New Image Models
Google Imagen 3
Google’s latest image generation model. Available through the Vertex AI API. Strong photorealism and prompt adherence — competitive with FLUX and Midjourney at comparable cost points.
Leonardo.ai Phoenix
Leonardo’s next-generation model. Improved coherence and a noticeable step up from their prior architecture. Well-suited for stylized and conceptual images.
Ideogram v2
Ideogram’s second major release. Significantly better at legible text within images — one of the harder image generation tasks. Worth testing if your prompts include labels, captions, or text overlays.
All three models are available in AI Lab under the Image tab with real cost-per-image shown on every generation.