Best AI models per task: quality vs. price

The most expensive model is not always the best buy. For each task we put our editors' quality tier next to the real price on Yumeforge, so you can see which model gives the most for your credits.

How we rank (read this first)

Quality tier = our editors' tier. It is our own judgement from using these models side by side for each task, not a lab benchmark and not paid placement. Tiers: Top (100 points), Great (80), Good (60), Basic (40). A model can be Top for portraits and only Good for anime.

Price = what it costs here today. Credits for one run with the studio's default settings, from the same pricing code as the studio. Video is compared per second of video (a default clip is 4 to 10 seconds depending on the model). One credit is about €0.01; bigger credit packs make it cheaper.

Value score. Tier points divided by the price per picture, second or photo. The best value in each task scores 100, the rest a share of that.

Best quality: the highest tier (the cheaper one wins a tie).
Best value: the highest value score among models rated Great or Top.
Cheapest decent: the lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Your result also depends on your prompt and settings: higher resolution or longer clips cost more. Want to judge for yourself? Run one prompt on up to four models in the compare tool.

Portrait photo

Photoreal people from a prompt: skin, hair, light and faces that look like a real photo.

Best quality

Seedream 5.0 Pro

Top · 19 credits / picture (about €0.19)

Highest editors' tier; the cheaper one wins a tie.

Try Seedream 5.0 Pro

Best value

FLUX.2 Pro

Great · 13 credits / picture (about €0.13)

Most quality per credit among models rated Great or Top.

Try FLUX.2 Pro

Cheapest decent

Z-Image Turbo

Good · 4 credits / picture (about €0.040)

Lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Try Z-Image Turbo

Portrait photo: models ranked by value score (per picture)
#	Model	Editors' tier	Price per picture	Default run	Value score	Try
1	Z-Image TurboZ-Image	Good	4 credits / pictureabout €0.040	4 credits	100	Try
2	Luma Photon FlashLuma	Basic	4 credits / pictureabout €0.040	4 credits	67	Try
3	FLUX.2 ProFLUX	Great	13 credits / pictureabout €0.13	13 credits	41	Try
4	Wan 2.2 RealismWan	Good	11 credits / pictureabout €0.11	11 credits	36	Try
5	Seedream 5.0 LiteByteDance	Great	15 credits / pictureabout €0.15	15 credits	36	Try
6	Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance	Top	19 credits / pictureabout €0.19	19 credits	35	Try
7	Kling Image 3.0Kling	Good	12 credits / pictureabout €0.12	12 credits	33	Try
8	Seedream 4.5ByteDance	Great	17 credits / pictureabout €0.17	17 credits	31	Try
9	Qwen Image 3.0Alibaba	Good	13 credits / pictureabout €0.13	13 credits	31	Try
10	Grok Imagine (image)xAI	Basic	10 credits / pictureabout €0.10	10 credits	27	Try
11	GPT Image 2OpenAI	Great	23 credits / pictureabout €0.23	23 credits	23	Try
12	Nano Banana 2Google	Great	26 credits / pictureabout €0.26	26 credits	21	Try
13	Nano Banana ProGoogle	Top	46 credits / pictureabout €0.46	46 credits	14	Try

Product photo

Put your own product photo in a new scene: studio shots, lifestyle and ad visuals that keep the product intact.

Best quality

Seedream 5.0 Pro Edit

Top · 19 credits / picture (about €0.19)

Highest editors' tier; the cheaper one wins a tie.

Try Seedream 5.0 Pro Edit

Best value

Seedream 5.0 Lite Edit

Great · 15 credits / picture (about €0.15)

Most quality per credit among models rated Great or Top.

Try Seedream 5.0 Lite Edit

Cheapest decent

FLUX.1 Kontext Dev

Good · 11 credits / picture (about €0.11)

Lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Try FLUX.1 Kontext Dev

Product photo: models ranked by value score (per picture)
#	Model	Editors' tier	Price per picture	Default run	Value score	Try
1	Luma Photon Flash ModifyLuma	Basic	5 credits / pictureabout €0.050	5 credits	100	Try
2	FLUX.1 Kontext DevFLUX	Good	11 credits / pictureabout €0.11	11 credits	68	Try
3	Seedream 5.0 Lite EditByteDance	Great	15 credits / pictureabout €0.15	15 credits	67	Try
4	Seedream 5.0 Pro EditByteDance	Top	19 credits / pictureabout €0.19	19 credits	66	Try
5	Kling Image 3.0 EditKling	Good	12 credits / pictureabout €0.12	12 credits	63	Try
6	FLUX.1 Kontext ProFLUX	Great	17 credits / pictureabout €0.17	17 credits	59	Try
7	Qwen Image 3.0 EditAlibaba	Good	14 credits / pictureabout €0.14	14 credits	54	Try
8	FLUX.2 Pro EditFLUX	Great	23 credits / pictureabout €0.23	23 credits	43	Try
9	GPT Image 2 EditOpenAI	Great	26 credits / pictureabout €0.26	26 credits	38	Try
10	Nano Banana 2 EditGoogle	Great	26 credits / pictureabout €0.26	26 credits	38	Try
11	Nano Banana Pro EditGoogle	Top	46 credits / pictureabout €0.46	46 credits	27	Try

Anime and illustration

Drawn and painted styles: anime, comics, children's book art, concept art and flat illustration.

Best quality

Midjourney

Top · 35 credits / picture (about €0.35)

Highest editors' tier; the cheaper one wins a tie.

Try Midjourney

Best value

Qwen Image 3.0

Great · 13 credits / picture (about €0.13)

Most quality per credit among models rated Great or Top.

Try Qwen Image 3.0

Cheapest decent

Z-Image Turbo

Good · 4 credits / picture (about €0.040)

Lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Try Z-Image Turbo

Anime and illustration: models ranked by value score (per picture)
#	Model	Editors' tier	Price per picture	Default run	Value score	Try
1	Z-Image TurboZ-Image	Good	4 credits / pictureabout €0.040	4 credits	100	Try
2	FLUX.2 DevFLUX	Basic	6 credits / pictureabout €0.060	6 credits	44	Try
3	Qwen Image 3.0Alibaba	Great	13 credits / pictureabout €0.13	13 credits	41	Try
4	Grok Imagine (image)xAI	Good	10 credits / pictureabout €0.10	10 credits	40	Try
5	Seedream 4.0ByteDance	Good	12 credits / pictureabout €0.12	12 credits	33	Try
6	Recraft V4Recraft	Great	17 credits / pictureabout €0.17	17 credits	31	Try
7	FLUX.2 ProFLUX	Good	13 credits / pictureabout €0.13	13 credits	31	Try
8	Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance	Great	19 credits / pictureabout €0.19	19 credits	28	Try
9	Ideogram 3.0 BalancedIdeogram	Great	23 credits / pictureabout €0.23	23 credits	23	Try
10	MidjourneyMidjourney	Top	35 credits / pictureabout €0.35	35 credits	19	Try
11	Nano Banana ProGoogle	Great	46 credits / pictureabout €0.46	46 credits	12	Try

Text to video

A video clip from a written prompt: motion, camera work and (on some models) sound.

Best quality

Kling 3.0 Pro

Top · 32 credits / s (about €0.32)

Highest editors' tier; the cheaper one wins a tie.

Try Kling 3.0 Pro

Best value

Kling 3.0 Standard

Great · 25 credits / s (about €0.25)

Most quality per credit among models rated Great or Top.

Try Kling 3.0 Standard

Cheapest decent

Seedance 1.5 Pro Fast

Good · 12.6 credits / s (about €0.13)

Lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Try Seedance 1.5 Pro Fast

Text to video: models ranked by value score (per second of video)
#	Model	Editors' tier	Price per second of video	Default run	Value score	Try
1	Seedance 1.5 Pro FastByteDance	Good	12.6 credits / sabout €0.13	63 credits for 5 s	100	Try
2	PixVerse V6PixVerse	Good	14 credits / sabout €0.14	70 credits for 5 s	90	Try
3	Hailuo 2.3 StandardMiniMax	Good	14.2 credits / sabout €0.14	85 credits for 6 s	89	Try
4	Grok Imagine (video)xAI	Good	15.2 credits / sabout €0.15	91 credits for 6 s	83	Try
5	Veo 3.1 LiteGoogle	Good	15.2 credits / sabout €0.15	91 credits for 6 s	83	Try
6	LTX-2 FastLTX	Basic	12.3 credits / sabout €0.12	74 credits for 6 s	68	Try
7	Kling 3.0 StandardKling	Great	25 credits / sabout €0.25	125 credits for 5 s	67	Try
8	Luma Ray 2 FlashLuma	Basic	12.6 credits / sabout €0.13	63 credits for 5 s	67	Try
9	Kling 3.0 ProKling	Top	32 credits / sabout €0.32	160 credits for 5 s	66	Try
10	Sora 2OpenAI	Great	30 credits / sabout €0.30	120 credits for 4 s	56	Try
11	Veo 3.1 FastGoogle	Great	36.8 credits / sabout €0.37	294 credits for 8 s	46	Try
12	Wan 2.7Alibaba	Good	29.6 credits / sabout €0.30	148 credits for 5 s	43	Try
13	Seedance 2.0ByteDance	Great	58.8 credits / sabout €0.59	294 credits for 5 s	29	Try
14	Seedance 2.5ByteDance	Top	84 credits / sabout €0.84	420 credits for 5 s	25	Try
15	Veo 3.1Google	Top	89 credits / sabout €0.89	712 credits for 8 s	24	Try
16	Sora 2 ProOpenAI	Great	73.5 credits / sabout €0.73	294 credits for 4 s	23	Try

Image to video

Bring a photo or picture to life: the clip starts from your image and keeps its look.

Best quality

Kling 3.0 Pro

Top · 32 credits / s (about €0.32)

Highest editors' tier; the cheaper one wins a tie.

Try Kling 3.0 Pro

Best value

Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro

Great · 21 credits / s (about €0.21)

Most quality per credit among models rated Great or Top.

Try Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro

Cheapest decent

Hailuo 2.3 Fast

Good · 10 credits / s (about €0.10)

Lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Try Hailuo 2.3 Fast

Image to video: models ranked by value score (per second of video)
#	Model	Editors' tier	Price per second of video	Default run	Value score	Try
1	Hailuo 02 FastMiniMax	Basic	5.7 credits / sabout €0.057	34 credits for 6 s	100	Try
2	Hailuo 2.3 FastMiniMax	Good	10 credits / sabout €0.10	60 credits for 6 s	85	Try
3	Seedance 1.5 Pro FastByteDance	Good	12.6 credits / sabout €0.13	63 credits for 5 s	68	Try
4	Kling 2.6 StandardKling	Good	13 credits / sabout €0.13	65 credits for 5 s	65	Try
5	Wan 2.2Wan	Basic	9.6 credits / sabout €0.096	48 credits for 5 s	59	Try
6	Veo 3.1 LiteGoogle	Good	15 credits / sabout €0.15	120 credits for 8 s	57	Try
7	Wan 2.6 FlashAlibaba	Good	15.4 credits / sabout €0.15	77 credits for 5 s	55	Try
8	Kling 2.5 Turbo ProKling	Great	21 credits / sabout €0.21	105 credits for 5 s	54	Try
9	Runway Gen-4 TurboRunway	Good	17 credits / sabout €0.17	85 credits for 5 s	50	Try
10	Vidu Q3 TurboVidu	Good	18.2 credits / sabout €0.18	91 credits for 5 s	47	Try
11	Kling 3.0 StandardKling	Great	25 credits / sabout €0.25	125 credits for 5 s	45	Try
12	Kling 3.0 ProKling	Top	32 credits / sabout €0.32	160 credits for 5 s	44	Try
13	Sora 2OpenAI	Great	30 credits / sabout €0.30	120 credits for 4 s	38	Try
14	Seedance 2.5ByteDance	Top	84 credits / sabout €0.84	420 credits for 5 s	17	Try
15	Veo 3.1Google	Top	89 credits / sabout €0.89	712 credits for 8 s	16	Try

Photo upscaling

Make a photo bigger and sharper without inventing a different picture.

Best quality

Crystal Upscaler

Top · 20 credits / photo (about €0.20)

Highest editors' tier; the cheaper one wins a tie.

Try Crystal Upscaler

Best value

SeedVR2 (image)

Great · 5 credits / photo (about €0.050)

Most quality per credit among models rated Great or Top.

Try SeedVR2 (image)

Cheapest decent

Recraft Crisp Upscale

Good · 3 credits / photo (about €0.030)

Lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Try Recraft Crisp Upscale

Photo upscaling: models ranked by value score (per photo)
#	Model	Editors' tier	Price per photo	Default run	Value score	Try
1	Recraft Crisp UpscaleRecraft	Good	3 credits / photoabout €0.030	3 credits	100	Try
2	SeedVR2 (image)SeedVR	Great	5 credits / photoabout €0.050	5 credits	80	Try
3	Image UpscalerStudio	Good	5 credits / photoabout €0.050	5 credits	60	Try
4	VOSR2 (image)Studio	Good	5 credits / photoabout €0.050	5 credits	60	Try
5	P-Image UpscalePruna	Basic	4 credits / photoabout €0.040	4 credits	50	Try
6	Crystal UpscalerClarity	Top	20 credits / photoabout €0.20	20 credits	25	Try
7	Creative UpscalerClarity	Great	20 credits / photoabout €0.20	20 credits	20	Try
8	Bria Increase ResolutionBria	Good	17 credits / photoabout €0.17	17 credits	18	Try
9	Ultimate Image UpscalerStudio	Great	23 credits / photoabout €0.23	23 credits	17	Try
10	Pro UpscalerClarity	Great	40 credits / photoabout €0.40	40 credits	10	Try
11	Recraft Creative UpscaleRecraft	Great	77 credits / photoabout €0.77	77 credits	5	Try

Background removal

Cut out the subject of a photo with a clean, transparent background.

Best quality

Bria Remove Background

Top · 8 credits / photo (about €0.080)

Highest editors' tier; the cheaper one wins a tie.

Try Bria Remove Background

Best value

Ideogram Remove Background

Great · 5 credits / photo (about €0.050)

Most quality per credit among models rated Great or Top.

Try Ideogram Remove Background

Cheapest decent

FeyNoBG

Good · 2 credits / photo (about €0.020)

Lowest price among models rated Good or better.

Try FeyNoBG

Background removal: models ranked by value score (per photo)
#	Model	Editors' tier	Price per photo	Default run	Value score	Try
1	FeyNoBGStudio	Good	2 credits / photoabout €0.020	2 credits	100	Try
2	Image Background RemoverStudio	Good	3 credits / photoabout €0.030	3 credits	67	Try
3	Ideogram Remove BackgroundIdeogram	Great	5 credits / photoabout €0.050	5 credits	53	Try
4	Bria Remove BackgroundBria	Top	8 credits / photoabout €0.080	8 credits	42	Try

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