FLUX.2 Max
FLUX.2 [max] is the top tier of Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 family, added in December 2025 after the November launch of [pro], [flex], [dev] and [klein]. BFL describes it as state-of-the-art generation and editing with exceptional realism, precision and consistency. It costs seven cents for the first megapixel, a little over twice [pro].
Anvisha Pai, Co-founder & CEO, ModaTested Black Forest Labs · released
›What we asked for
A self-portrait of FLUX.2 Max, Black Forest Labs' most capable image model, as a dramatic old-masters oil painting: a mechanical figure of brass and porcelain holding a lantern in a dark Baroque interior, chiaroscuro lighting, visible impasto brushwork, a small plaque reading 'MAX' at the bottom of the frame.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1360,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1360 by 1024 pixels
At a glance
- Price
- $0.07 for the first megapixel and $0.03 for each extra, about twice Pro.
- Top tier
- BFL's most realistic and precise model; compare the face, food and product samples with Pro's.
- Any size
- Exact width and height, priced by area.
- No tuning
- Like Pro, no steps or guidance to set.
- Edits
- Reference-image edits through the edit endpoint at the same rate.
Other FLUX models: FLUX.2 Pro, FLUX.2 Flex. Compare all 3.
Anvisha's take
Max is Pro with more of everything: the self-portrait is a painting I would hang, the hard composition was exact, and the poster is clean if plain. It also took two to three times as long as Pro and costs twice as much per megapixel. On our twelve prompts I could not point to a picture where Max beat Pro in a way the price justifies, which is a useful thing to know. Buy it for the last few percent on a hero image, not for volume.
FLUX.2 Max real output: the same 12 prompts every model gets
Every model on this site gets the same 12 prompts, so you can compare like with like. These are the pictures FLUX.2 Max returned, one try each, nothing re-rolled or retouched. Generated on . The 12 pictures took 14 to 35 seconds each and cost $1.11 in total.
Spelling, kerning and hierarchy of three lines of set text.
›What we asked for
A concert poster that reads 'MODA SUMMER SESSIONS' in large bold type, with the subtitle 'Friday 12 June, 8pm, Roundhouse' and a smaller line 'Tickets at the door'. Risograph style, two colours, tangerine and navy, grainy ink texture.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1360}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1360 pixels
Catalogue lighting, a clean seamless background and a believable contact shadow.
›What we asked for
Studio product photograph of a matte black ceramic pour-over coffee dripper on a seamless white background, soft top light, subtle contact shadow, centred, catalogue style.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
A natural face, correct finger count and hands holding an object.
›What we asked for
Close-up portrait of a woman in her 40s with short grey hair, laughing, holding a red ceramic mug with both hands, natural window light, 85mm lens, shallow depth of field.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1360}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1360 pixels
A flat single-colour mark with a legible wordmark and no gradients or photo texture.
›What we asked for
A flat vector logo mark for a bicycle repair shop called 'Spoke & Chain': a single-colour icon combining a chain link and a wheel spoke, with the wordmark below in a geometric sans-serif, black on white.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
Many distinct objects and people in one frame without merging or duplicating them.
›What we asked for
A crowded Saturday farmers market seen from slightly above: at least twelve stalls with striped awnings, shoppers carrying tote bags, a dog on a leash, crates of oranges, a musician with a guitar, bunting overhead, late morning light.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1360,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1360 by 1024 pixels
A named historical style applied faithfully rather than a generic painterly look.
›What we asked for
A lighthouse on a rocky cliff during a storm, in the style of a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print, with visible wood grain texture, flat colour areas and a bokashi gradient sky.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1360}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1360 pixels
Six labelled bars at the stated heights, in order, with readable axes.
›What we asked for
A clean bar chart titled 'Monthly active users' showing six months, January through June, with the values 120, 150, 180, 170, 220 and 260, labelled axes, white background, one accent colour, no 3D effects.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1360,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1360 by 1024 pixels
A 21:9 composition that leaves the left third clear for headline text.
›What we asked for
Website hero banner: a wide panorama of a sunlit modern co-working space with plants, the left third of the frame kept as clear wall space for text, warm neutral palette.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":2016,"height":864}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 2016 by 864 pixels
Four numbered steps in the given order with their exact wording, plus an icon each.
›What we asked for
An infographic card titled 'How to brew pour-over' with four numbered steps in this order: 1. Rinse the filter, 2. Bloom for 30 seconds, 3. Pour in slow circles, 4. Wait 3 minutes. A simple icon beside each step, muted palette, clean sans-serif type.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1360}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1360 pixels
Appetising, menu-grade food with correct textures and no melted anatomy.
›What we asked for
Overhead photograph of a margherita pizza on a wooden board, fresh basil leaves, one slice pulled out with the cheese stretching, restaurant menu photography, natural light.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
Exact counts and left-right placement of five named objects.
›What we asked for
A glass of water on a wooden table with exactly three ice cubes in it, a yellow pencil resting across the rim of the glass, a blue book to the left of the glass and a red apple to the right, photographed from table height.
fal-ai/flux-2-max
image_size: {"width":1360,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1360 by 1024 pixels
Change one object's colour and add a part while leaving background, light and framing untouched.
›What we asked for
Change the coffee dripper to a deep forest green and add a small brass handle on its right side. Keep the background, lighting and composition exactly as they are. (applied to the product on white result above)
fal-ai/flux-2-max/edit
image_size: {"width":1024,"height":1024}, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
How the cost under each picture was worked out: fal's FLUX.2 [max] rate of $0.07 for the first megapixel plus $0.03 per extra megapixel, rounded up to the nearest 1024x1024 megapixel as fal states: 2 for the 1024x1360 output; fal does not return the charge.
FLUX.2 Max pricing
| Where | Unit | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFL API | 1K image Priced by the megapixel, so this is the starting rate for a 1K image. | $0.07 | BFL pricing, read |
| fal | 1024 by 1024 image $0.07 for the first megapixel plus $0.03 per additional megapixel. | $0.07 | fal model page, read |
Is FLUX.2 Max free?
Black Forest Labs sells FLUX.2 by the megapixel through its own API and partners and does not run a free consumer app. Free access exists only through third parties: hosts and creative apps that bundle FLUX with sign-up credits, and the open-weight FLUX.2 [dev] and [klein] models you can run yourself.
- •BFL API: pay per megapixel, no free tier. Batches multiply the base price by the image count.
- •Open weights: FLUX.2 [dev] and [klein] can be downloaded and run locally under their licences; [klein] is Apache 2.0.
- •Third-party apps: sites like Krea, Freepik and Mistral's Le Chat bundle FLUX models with their own free allowances.
BFL pricing, read
Where to use FLUX.2 Max
- BFL API · Black Forest Labs' own endpoint, flux-2-max.
- fal · Per-megapixel pricing, generate and edit endpoints, custom sizes.
- Replicate · Hosted under black-forest-labs.
- Moda · Available inside the Moda design agent.
Generate with FLUX.2 Max in Moda
Pick FLUX.2 Max in the Moda design agent, then edit the result as vectors, text and layers rather than a flat image.
Open Moda →What we noticed running FLUX.2 Max
- •Counts and placement exact: three ice cubes, pencil across the rim, book left, apple right. See the hard composition picture.
- •All three lines correct, in a plain stacked layout with textured paper. Correct rather than designed. See the text in an image picture.
- •Edits are re-draws. Green and brass arrived on a dripper with a different rim and spout. See the edit an existing image picture.
- •Slower than Pro: 14 to 35 seconds per picture, median 25, against Pro's 13.
- •The self-portrait is an old-masters painting complete with a gilt frame and a plaque reading MAX, which the prompt did ask for; it is the one hero on the site that looks like it belongs in a museum.
- •Custom sizes are honoured to the pixel, and fal rounds each up to whole 1024 by 1024 megapixels: $0.07 for the first and $0.03 for each extra, so the 1024 by 1360 poster billed as two.
FLUX.2 Max limits and API parameters
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Output size | Any width and height, priced by the megapixel; our 21:9 run at 2016 by 864 came back at that exact size. fal API reference, read |
| Transparent background | Not supported on the hosted endpoints. fal API reference, read |
| Reference images | Multiple, through the edit endpoint; BFL cites up to 10 for [flex]. FLUX.2 announcement, read |
›Every setting, for developers
fal (fal-ai/flux-2-max)
fal API reference, read
| Parameter | Type | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| prompt | string | Any text Required. | |
| image_size | enum or object | square_hd, square, portrait_4_3, portrait_16_9, landscape_4_3, landscape_16_9, or {width, height} | landscape_4_3 |
| seed | integer | Any integer | |
| safety_tolerance | enum | 1 to 5, 1 strictest | 2 |
| enable_safety_checker | boolean | true, false Turning it off needs account authorisation. | true |
| output_format | enum | jpeg, png | jpeg |
| image_urls | list of URLs | Reference images Edit endpoint only, where it is required. |
What FLUX.2 Max will not draw
Black Forest Labs licenses the FLUX.2 API models for commercial use and ships them with a safety checker that hosts leave on by default; fal exposes a safety_tolerance dial from 1 to 5, 1 strictest, and turning the checker off entirely needs account authorisation. The usual prohibitions apply: sexual content involving minors, non-consensual intimate imagery, and deceptive depictions of real people. There is no adult mode on the hosted models.
fal API reference, read
Alternatives to FLUX.2 Max
Frequently asked questions
What is FLUX.2 Max?
FLUX.2 [max] is the top tier of Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 family, released in December 2025, priced at $0.07 for the first megapixel on fal and from $0.07 on BFL's API.
Max or Pro?
Pro unless you can see the difference on your kind of picture. Both pages run the same twelve prompts, so compare them; Max costs about twice as much.
How this page is made
Prices, limits and settings are read from the linked vendor and host pages on the dates shown. Every picture was generated by us through fal with the request shown under it, and the original files are kept unedited. A generation that failed is shown as a failure. Model and vendor names are used to identify the products; no vendor imagery appears on this page.
