Bagel
May 2025
BagelCompare inon
Bagel measured on 5 of 5 Image Generation & Editing benchmarks5
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Multimodal4
Text rendering1
No benchmark matches
Rankingconfiguration unstated?
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40FLUX.1 Kontext Dev953.541Bagel874.4Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperMAI Image 2.6unstatedwins 95%-61%$0.039
BetterZ-Image TurbounstatedOpenwins 74%-95%$0.005Edits photos: not verifiedOpenQwen Image 2.1unstatedwins 90%-80%$0.02
CheaperNano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 94%-66%$0.034
CheaperGrok Imagine Image 2.0unstatedwins 93%-40%$0.06ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MAI Image 2.6unstatedwins 95%-61%$0.039Nano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 94%-66%$0.034Grok Imagine Image 2.0unstatedwins 93%-40%$0.06
Muse Imageunstatedwins 92%-90%$0.01Qwen Image 3.0 Prounstatedwins 91%-60%$0.04ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Z-Image TurbounstatedOpenwins 74%-95%$0.005Edits photos: not verifiedPP Imageunstatedwins 70%-95%$0.005Edits photos: not verified
Recraft V4.1 Flashunstatedwins 79%-93%$0.007Muse Imageunstatedwins 92%-90%$0.01HHiDream O1 ImageunstatedOpenwins 82%-90%$0.01ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 90%-80%$0.02
Ideogram 4.0unstatedOpenwins 89%same$0.10Edits photos: not verified
FLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpenwins 84%-76%$0.024
HunyuanImage 3.0unstatedOpenwins 83%-20%$0.08
Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)unstatedOpenwins 83%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Dreamina 3.1n/a—$0.03Edits photos: not verifiedAll ByteDance models →Run it yourself
Fits onhardware needs not verified yet
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Image Generation & EditingAA Image Arena · editing v2.1791.8#66
Arena Image Editing · overall1,026.8#36
Arena Text-to-Image · overall897.8#42
FAQ
How much does Bagel cost?›
$0.10 per image.
Is Bagel free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.10 per image. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Bagel, and what is it best at?›
#93 of 93 in Image Generation & Editing.
Is Bagel better than FLUX.1 Kontext Dev?›
On Arena Image · Text rendering, Bagel scores 874.4 vs 953.5 — lower. It is 300% more expensive.
When was Bagel released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-05-20. It is the current version in its line.
Is Bagel open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Bagel locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Bagel?›
Bagel is an open-weights image generation & editing model from ByteDance, released May 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Bagel?›
MAI Image 2.6 (cheaper), Z-Image Turbo (better), Qwen Image 2.1 (open weights).