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Why use FLUX 3 Image on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers FLUX 3 Image with competitive pricing. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare FLUX 3 Image across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],bfl/flux-3-imageRequest example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="bfl/flux-3-image",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "bfl/flux-3-image", not the LLMReference slug "flux-3-image".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare FLUX 3 Image Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Black Forest Labs | — | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Image input | $1.00 |
Capabilities
About FLUX 3 Image
FLUX 3 Image is Black Forest Labs' image generation and editing product in the FLUX 3 family. One endpoint (POST https://api.bfl.ai/v1/flux-3-image) handles text-to-image and edits: up to 10 reference images, bounding-box layouts in the prompt, pixel-exact local edits, and resolution classes from 768sq through 4K (~16 MP) across 15 aspect ratios. First-party pricing (docs.bfl.ml): $0.041 (768sq), $0.048 (1k), $0.100 (2k), $0.607 (4k) per image. Commercial weights license is offered; open weights not published yet. Also listed on Vercel AI Gateway as bfl/flux-3-image.