Comparison

DALL-E 3 vs FLUX

On the evidence we track, DALL-E 3 leads this comparison with a composite score of 73/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

DALL-E 3 full profile →FLUX full profile →

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★DALL-E 373

FLUX60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DALL-E 3Leader	FLUX
vioscaleAI score	73 / 100medium · 55%	60 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	unknown
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.10	$0.17
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	3
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, ISO/IEC 42001:2023 +2 more	ISO 27001
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://openai.com/security-and-privacy/	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

DALL-E 373 / 100medium · 55%

FLUX60 / 100low · 33%

Pricing

Free tier

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✗

Model

DALL-E 3commercial

FLUXcommercial

Price level

DALL-E 3low

FLUXunknown

Starting price

DALL-E 3$0.10

FLUX$0.17

Transparent

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Integrations

Count

DALL-E 33

FLUX3

Security

Certifications

DALL-E 3SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, ISO/IEC 42001:2023 +2 more

FLUXISO 27001

Disclosure policy

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX–

Gdpr

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Hipaa

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX–

Iso27001

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Pci

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX–

Soc2

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Trust center

DALL-E 3https://openai.com/security-and-privacy/

FLUX–

Market

Availability

DALL-E 3Available worldwide · Popular in US

FLUXAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

DALL-E 37 items

FLUX6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai image generation. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for AI Image Generation
Capability	DALL-E 3	FLUX
Capabilities
Deployment model	Cloud web gui	Cloud web gui
Text to image prompting	✓	✓
Image to image seed referencing	-	✓
Inpainting and outpainting masking	-	✓
Negative prompt and weight exclusion	-	-
Pose control and structure mapping controlnet	-	✓
AI automated resolution upscaling	-	-
Custom model training and lora finetuning	-	✓
Commercial usage rights granted	✓	✓
Enterprise ip indemnification protection	-	-
SOC2 type ii	✓	✓
ISO 27001	✓	✓
Pricing model	-	Token credit based

Capabilities

Deployment model

DALL-E 3Cloud web gui

FLUXCloud web gui

Text to image prompting

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Image to image seed referencing

DALL-E 3-

FLUX✓

Inpainting and outpainting masking

DALL-E 3-

FLUX✓

Negative prompt and weight exclusion

DALL-E 3-

FLUX-

Pose control and structure mapping controlnet

DALL-E 3-

FLUX✓

AI automated resolution upscaling

DALL-E 3-

FLUX-

Custom model training and lora finetuning

DALL-E 3-

FLUX✓

Commercial usage rights granted

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Enterprise ip indemnification protection

DALL-E 3-

FLUX-

SOC2 type ii

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

ISO 27001

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Pricing model

DALL-E 3-

FLUXToken credit based

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

DALL-E 3

Leader

OpenAI's API platform provides developers with access to frontier language models (GPT-6 series) and agent capabilities for building intelligent applications. It includes enterprise security, data privacy controls, and compliance features for regulated industries.

Independently observed

FLUX

An AI model that generates images and video from text, images, or keyframes, with optional audio, commercial licensing support, and flexible deployment via cloud API or self-hosted infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

DALL-E 3

Leader

from $0.10/input_tokensUsage-based

Usage-based pricing starting from $0.10 per 1M input tokens. No free tier mentioned.

GPT-6 Astra$10/1M input tokens, $50/1M output tokens
GPT-6 Sol$2/1M input tokens, $10/1M output tokens
GPT-6 Luna$0.10/1M input tokens, $0.50/1M output tokens

as of 2026-09-23verify ↗

FLUX

Usage-based

Pay-per-image usage pricing starting at $0.024 per image. Custom pricing and volume discounts available for enterprise.

Builder-
- FLUX.2 [klein] models
- Fine-tuning & LoRA rights
Platform-
- FLUX.2 [klein] 9B + FLUX.2 [dev]
ProfessionalContact sales
- All models + new releases
- Custom volume
- Custom domains & users
- Permissive commercial use
- API + Weights combo pricing
Synthetic DataContact sales
- FLUX.2 models
- Rights to use outputs as training data
- No domain restrictions
Open WeightsFree
- Full model access
- Self-hosting capability
- Fine-tuning & customization rights

as of 2026-10-06verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DALL-E 3	FLUX
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

CLI

DALL-E 3✗

FLUX✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

DALL-E 3✓

FLUX✓

Self-hosted

DALL-E 3✗

FLUX✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

DALL-E 3

Leader

9 total

Microsoft 365
Google Drive
Slack
Github
Linear
Figma
MCP servers
Web search
File search

Independently observed

FLUX

4 total

MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Claude Code
MCP clients
agentskills.io

Independently observed

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