> Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs runs the hosted FLUX model API with a credit system where 1 credit equals USD $0.01, charged per image for stills and per second for video. FLUX 3 video costs $0.17/s at HD, $0.29/s FHD, $0.40/s QHD and $0.80/s UHD for text- and image-to-video, while video-to-video (continuation, editing, restyling) runs $0.41-$0.95/s; a draft tier renders HD at $0.06/s. FLUX.2 images start at $0.014 for [klein] 4B and rise to $0.07 for [max], with editing at $0.045 for [pro]. Clips are capped at 20 seconds and synchronized audio is included at no extra charge.
// pros
- Draft-then-render workflow is priced in: FLUX 3 Video Draft is $0.06/s at HD against $0.17/s for a full HD render, and Draft Enhance bills as a normal generation only for the shot you keep.
- One credit equals USD $0.01 and the API and Playground share the same price, so spend maps directly to published per-image and per-second rates.
- Per-megapixel image pricing is arithmetic rather than tiered: the first megapixel is a flat rate and each additional MP adds about $0.001 (a 2MP image on [klein] 4B is $0.014 + $0.001).
- FLUX 3 video clips can run up to 20 seconds with synchronized audio at no extra charge, and resolution is banded by pixels per frame (HD up to 1.0 MP, UHD up to 8.0 MP).
- Open-weight self-hosting is offered as a separate licensed product: Builder lists FLUX.2 [klein] at 10K images/month and 1 domain, Platform and Professional at 100K images/month, all including fine-tuning and LoRA rights.
// cons
- There is no free tier or signup credit: the official quickstart instructs new accounts to add credits via Stripe and suggests starting with $10-20.
- High-end video is expensive in absolute terms - a 20-second UHD text-to-video clip at $0.80/s costs $16.00 - and partial seconds are rounded up to the next whole second.
- Generation is asynchronous: a request returns a polling_url that must be polled for the finished output, adding queue and retry logic to integrations.
- FLUX.2 [dev] is local/open-weights only with no hosted API and non-commercial terms, and fine-tuned endpoint pricing is public beta and may change after beta.
Use the Black Forest Labs API when you need FLUX-specific image quality or short video with lip-sync-grade audio and want transparent per-unit pricing without a subscription. Prototype with FLUX 3 Video Draft and FLUX.2 [klein] 4B, then promote final shots to full renders or [pro]/[max]; pair it with a separately priced image editor if your workflow needs surgical edits.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
No free tier
This provider does not offer a free tier as of our last verification (Sep 16, 2026). The cheapest way to try it is pay-as-you-go. If the provider adds a free tier, submit a correction and we’ll re-verify.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier (source-reported) | free | — | — | — | Unknown; officially pay-as-you-go (credit-based). Whether signup grants a small trial credit must be confirmed on dashboard.bfl.ai; no public, ongoing free allowance is advertised. |
| Standard Credit | payg | — | — | — | 1 credit = $0.01 USD; image costs scale with resolution. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
$ Does Black Forest Labs have a free tier?
No. Black Forest Labs does not offer a meaningful free tier — entry requires payment (pay-as-you-go or a plan). We mark this explicitly rather than showing a misleading zero.
$ How much does Black Forest Labs cost per 1M tokens?
Black Forest Labs does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is Black Forest Labs safe to use?
Uprouter rates Black Forest Labs as low risk. Low to moderate. Every rate is published per image and per second with no seat fees or subscription lock-in, and prepaid credits remove billing surprises. The offsets are commercial rather than technical: there is no free trial, open-weight licensing for FLUX.2 [klein] is listed as Apache 2.0 / FLUX Non-Commercial so self-hosting is not uniformly commercially permissive, and licensing tiers carry domain and user-count restrictions (e.g. 1 domain, 10 licensed users). Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
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risk_&_confidence
Low to moderate. Every rate is published per image and per second with no seat fees or subscription lock-in, and prepaid credits remove billing surprises. The offsets are commercial rather than technical: there is no free trial, open-weight licensing for FLUX.2 [klein] is listed as Apache 2.0 / FLUX Non-Commercial so self-hosting is not uniformly commercially permissive, and licensing tiers carry domain and user-count restrictions (e.g. 1 domain, 10 licensed users).
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Black Forest Labs's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://YOUR-PROVIDER-ENDPOINT/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "MODEL_NAME",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
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