FLUX 3 API Cost
A 1.5K FLUX 3 image costs $0.065, against $0.07 at the official price. What you spend depends on image size, how many images you make and how many you keep — here is what real work costs, what a monthly budget buys and how to spend less.
- 1.5K image
- $0.065
- official $0.07
- 1,000 images
- $31.70
- 1K
- 1,000 images / month
- $64.40
- 1.5K
- Below official
- up to 34%
- failed runs: $0
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Try FLUX 3 — the price is on the button
Runs on your balance at the price on the button; failed runs are refunded. Results are saved to your account.
Calculator
Calculate your FLUX 3 cost
Pick the size, your monthly volume and how many tries you keep. Every figure is a live quote.
Per month · 100 generations
3.17
$4.80 at the official price
- Per image
- 0.032
- Per kept image
- 0.032
- Saved per month
- $1.63
- Saved per year
- $19.56
Live prices · failed generations are free
Cost drivers
What drives the FLUX 3 API cost
3 things set your bill. Prices are live; the full tier list is on the FLUX 3 API pricing page.
Image size
The biggest lever. An image costs 16.0× as much at 4K as at 1K.
- 1K
- $0.032
- 1.0×
- 1.5K
- $0.065
- 2.0×
- 2K
- $0.092
- 2.9×
- 4K
- $0.51
- 16.0×
Task
Text to Image from $0.0317/image, Image Edit from $0.0441/image.
Takes you keep
Every successful image is billed, including takes you discard. Keeping one in three makes each kept 1.5K image cost $0.20 instead of $0.065. Failed generations are refunded.
Real work
What images cost with FLUX 3
Typical jobs priced end to end at today's per-image prices.
| Deliverable | Generations | Tier | Official | CheaperGen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concept exploration | 20 images | 1K | $0.64 | |
| Product photo set | 12 images | 1.5K | $0.78 | |
| Ad creative variations | 50 images | 1.5K | $3.22 | |
| Blog illustrations for a month | 100 images | 1.5K | $6.44 | |
| Catalog of 1,000 products × 3 shots | 3,000 images | 1K | $95.10 | |
| Hero images | 4 images | 4K | $2.03 |
Budgets
What a FLUX 3 budget buys
Images per budget at each size.
| Size | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1K $0.032 per image | 315 | 1,577 | 3,154 | 15,772 | 31,545 |
1.5K $0.065 per image | 155 | 776 | 1,552 | 7,763 | 15,527 |
2K $0.092 per image | 108 | 543 | 1,086 | 5,434 | 10,869 |
4K $0.51 per image | 19 | 98 | 197 | 985 | 1,971 |
Yearly difference
FLUX 3 cost vs the official price
The same monthly volume at 1.5K, priced here and at the official price (verified October 18, 2026).
1,000 images / month
$64.40
$70.00 official
$67.20 less a year
10,000 images / month
$644.00
$700.00 official
$672.00 less a year
100,000 images / month
$6,440
$7,000 official
$6,720 less a year
Compare
A 1.5K image on other models
The same request on FLUX models and the cheapest similar models, at each model's lowest price for that size.
| Model | Tier | Cost | vs. FLUX 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLUX 3 Image Klein FLUX family | 1.5K | $0.005 | −93% |
| FLUX 3 Black Forest Labs | 1.5K | $0.065 | — |
| MOSS Image OpenMOSS | 1.5K | $0.083 | +28% |
Price is one input; quality, speed and features differ. Each model's cost page has its own breakdown.
Cost control
Keep FLUX 3 spend predictable
The same rules in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Details in the billing docs.
- Price it first.
POST /v1/quote/bfl/flux-3/text-to-imagereturns the exact price of any request, free. - Cap a request. Send
max_cost_usdand a request priced above it is refused without charge. - Prepaid only. You can't spend more than your balance; auto top-up is optional and you set its amount.
- Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full.
- Every charge itemized. Each generation returns its exact cost, and the dashboard lists every charge.
Our prices are live; official prices were verified October 18, 2026. FLUX 3 is developed by Black Forest Labs. CheaperGen provides API access and does not own the model. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.