Images

    DEGermanyFLUX

    Black Forest Labs · Germany · EU / EEA

    The EU image champion — high-quality generation and editing; open [schnell] and [klein] tiers (Apache 2.0) for self-hosting.

    EU company
    EU data residency
    Open weights
    Compliance: Very high
    Open FLUX

    Classification

    Jurisdiction tier
    EU / EEA — EU member state or EEA (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) — GDPR applies directly.
    Caveat
    [dev] tiers are non-commercial open-weight; [pro/flex] are proprietary API.
    Compliance level
    Very high — Derived from the verified classification data on this site: Very high = EU/EEA jurisdiction + documented EU data residency + self-hostable option. High = EU/EEA + EU data residency. Medium = adequacy country + residency, or EU/EEA without documented residency. Each underlying claim carries its own source.
    What the badges mean

    EU company — Vendor headquartered in Europe (state country + tier).

    EU data residency — EU data-residency / processing option available.

    Open weights — Open weights / self-hostable.

    Why these rules
    Last verified
    2026-09-04

    Sources

    AI Capability Snapshot

    AI Capability Index — normalised so the strongest model scores 100 (anchor: Claude Fable 5.1 (max effort)). How this is measured

    Capability indexNot yet scored
    Coding subscoreNot yet scored

    Image models are not covered by the text capability index. FLUX is instead ranked by human-preference Elo in the Artificial Analysis Image Arena, where FLUX.2 [pro] is the highest-scoring European model.

    Published benchmarks

    Vendor-published code benchmarks. These are not directly comparable to the two normalised scores above.

    Retrieved
    2026-09-04

    Reference models (non-EU)

    For scale only — these models are not European and are not listed in the directory.

    • Claude Fable 5.1 · Anthropic (US)100 / 100
    • Claude Opus 5 · Anthropic (US)95 / 100
    • GPT-5.6 Sol · OpenAI (US)92 / 100
    • Gemini 3.7 Flash · Google (US)85 / 100

    Independent, informational guide — not legal, security or compliance advice. Classifications describe company location, GDPR transfer status, data-residency options and licensing as of the date shown, from public sources. Verify data-processing terms with the provider before use, especially for personal or sensitive data. No affiliation with any vendor.

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