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FLUX.2 is priced by output megapixel. [klein] 4B from $0.014, [klein] 9B from $0.015, [pro] from $0.03 (edits from $0.045), [flex] from $0.05, [max] from $0.07. FLUX.1 Kontext [pro] $0.04, Kontext [max] $0.08, FLUX1.1 [pro] $0.04, Ultra $0.06. Batches cost the per-image price times the count (https://bfl.ai/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.01 / credit", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No machine payment. 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Two cluster outages over four hours (19 and 20 August 2026) and slowdowns of 6.5 and 20 hours since.", "bestFor": "Agents that need multi-reference edits and a price ladder from drafts to final renders, and for EU data residency.", "strengths": [ "Per-image and per-megapixel prices published per model, from $0.014", "Up to 10 reference images and 4MP output on FLUX.2", "EU and US regional endpoints with a global endpoint that fails over", "Official hosted MCP server with OAuth, listed in the MCP registry", "OpenAPI specs, llms.txt and an errors page covering every task status" ], "weaknesses": [ "Two cluster outages over four hours (19 and 20 August 2026) and slowdowns of 6.5 and 20 hours since", "Result URLs expire after 10 minutes", "Prompts and uploads may be used for training unless you email an opt-out", "Developer terms allow changing or removing parts of the service without notice", "No official SDK package and no free credits" ], "agentNotes": [ "Poll the `polling_url` from the submit response, never a hand-built URL", "Download `result.sample` straight away. 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"https://bfl.ai/legal/developer-terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://bfl.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.bfl.ai", "changelog": "https://docs.bfl.ai/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "BFL GmbH (Freiburg, Germany) is the data controller for users in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.", "The docs also answer on docs.bfl.ml and the security.txt lists blackforestlabs.ai as a second canonical domain." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/black-forest-labs.json", "live": { "slug": "black-forest-labs", "probe": { "target": "https://api.bfl.ai/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.833100555Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 183, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 372, "p95ms24h": 488, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 2157, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bfl.ai", "indicator": "maintenance", "summary": "Service Under Maintenance", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:52.537900556Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.black-forest-labs/flux-mcp", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T02:42:52.272076636Z" } ], "securityTxt": { "url": "https://bfl.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-02-01T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:51.959034316Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.bfl.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:07.970862659Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "bfl.ai", "registered": "2022-06-29", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/bfl.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:31.899583527Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.bfl.ai/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:17.364217638Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:19:38.108762461Z", "fingerprint": "dcaf496d519d" }, { "url": "https://bfl.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:39.734385201Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:39.734385201Z", "fingerprint": "32047e4eee1c" }, { "url": "https://bfl.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:37.740602779Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:17:47.888380414Z", "fingerprint": "d6320ad3accb" }, { "url": "https://bfl.ai/legal/developer-terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:35.546072006Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:17:45.836950048Z", "fingerprint": "ddc9a171e173" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.833100555Z" } }, "answer": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Bria API leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "bria", "name": "Bria API", "vendor": "Bria AI", "vendorUrl": "https://bria.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "image-generation", "summary": "Bria's API generates and edits images with its FIBO models, trained on licensed data. It runs as an asynchronous REST API with Python and TypeScript SDKs and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bria", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bria.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bria.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bria.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Bria-AI/bria-client", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://engine.prod.bria-api.com/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bria-client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@bria-ai/client" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "bria-mcp" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve organisation API key from the Bria Console, sent in the `api_token` header. An organisation can hold several named keys and revoke each one. No scopes. The hosted MCP server also accepts an OAuth 2.1 bearer token (PKCE, dynamic client registration, device flow) tied to a Bria account. The streaming WebSocket takes `api_token` or `oauth` as a query parameter (https://docs.bria.ai/getting-started/authentication.md).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 100 calls, no card, at 10 requests a minute. Pay-as-you-go is billed per image, call or second of video, from $0.018 (background removal) to $0.03 (FIBO generation, FIBO Edit) an image, at 60 requests a minute. Enterprise is priced by sales and adds unlimited IP indemnification, SSO, audit logs and self-hosting (https://bria.ai/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.02 / call", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI files or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 18, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 341, "pypiWeekly": 3909, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.bria.ai/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.bria.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.bria.ai/_bundle/image-generation.yaml", "capabilities": [ "image.generate", "image.edit", "image.upscale", "image.reference" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "open-weights", "c2pa", "watermark", "commercial-licence", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 298, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 69, "payments": 40, "reliability": 83, "schema": 84, "security": 33, "transparency": 49 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-image prices, 100 free calls without a card, OpenAPI files and Markdown docs make a first call quick, and the terms warrant that customer content is not used for training. Keys are organisation-wide with no scopes, and the API has no changelog or deprecation policy.", "bestFor": "Teams that need image generation and editing with a stated training-data licence, C2PA marking and an indemnity (capped on Pay-as-you-go, unlimited on Enterprise), and product-shot or background work at volume.", "strengths": [ "Per-image prices are public, from $0.018 for background removal to $0.03 for FIBO generation and FIBO Edit", "The free plan gives 100 calls on every endpoint with no card, at 10 requests a minute", "Each API has a downloadable OpenAPI 3.0 file, and every docs page is served as Markdown with an `llms.txt` index", "The Online Terms and Conditions warrant that customer content is not used to train generative models without written consent", "A returned `seed` and `structured_prompt` reproduce an image when sent back, per the docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "API keys are organisation-wide with no scopes, and no spend cap was found in the reviewed documentation", "No API changelog or deprecation policy was found, and the OpenAPI files carry an empty version", "The streaming background removal WebSocket takes `api_token` as a URL query parameter", "No `security.txt`, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are stated on the site with no report or trust centre linked", "All 18 tools in `bria-mcp` are marked read-only and idempotent although each call is billed" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `api_token` header, not as `Authorization: Bearer`. Only `/v2/image/verify` and `/v2/video/verify` work without it", "Expect `202` with `request_id` and `status_url` from v2 endpoints. Poll `GET /v2/status/{request_id}` every 1 to 2 seconds, or pass `sync: true`", "Status polls count towards the per-endpoint limit (10 a minute on Free, 60 on Pay-as-you-go), so prefer `webhook_url` for batches", "Download results promptly. Image URLs expire after 3 days by default, and legacy `/v1/product/*` results after 1 hour", "Do not resend a failed `POST` blindly. There is no idempotency key, and the SDKs retry status polls only" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 76, "maintenance": 69, "payments": 40, "reliability": 83, "schema": 84, "security": 33, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 56 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install bria-client", "http": "curl -X POST https://engine.prod.bria-api.com/v2/image/generate \\\n -H \"api_token: $BRIA_API_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"prompt\": \"a serene mountain landscape at dawn\", \"aspect_ratio\": \"1:1\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http bria https://mcp.prod.bria-api.com/mcp \\\n --header \"api_token: $BRIA_API_TOKEN\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "bria": { "headers": { "api_token": "\u003cyour-bria-api-token\u003e" }, "url": "https://mcp.prod.bria-api.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/bria" }, "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "FIBO generation", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.03, "note": "`/v2/image/generate`" }, { "item": "FIBO Lite generation", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.02 }, { "item": "FIBO Edit", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.03, "note": "instruction editing" }, { "item": "Background removal", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.018 }, { "item": "Increase resolution", "unit": "image", "usd": 0.02 }, { "item": "Structured prompt", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.02 }, { "item": "Video background removal", "unit": "video-second", "usd": 0.0225, "note": "pricing page figure. bria.ai/llms.txt says $0.01" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Bria Artificial Intelligence Ltd.", "domain": "bria.ai", "domainRegistered": "2020-04-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZaT6xUb5aj9irslyFHSWKMV9epMMXSl/view", "privacy": "https://bria.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.bria.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The API answers at engine.prod.bria-api.com and the hosted MCP server at mcp.prod.bria-api.com, a different domain from bria.ai. Bria's own docs name both hosts.", "The terms link is the Bria Online AI General Terms and Conditions (March 2025, V1.1), a PDF on Google Drive linked from https://bria.ai/terms-of-use. It defines Online Services to include the APIs and an Order to include confirming a subscription plan on Bria's website. We could not see which terms the console shows at sign-up.", "https://bria.ai/terms-of-use is a website terms page that grants personal, non-commercial access and is not used as the terms link.", "The privacy policy names Bria Artificial Intelligence Ltd. and covers the 'Bria API' service. It carries no effective date.", "The terms give 126 Yigal Alon Street, Tel Aviv, for notices and 1412 Broadway, New York, in the page header.", "bria.ai/.well-known/security.txt, docs.bria.ai/.well-known/security.txt and engine.prod.bria-api.com/.well-known/security.txt return 404. platform.bria.ai returns the console's HTML page at that path.", "RDAP for bria.ai gives a registration date of 2020-04-03.", "status.bria.ai is an Atlassian Statuspage. No API changelog was found in the docs sitemap. The SDK repository has a `CHANGELOG.md` for each language." ], "score": 56 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bria.json", "live": { "slug": "bria", "probe": { "target": "https://engine.prod.bria-api.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:06.398131687Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 257, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 265, "p95ms24h": 344, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bria.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:53.079611659Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:06.398131687Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Black Forest Labs", "b": "Bria AI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.bfl.ai/v1", "b": "https://engine.prod.bria-api.com/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "7", "b": "18", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.black-forest-labs/flux-mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-10", "b": "2026-10-04", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-08-04", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-01", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "341 npm/wk, 3.9k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Bria API leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Black Forest Labs FLUX API or Bria API?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Black Forest Labs FLUX API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bfl.ai/v1 and Bria API at https://engine.prod.bria-api.com/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 33", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 49" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that need multi-reference edits and a price ladder from drafts to final renders, and for EU data residency.", "slug": "black-forest-labs", "watchFor": "Two cluster outages over four hours (19 and 20 August 2026) and slowdowns of 6.5 and 20 hours since" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 65", "Agent ergonomics, 76 against 67", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Teams that need image generation and editing with a stated training-data licence, C2PA marking and an indemnity (capped on Pay-as-you-go, unlimited on Enterprise), and product-shot or background work at volume.", "slug": "bria", "watchFor": "API keys are organisation-wide with no scopes, and no spend cap was found in the reviewed documentation" } ], "job": { "capability": "image.generate", "name": "Image generate" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-black-forest-labs.json", "title": "Adobe Firefly API vs Black Forest Labs FLUX API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-black-forest-labs" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-bria.json", "title": "Adobe Firefly API vs Bria API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-bria" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-fal-image.json", "title": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs fal image models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-fal-image" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-google-imagen.json", "title": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs Google Imagen", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-google-imagen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-ideogram.json", "title": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs Ideogram API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-ideogram" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-leonardo-ai.json", "title": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs Leonardo.Ai API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-leonardo-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-openai-image-api.json", "title": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API vs OpenAI Image API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-openai-image-api" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bria-vs-replicate-image" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bria-vs-stability-ai-image.json", "title": "Bria API vs Stability AI Image API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bria-vs-stability-ai-image" } ], "scores": [ { "black-forest-labs": 65, "bria": 83, "by": 18, "edge": "bria", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "black-forest-labs": 88, "bria": 84, "by": 4, "edge": "black-forest-labs", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "black-forest-labs": 67, "bria": 76, "by": 9, "edge": "bria", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "black-forest-labs": 65, "bria": 33, "by": 32, "edge": "black-forest-labs", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "black-forest-labs": 20, "bria": 40, "by": 20, "edge": "bria", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "black-forest-labs": 73, "bria": 69, "by": 4, "edge": "black-forest-labs", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "black-forest-labs": 62, "bria": 49, "by": 13, "edge": "black-forest-labs", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Bria API leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do image generate.", "verdicts": { "black-forest-labs": "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.", "bria": "Per-image prices, 100 free calls without a card, OpenAPI files and Markdown docs make a first call quick, and the terms warrant that customer content is not used for training. Keys are organisation-wide with no scopes, and the API has no changelog or deprecation policy." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-bria", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-bria.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-bria.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-bria.min.md" }, "markdown": "Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Bria API leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do image generate.\n\n- Black Forest Labs FLUX API: grade B, 63.9/100, rank #289 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/black-forest-labs.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/black-forest-labs.json\n- Bria API: grade B, 63.7/100, rank #298 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bria.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bria.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Black Forest Labs FLUX API (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that need multi-reference edits and a price ladder from drafts to final renders, and for EU data residency.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 33\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 49\n\nWatch for: Two cluster outages over four hours (19 and 20 August 2026) and slowdowns of 6.5 and 20 hours since\n\n### Bria API (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that need image generation and editing with a stated training-data licence, C2PA marking and an indemnity (capped on Pay-as-you-go, unlimited on Enterprise), and product-shot or background work at volume.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 67\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: API keys are organisation-wide with no scopes, and no spend cap was found in the reviewed documentation\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Black Forest Labs FLUX API | Bria API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 83 | Bria API +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 84 | Black Forest Labs FLUX API +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 76 | Bria API +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 65 | 33 | Black Forest Labs FLUX API +32 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Bria API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 69 | Black Forest Labs FLUX API +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 49 | Black Forest Labs FLUX API +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.9 · B** | **63.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Black Forest Labs FLUX API | Bria API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Black Forest Labs | Bria AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bfl.ai/v1` | `https://engine.prod.bria-api.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | 18 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.black-forest-labs/flux-mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-10-04 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-04 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-01 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | none | 341 npm/wk, 3.9k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Black Forest Labs FLUX API.** 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.\n\n**Bria API.** Per-image prices, 100 free calls without a card, OpenAPI files and Markdown docs make a first call quick, and the terms warrant that customer content is not used for training. Keys are organisation-wide with no scopes, and the API has no changelog or deprecation policy.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Black Forest Labs FLUX API\n\n1. Poll the `polling_url` from the submit response, never a hand-built URL\n2. Download `result.sample` straight away. It's gone after 10 minutes\n3. Stay under 24 concurrent jobs, 6 on flux-kontext-max, and back off exponentially on 429\n4. Treat 402 as out of credit, not as a retryable error\n5. Use api.eu.bfl.ai or api.us.bfl.ai only when data must stay in that region, the global endpoint fails over\n\n### Bria API\n\n1. Send the key in the `api_token` header, not as `Authorization: Bearer`. Only `/v2/image/verify` and `/v2/video/verify` work without it\n2. Expect `202` with `request_id` and `status_url` from v2 endpoints. Poll `GET /v2/status/{request_id}` every 1 to 2 seconds, or pass `sync: true`\n3. Status polls count towards the per-endpoint limit (10 a minute on Free, 60 on Pay-as-you-go), so prefer `webhook_url` for batches\n4. Download results promptly. Image URLs expire after 3 days by default, and legacy `/v1/product/*` results after 1 hour\n5. Do not resend a failed `POST` blindly. There is no idempotency key, and the SDKs retry status polls only\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Black Forest Labs FLUX API or Bria API?\n\nBlack Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Bria API leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Black Forest Labs FLUX API and Bria API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Black Forest Labs FLUX API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bfl.ai/v1 and Bria API at https://engine.prod.bria-api.com/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-bria.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-bria.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"black-forest-labs\", \"b\": \"bria\"}`. 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