labs.min.md |
| 338 | Recraft API | D | 53 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recraft.min.md |
| 360 | Ideogram API | D | 50.3 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ideogram.min.md |
| 361 | Replicate image models | D | 50.3 | medium | no | API key | hosted + local | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-image.min.md |
| 370 | Adobe Firefly API | D | 49.2 | medium | no | OAuth | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.min.md |
| 414 | Stability AI Image API | E | 42.6 | low | no | API key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stability-ai-image.min.md |
| 433 | Leonardo.Ai API | F | 37.8 | medium | no | API key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leonardo-ai.min.md |
| not ranked, shut down | Google Imagen | F | 7.2 | high | no | API key | hosted | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen.min.md |