# Adobe Firefly API vs Iris-3B (slim)

> Iris-3B scores 50.9 (D) to Adobe Firefly's 49 (D) for image generation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Iris-3B scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Adobe Firefly API's 49 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Firefly API leads on reliability, schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do image generation.

- Adobe Firefly API: D 49, rank #869 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-firefly.min.md
- Iris-3B: D 50.9, rank #826 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/iris-3b.min.md
- Adobe Firefly API, good for Enterprise creative teams already on Adobe who need indemnified, commercially safe images in a pipeline. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 45; Schema & documentation, 78 against 47; Security & auth, 63 against 44; Transparency & trust, 69 against 47. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Iris-3B, good for An agent on a machine with a CUDA GPU that needs Apache-2.0 image generation, relative depth or 4x restoration without a vendor account. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 70 against 23. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source; No incidents deducted, where Adobe Firefly API loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Adobe Firefly API | Iris-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 47 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 23 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 47 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Adobe Firefly API | Iris-3B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Adobe | Speridlabs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://firefly-api.adobe.io` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 (code and weights) |
| Last release | 2026-04-24 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 1.1k npm/wk | 175 stars |
| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |