# DALL-E 3 vs FLUX

**Leader by Vioscale score:** FLUX

| Attribute | DALL-E 3 | FLUX |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56 (26% (low)) | 66.6 (44% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based service providing teams access to AI models and integrations with standard business software, featuring administrative controls, security measures, and usage analytics for growing organizations. | FLUX is a multimodal AI model developed by Black Forest Labs for image and video generation and editing. It supports text-to-image, image-to-image, and video generation with optional audio synthesis. Can be deployed via cloud API, open-source weights on your infrastructure, or through an interactive web playground. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"iso_27001":true,"soc2_type_ii":true,"text_to_image_prompting":true,"commercial_usage_rights_granted":true,"image_to_image_seed_referencing":true,"custom_model_training_and_lora_finetuning":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Microsoft 365"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Github"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Figma"}]` | `[{"name":"MCP (Model Context Protocol)"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":["US","DE"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"£15/user/month billed annually (2+ users minimum). £25/user/month when billed monthly","features":["Access ChatGPT and Codex across desktop and mobile apps","AI for chat, coding, analysis, and workflows","Connect tools like Microsoft 365, Google Drive, Slack, Github, Linear, Figma","Build custom team agent plugins","Centralized billing and administration","Usage analytics, budgeting, and spend controls","Secure workspace with SAML SSO and MFA","No training on business data by default"],"minSeats":2,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"description":"Secure workspace with company context and tools for teams, built for growing companies","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales","features":["Expanded context window supporting longer inputs and larger files","Enterprise-level security and controls including SCIM, EKM, user analytics, domain verification, and role-based access controls","Advanced data privacy with custom data retention policies","Encryption at rest and in transit","No training on business data by default","Data residency support in ten regions","24/7 priority support with SLAs","Custom legal terms and access to AI advisors for eligible customers","Invoicing and billing with volume discounts","Credit-based and token-based pricing options"],"description":"Enterprise-grade AI, security, and support for businesses operating at scale","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From £15/user/month (Business annual). Enterprise pricing available.","currency":"GBP","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://openai.com/api/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:59.405Z","startingPrice":{"amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Builder","features":["FLUX.2 [klein] models","10K images per month","1 domain","10 licensed users","Fine-tuning & LoRA rights"],"minSeats":10,"description":"For developers and early-stage teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"domains":"1","images_per_month":"10k"}},{"free":false,"name":"Platform","features":["FLUX.2 [klein] 9B + FLUX.2 [dev]","100K images per month"],"description":"For product teams shipping at volume","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"images_per_month":"100k"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","features":["FLUX.2 [dev]","All models and new releases","Up to 3 domains","Custom volume","Custom users","Permissive commercial use","API + Weights combo pricing"],"description":"For agencies and service providers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"domains":"3"}},{"free":false,"name":"Synthetic Data","features":["FLUX.2 models","Rights to use outputs as training data","No domain restrictions"],"description":"For AI training datasets","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Custom pricing","Volume discounts","SLA guarantees","Dedicated support"],"description":"Custom pricing and dedicated support for high-throughput workloads","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Pay as you go","summary":"$0.17 per second","features":["Video generation"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.17,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Video generation billed per second","contactSales":false}],"summary":"$0.17 per second for video, or subscription plans from Builder tier. Enterprise custom pricing available.","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://bfl.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:30:54.906Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"second","amount":0.17,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":0.17,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (AI Image Generation)

| Capability | DALL-E 3 | FLUX |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:55:59.123Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*