Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.
Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.
| Grok Imagine Image Quality xai/grok-imagine-image-quality | FLUX.2 [Pro] Preview black-forest-labs/flux-2-pro-preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Black Forest Labs |
| Family | FLUX | |
| Modality | image | image |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Released | 2026-05-22 | 2026-05-27 |
| Input price | $0.050 /img | $0.0000 /img |
| Output price | — | — |
| Cache read | — | — |
| Tools | — | — |
| Streaming | — | — |
| Vision | — | — |
| JSON mode | — | — |
| Reasoning | — | — |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
xAI's higher-fidelity text-to-image model optimized for sharper details, more accurate compositions, and stronger text rendering. Supports image editing via reference images and masks. Trades speed for quality compared to grok-imagine-image. Default output at 2k resolution.
FLUX.2 [pro] Preview is Black Forest Labs' recommended default for production image generation and editing — tracks the latest [pro] weights with strong multi-reference support.
# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
api_key="sk-aig-...",
)
# Try Grok Imagine Image Quality
client.chat.completions.create(
model="xai/grok-imagine-image-quality",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
# Try FLUX.2 [Pro] Preview — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
model="black-forest-labs/flux-2-pro-preview",
messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)