Seedream 5 Flash

A faster, lower-cost variant of the Seedream 4.5 aesthetic — same cinematic palette and mood handling at reduced fidelity. Built-in reasoning and example-based editing differentiate it from other budget tiers: pass an example image of the desired result and the model interprets the intent. Good for high-volume social content, moodboards, and exploration before committing to a hero shot.

The flagship of the Seedream line. Generates sharp, high-detail images from a text prompt, and can take a reference image to lock a character, product, or style. Carries the cinematic Seedream palette and mood at higher fidelity than Seedream 5 Lite — reach for Lite when you're iterating high-volume and Pro for the hero shot.

The smaller, faster open-weight variant of Black Forest Labs' Flux 2 family. Self-hostable for teams that want the Flux 2 aesthetic on their own infrastructure, with strong quality-per-credit at a lower cost than Flux 2 Pro. Good for iteration and exploration before stepping up to Pro or Max for finals.

Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image, the lowest-cost, lowest-latency member of the Nano Banana family. Keeps native multi-image references and the strong prompt adherence of Nano Banana 2, but caps output at 1K and drops web-search grounding. Built for high-volume work where speed and price matter more than 4K fidelity.