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FLUX 3 Image

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Black Forest Labs

Live — BFL API since Oct 1; text-to-image + editing, up to 10 references, bounding boxes, up to 4K; $0.048 per ~1MP image on BFL's docs list (half that on its pricing page and Vercel's gateway as of Oct 5). On the board as live since 2026-10-01 — the watchers keep tracking it: lineup changes, pricing moves and deprecations all alert.

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Timeline

2026-10-05
FLUX 3 Image is live on Black Forest Labs' API: up to 4K, ten references, from $0.041 an imagepost

FLUX 3 Image, the still-image half of Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3 family, is out on BFL's API. Its release notes date it to October 1, 2026, ten weeks after FLUX 3 was announced on July 23 with Image promised for "the following weeks". It is now listed on OpenRouter and Vercel's AI Gateway too.

2026-10-01
FLUX 3 Image verified live — detected in a live catalog, alert fired at 19:40:44 UTCverified

Where to use FLUX 3 Image

1 provider lists FLUX 3 Image in the models.dev catalog (as of 2026-11-01), under the model ids shown below.

Vercel AI Gatewaybfl/flux-3-image · bfl/flux-3-image-klein

Listings cover the model family, so a provider may list a sibling tier under the same name. Check the id before you build on it.

FLUX 3 Image: quick answers

Is FLUX 3 Image out?

Yes. FLUX 3 Image is live and has been since October 1, 2026.

When was FLUX 3 Image released?

October 1, 2026.

Who makes FLUX 3 Image?

Black Forest Labs. ArtificialWatch also tracks FLUX 3 and FLUX 3 Dev from Black Forest Labs.

Where can I use FLUX 3 Image?

1 provider lists it in the models.dev catalog, including Vercel AI Gateway. The exact model ids each one lists are on this page.

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