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V1.1
by Black Forest Labs
CLOSEDHOSTEDIMAGE GENERATORDIGITAL ARTPHOTO CREATORFAST RESULTS
RANKED #1 OF 89 IMAGES · OVERALL #8 OF 6,436 · VIBE SCORE 7.4 · 6,185 VOICES
A fast image generator made for creators who want high quality pictures quickly.
HAPPY9.6
119 mentions
SAD5.4
90 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 6,615 voices
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Black Forest Labs hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
V1.1 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.3FluxBlack Forest LabsBest open alternative with top tier prompt adherence and photorealism.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE❤️ CROWD FAVORITE12.8k VOICESMATCH★★★
- OPEN WEIGHTS6.1
Stable Diffusion 3.5Stability AIStrong open-weight alternative for versatile styles, typography, and privacy.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE417 VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users feel V1.1 is worth the money because it produces great looking images very quickly. However, frequent outages, limits, and overly strict refusal filters frustrate many people.
1322 POSTS · 4863 COMMENTS · DEV.TO · X · GITHUB · REDDIT · DEV FORUMS · BLUESKY · HACKER NEWS · LEMMY · BLOG · STACK OVERFLOW
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (12 mentions)
- Results look great (6 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (4 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (17 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (4 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 17 thumbs down
- PricePEOPLE LOVE THIS
12 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- How results lookPEOPLE LOVE THIS
6 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- SpeedMOSTLY POSITIVE
4 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for V1.1.
Midjourney
Ideogram> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-03-27 · 946 UPVOTESMan, the new Gemini 2.5 Pro 03-25 is a breakthrough and people don't even realize it.
Man, the new Gemini 2.5 Pro 03-25 is a breakthrough and people don't even realize it.
- REDDIT · 2023-06-21 · 865 UPVOTESControlnet v1.1 Lineart
Controlnet v1.1 Lineart
- REDDIT · 2023-05-20 · 627 UPVOTESControlNet v1.1: A complete guide
ControlNet v1.1: A complete guide
- X · 2026-08-16 · 561 UPVOTESGPT-5.6 Luna Max scores 13.3 points above Sonnet 5 Max on DeepSWE v1.1 while Sonnet costs 44x as much. DeepSWE tests cod
GPT-5.6 Luna Max scores 13.3 points above Sonnet 5 Max on DeepSWE v1.1 while Sonnet costs 44x as much. DeepSWE tests cod
- REDDIT · 2026-04-13 · 529 UPVOTESUpdate: Distilled v1.1 is live
Update: Distilled v1.1 is live
- REDDIT · 2025-07-22 · 505 UPVOTESHidden power of SDXL - Image editing beyond Flux.1 Kontext
Hidden power of SDXL - Image editing beyond Flux.1 Kontext
- REDDIT · 2025-10-09 · 425 UPVOTESIphone V1.1 - Qwen-Image LoRA
Iphone V1.1 - Qwen-Image LoRA
- REDDIT · 2025-06-27 · 302 UPVOTESFLUX DEV License Clarification Confirmed: Commercial Use of FLUX Outputs IS Allowed!
FLUX DEV License Clarification Confirmed: Commercial Use of FLUX Outputs IS Allowed!
- REDDIT · 2024-02-25 · 260 UPVOTESStable Video Diffusion v1.1 is pretty good at keeping resolution
Stable Video Diffusion v1.1 is pretty good at keeping resolution
- REDDIT · 2026-05-07 · 254 UPVOTEStesting LTX 2.3 v1.1 distilled on my gpu. pretty decent for creating ugc content or short tiktok vlog.
testing LTX 2.3 v1.1 distilled on my gpu. pretty decent for creating ugc content or short tiktok vlog.
- REDDIT · 2025-08-07 · 248 UPVOTESUpdate for lightx2v LoRA
Update for lightx2v LoRA
- REDDIT · 2023-04-15 · 247 UPVOTESControlNet1.1 Arrived in A1111 Extension
ControlNet1.1 Arrived in A1111 Extension