# FLUX 1 Kontext Max

> FLUX 1 Kontext Max is available on Artifio.ai — a unified AI workspace with a single pay-as-you-go wallet.

- Canonical page: https://artifio.ai/models/flux-kontext-max
- Run it: https://artifio.ai/create/flux-kontext-max
- Modality: image editing
- Model brand: blackforestlabs
- Pricing: from about $0.050 per generation (exact cost shown in the workspace before you confirm; varies with selected options)
- Typical generation time: ~50s (catalogue estimate)
- Full pricing table: https://artifio.ai/pricing/models

## About FLUX 1 Kontext Max

FLUX 1 Kontext Max is the premium tier of Black Forest Labs' FLUX.1 Kontext suite, announced on 29 May 2025 alongside Kontext Pro. Kontext models edit images from a text instruction plus a reference image rather than generating everything from scratch. Black Forest Labs introduced Max as an experimental variant that greatly improves prompt adherence and typography generation while keeping editing consistency high, without giving up the speed the family is known for.

On Artifio, Kontext Max runs in the same workspace as 100+ other models, paid per generation from one wallet.

## Features

- Accepts text and image inputs together for in-context editing and generation
- Improved prompt adherence over Kontext Pro, per Black Forest Labs
- Improved typography generation for editing and placing text inside images
- Local editing, style reference and character consistency carried over from the core Kontext feature set
- Maintains the speed of the Kontext family; Black Forest Labs describes it as premium consistency without compromise on speed

## What people use it for

- Brand and packaging edits where the exact wording and lettering in the image must come out right
- Precision edits where the instruction must be followed closely on the first attempt
- Multi-turn editing series that need a character or product to stay consistent at the highest available fidelity

## Reported strengths

- The strongest prompt adherence and typography in the Kontext family, according to the maker's own positioning
- High editing consistency across turns while keeping interactive speeds
- Built on the Kontext architecture whose technical report showed state-of-the-art character preservation on the KontextBench benchmark

## Reported limitations

- A closed model available only through hosted APIs and the maker's playground; no downloadable weights
- Black Forest Labs labelled it experimental at launch
- Family-level weaknesses documented by the maker apply: artifacts can accumulate over many editing turns, instructions occasionally fail, and world knowledge is limited

## Sources

1. Introducing FLUX.1 Kontext and the BFL Playground (Black Forest Labs): https://bfl.ai/announcements/flux-1-kontext
2. FLUX.1 Kontext model page (Black Forest Labs): https://bfl.ai/models/flux-kontext
3. Black Forest Labs' Kontext AI models can edit pics as well as generate them (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/29/black-forest-labs-kontext-ai-models-can-edit-pics-as-well-as-generate-them/
4. FLUX.1 Kontext: Flow Matching for In-Context Image Generation and Editing in Latent Space (arXiv): https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15742

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