# FLUX vs Playground

**Leader by Vioscale score:** FLUX

| Attribute | FLUX | Playground |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 66.6 (44% (low)) | 41.5 (28% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An AI-assisted design studio where you describe what you want and the system generates logos, graphics, stickers, t-shirts, posters, and other visual content that you can customize. No design experience required. |
| 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}` | `{"deployment_model":"cloud_web_gui","text_to_image_prompting":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"MCP (Model Context Protocol)"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":["US","DE"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"freemium","summary":"Free to start","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://playground.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T21:45:49.206Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.17,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (AI Image Generation)

| Capability | FLUX | Playground |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | 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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:40:29.805Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*