AI Models for Content (2026): 9 Video, Image, Voice & Text Models and Where to Use Them
The generative models behind the apps: language, image, video, voice and music models, and the apps where you can use each one.
The same model is often sold by several apps at different prices and limits. Each model page lists where you can use it; the model map compares them all.
GPT Image 2.5 🧠 ModelFreemium
OpenAI's image model behind ChatGPT Images, with 4K output and up to 16 reference images
Nano Banana 2 🧠 ModelFreemium
Google's Gemini image models (Nano Banana 2, Pro and 2 Lite) for generation and editing up to 4K
FLUX.2 🧠 ModelOpen source
Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 family: hosted [max]/[pro]/[flex] plus open-weight [dev] and [klein]
Midjourney V8.2 🧠 ModelPaid
Midjourney's own image model, known for aesthetics and personalization, now in V8.2
Seedream 5.0 Pro 🧠 ModelFreemium
ByteDance's Seedream image models, used in CapCut, Dreamina and many creative apps
Ideogram 4.0 🧠 ModelOpen source
Ideogram's text-rendering image model with JSON prompting, now also as non-commercial open weights
Qwen-Image 3.0 🧠 ModelOpen source
Alibaba's Qwen image models, known for dense multilingual text rendering, with open-weight versions
Firefly Image 5 🧠 ModelFreemium
Adobe's own image model, trained on licensed content, with native 4MP output and Content Credentials
Stable Diffusion 3.5 🧠 ModelOpen source
Stability AI's open-weight image models (SD 3.5 Large, Turbo, Medium) for local and custom workflows