Replicate FLUX 1.1 pro, Recraft V3 and Ideogram V3 prices vs Sume rows

Replicate's pricing page lists black-forest-labs/flux-1.1-pro at $0.04 per output image, recraft-ai/recraft-v3 at $0.04 and ideogram-ai/ideogram-v3-quality at $0.09. Sume does not list those exact versions. Its nearest image rows are FLUX.2 Pro at $0.0375, Recraft V4 at $0.05 and Ideogram V3 at $0.075. For 100 images that is $4.00, $4.00 and $9.00 on Replicate against $3.75, $5.00 and $7.50 on Sume. Source: Replicate pricing (read 2026-10-04).

Note the version differences. FLUX 1.1 pro versus FLUX.2 Pro and Recraft V3 versus Recraft V4 are different models, so this is a price table for planning, not a like-for-like benchmark.

The numbers

Replicate bills these featured models per output image. Sume bills provider list times 1.25 per image, and its Image API docs state that the price shown on an endpoint is the amount charged to your wallet. The Sume ids are black-forest-labs/flux.2-pro, recraft/recraft-v4 and ideogram/ideogram-v3 in the Image API.

Reading the Ideogram line

Replicate's line is the quality tier by name. Sume's Ideogram V3 row is a single price per image, $0.075, and the quality tiers map onto it in a way described in the catalog. If you rely on the V3 quality tier specifically, run ten prompts on each side and compare before assuming the $1.50 gap per 100 images is free money.

If you are weighing the newer Ideogram, Sume also lists Ideogram 4.5, whose price depends on quality ($0.03, $0.06 or $0.22 per image at fal's list, before Sume's multiplier per the Image API docs).

What changes on a real job

• Retakes: if one in four images is rejected, the effective price is 1.33 times the list. At $0.04 that is about $0.053 per kept image; at $0.0375 it is $0.05.
• References: not every Sume row takes reference images. Check the row's accepted inputs before you plan a reference-based set.
• Failures: Sume does not bill failed or cancelled generations, per the Image API docs. Check Replicate's terms for its own rule before you compare effective costs.

Pick by job, not by list price

A $0.0025 gap per image only matters at volume. At 10,000 images the FLUX line differs by $25. The decision usually turns on the model's look, text rendering and reference support. Use this table to size the budget, then run a 12-image blind test on each candidate and write the winner's price and date into your plan.