{"id":"text-in-image-generation","slug":"text-in-image-generation","name":"Text-accurate image generation","shortName":"Text-in-image","problemStatement":"Generate marketing/UI images where spelled text on the image must be correct (posters, mockups, diagrams).","whenNotTopPick":"Vector/brand consistency (Recraft), Flux quality (BFL/Fal), or OpenAI already bundled.","categoryIds":["cat-media-gen"],"depotPickProviderId":"ideogram","depotPickRationale":"Media-gen specialty. Confidence: high on Ideogram typography reputation.","runnersUpIds":["recraft","black-forest-labs","fal","openai-media"],"weights":{"capabilityFit":0.32,"pricePerformance":0.12,"latencyReliability":0.14,"developerDx":0.12,"privacyPosture":0.12,"lockInRisk":0.08,"maturity":0.1},"methodologyNotes":"Media-gen specialty. Confidence: high on Ideogram typography reputation.","tags":["image","typography","design","media"],"depth":{"whenNotToUse":{"text":"Vector/brand consistency (Recraft), Flux quality (BFL/Fal), or OpenAI already bundled.","source":"editorial `whenNotTopPick` (data/jtbds.json)"},"whenNotToUseReason":null,"runnerUp":{"providerId":"recraft","name":"Recraft","overallForJob":8.04,"pickOverallForJob":7.87,"beatsPickOn":["capabilityFit","pricePerformance","latencyReliability","developerDx","privacyPosture"],"source":"first resolvable entry of the job's editorially ranked `runnersUpIds`; scores are stored job-weighted scores"},"runnerUpReason":null,"lockIn":{"pickLockInRisk":3.8,"runnerUpLockInRisk":4,"scale":"0–10 stored curated estimate; higher = more lock-in (worse)","pickExitSignals":[],"runnerUpExitSignals":[],"pickNotes":[],"selfHostFallback":[{"id":"flux-1-schnell","name":"FLUX.1-schnell","license":"Apache-2.0","sourceUrl":"https://huggingface.co/api/models/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell"}],"migration":"The pick has lower stored lock-in risk than runner-up Recraft (3.8 vs 4). Self-host fallback listed for this job: FLUX.1-schnell.","migrationReason":null,"derivedFrom":"stored lockInRisk scores, provider tags (oss, self-host, openai-compat, open-models), free rows that list this job, and verbatim provider notes. No migration guide was invented."}},"freshness":{"pick":{"score":{"asOf":"2026-09-14","ageDays":43,"stale":true,"staleAfterDays":30,"reason":null},"lastReviewed":{"asOf":"2026-09-14","ageDays":43,"stale":true,"staleAfterDays":30,"reason":null},"sourceCheck":{"checkedAt":"2026-10-27","sourceUrls":3,"sourcesReachable":0,"pricingRows":0,"pricingRowsReconfirmed":0,"note":"A source re-check confirms the page is reachable and, for pricing rows, that the stored amount and SKU name appear on it. It does not re-derive or change the score.","reason":null}}},"depotPick":{"id":"ideogram","slug":"ideogram","name":"Ideogram","tagline":"Use when agents must render readable text in images. Fal remains default multi-model media router.","overall":7.87},"runnersUp":[{"id":"recraft","slug":"recraft","name":"Recraft","tagline":"Best when agents need SVG/brand-consistent assets. Fal for general media zoo; BFL for FLUX-first.","overall":8.04},{"id":"black-forest-labs","slug":"black-forest-labs","name":"Black Forest Labs","tagline":"First-party FLUX when you want BFL terms/quality without a reseller markup. Fal remains Depot media-gen…","overall":8.19},{"id":"fal","slug":"fal","name":"Fal","tagline":"Depot default for programmatic image/video/audio gen. One API to rule the media zoo.","overall":8.46},{"id":"openai-media","slug":"openai-media","name":"OpenAI Media (Images/Audio)","tagline":"Convenient if you're already on OpenAI. For best image variety/cost, keep Fal in the toolkit.","overall":8.15}]}