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FLUX.1Midjourney

Compare AI products	FLUX.1 Visit Site	Midjourney Visit Site
Rating	9.8	9.7
Category	Image & video	Image & video
Vendor	Black Forest Labs	Midjourney, Inc.
Started	2024	2022
Region	Global	Global
China availability	Limited in China	Overseas access
Pricing tier	Free / open	Paid
Current flagship	FLUX.1 [dev] / [pro] / [schnell]	Midjourney v6.1 / V7
Open source	Yes	No
Self-hostable	Yes	No
Capability tags	ImageLow cost	Image
Latest release	Nov 2024 · FLUX.1 Tools	Jul 2026 · V8.2 default
Notes	Open weights, fully local via ComfyUI	—
Strengths	Open-weights image generator king; photorealism, anatomy, and typography are unmatched Natively supported in ComfyUI for local private hosting with thriving LoRA ecosystem	World-class artistic text-to-image quality; top-tier lighting, aesthetics, and detail Web creation UI plus advanced inpainting, panning, and aspect-ratio controls
Caveats	Local dev model requires substantial GPU VRAM (16GB+ recommended)	Paid subscription only; strict commercial usage tiers and no perpetual free tier

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