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Best Image Generation

Text-to-image and image editing. Top 5, scored out of 100 on our six-part rubric. Reviewed 2026-10-16.

These scores come from desk research (published reviews, benchmarks and vendor pages), not hands-on testing yet. Scores within 1 point are treated as ties.

  1. #1

    Nano Banana 2 (Google Gemini)

    Best everyday all-rounder: fast, photoreal, accurate text, free in the Gemini app, cheap API.

    Price: Free in Gemini app; API ~$0.02-0.15/image
    87/100
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  2. #2

    GPT Image 2.5 (ChatGPT Images)

    Strongest precise-prompt and conversational editing model; best-looking posters, but slower.

    Price: Included in ChatGPT; API per-token
    85.5/100
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  3. #3

    Ideogram

    Typography specialist for logos, posters, and readable in-image text; cheap API.

    Price: Free tier; from $7/moPartially verified
    79/100
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  4. #4

    FLUX (Black Forest Labs)

    Photoreal and product shots at low per-image cost, with open-weight options for self-hosting.

    Price: API pay-per-imagePartially verified
    77.5/100
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  5. #5

    Midjourney

    Still the art-direction and style leader, but no public API and weaker text rendering.

    Price: From $10/mo
    74.5/100
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