Adobe Firefly vs Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs scores 7.2 to Adobe Firefly's 7.0 among the AI image generators we rate, and is the better pick for 1 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Black Forest Labs wins, 7.2 to 7.0
Firefly has a free plan; Black Forest Labs sells pay-as-you-go credits with no plan and no free trial. Firefly's terms say it does not train on what you make by default, while Black Forest Labs trains unless you opt out. Black Forest Labs publishes open weights and lets you self-host, and Firefly answers with one-action background removal and true vector exports instead.
Pick Adobe Firefly if you want a free plan and training off by default.
Pick Black Forest Labs if you want open weights, self-hosting or pay-as-you-go pricing.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- One-action background removal: Adobe Firefly yes, Black Forest Labs no
- Exports true vector files: Adobe Firefly yes, Black Forest Labs no
- Highest resolution it outputs: 4K against 2K
- A seed you can fix and reuse: Black Forest Labs yes, Adobe Firefly no
- Rewrites the prompt for you: Black Forest Labs yes, Adobe Firefly no
- Can run on your own hardware: Black Forest Labs yes, Adobe Firefly no
- Does not train on what you make: Yes against unless you opt out
- Commercial use allowed: Black Forest Labs yes, Adobe Firefly does not say
- Generations can be kept private: Black Forest Labs yes, Adobe Firefly does not say
- Free plan: Adobe Firefly yes, Black Forest Labs no
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI image generators we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Black Forest Labs leads on 3 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (10)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Adobe Firefly
Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs does not publish a plan list we could read.
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Adobe Firefly
- The free plan gives limited daily generations across image, video and audio models at no cost.
- Adobe will not use your content to train its models, except content you choose to submit to Adobe Stock, which is opt-in.
- One app reaches Adobe's own Firefly Image models alongside other companies' models, including Google, OpenAI, Kling and Black Forest Labs.
- No paid plan has a true month-to-month price; every one is an annual commitment paid in monthly instalments.
- The Text to Image tool has no seed field and no negative-prompt field.
- Adobe's terms have you indemnify Adobe, not the other way round.
Black Forest Labs
- Credits cost $0.01 each with no subscription, for example 4 credits, $0.04, per image on FLUX.1 Kontext [pro].
- Every generation through the API comes with full commercial rights and output ownership, with no separate license.
- Open-weights models can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure, including the Apache 2.0 licensed FLUX.2 [klein] 4B.
- There is no free tier and no free trial.
- Your data is used for training by default; opting out requires emailing privacy@blackforestlabs.ai.
- Most FLUX models do not support a negative prompt.
Adobe Firefly vs Black Forest Labs: common questions
Which is better, Adobe Firefly or Black Forest Labs?
Black Forest Labs scores 7.2 and Adobe Firefly 7.0 out of 10 among the AI image generators we rate. Black Forest Labs is ahead on control and automation, rights and privacy and openness and support. Adobe Firefly is ahead on what it makes and pricing.
Is Adobe Firefly or Black Forest Labs cheaper?
Adobe Firefly's cheapest paid plan is $9.99/mo (Firefly Standard — 2,000 generative credits/mo) and Black Forest Labs's is From $0.04 an image (pay as you go). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
Do Adobe Firefly and Black Forest Labs have a free plan?
Adobe Firefly does and Black Forest Labs does not.
What can Adobe Firefly do that Black Forest Labs cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: one-action background removal, exports true vector files and free plan.
What can Black Forest Labs do that Adobe Firefly cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: a seed you can fix and reuse, rewrites the prompt for you, can run on your own hardware and weights published under a named licence.
