Black Forest LabsVideoReleased 4 August 2026
FLUX 3 Video pricing, context and benchmark
FLUX.3 Video is a video generation model from Black Forest Labs.
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Input context
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Output context
$0.17
Per second
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Providers
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AA index
01 · Model Overview
Everything that matters, in one table
Context, pricing, cache, modalities and tooling, from the model registry and Artificial Analysis.
| Model | FLUX 3 Video |
| Model ID | black-forest-labs/flux-3-video |
| Provider | Black Forest Labs |
| Release date | 4 August 2026 |
| Status | Generally available |
| Input context | Provider default |
| Output context | Provider default |
| Official input pricing | Free per 1M tokens |
| Official output pricing | Free per 1M tokens |
| Cache read pricing | Not published |
| Market input pricing | Free per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Market output pricing | Free per 1M (cheapest route) |
| Input modalities | text · image · video |
| Output modalities | video |
| Reasoning control | Not exposed |
| Tool support | Text generation only |
| Tokenizer | Media |
| Provider routes | 1 endpoint |
| Artificial Analysis index | Not published |
| Speed | Not published |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not publicly stated |
Input and output support
| Modality | Input | Output | Billed at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | ✓ yes | no | Free in |
| Image | ✓ yes | no | Free in |
| Audio | no | no | not supported |
| Video | ✓ yes | ✓ yes | Free in |
| File (PDF) | no | no | not supported |
02 · Overview
What is FLUX 3 Video?
FLUX.3 Video is a video generation model from Black Forest Labs.
It supports text-to-video, image-guided generation with opening and closing keyframes, and video continuation workflows, making it suited for controlled...
FLUX 3 Video carries a n/a token window, uses the Media tokenizer and is served by Black Forest Labs. On Hoodgen it sits in the Video tier of the model menu next to its siblings, so you can switch mid conversation without losing the thread.
03 · Release
Release and what changed from the previous version
Released4 August 2026
| Property | H3 | FLUX 3 Video | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Newer release |
| Context | n/a | n/a | Unchanged |
| Max output | n/a | n/a | Unchanged |
| Input price | Free | Free | Unchanged |
| Output price | Free | Free | Unchanged |
| Input modalities | text, image, video, audio | text, image, video | Unchanged |
| AA index | n/a | n/a | Newer benchmark run |
04 · Capabilities
Features and capabilities
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Vision
Screenshots, charts and photographed documents are read at the text token rate.
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Audio and video
Calls, meetings and screen recordings can be summarised in one pass.
07 · Use cases
What can you do with FLUX 3 Video?
Everyday writing
Drafts, rewrites, summaries and replies.
Research
Source material condensed with the key numbers kept.
Chat
General questions where latency and cost both matter.
Tooling inside Hoodgen
Writer, Humanizer, Coding and the rest of the tool suite.
09 · Pricing
FLUX 3 Video pricing
Official pricing
Per second
$0.17 / second
- Video Output (720p): $0.17 per second
- video output from text, image, video input
Cheapest route
Free / 1M in
Free / 1M out
- 1 route on OpenRouter
- What Hoodgen routes to first
- Same model, lower bill
Market pricing, every route
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Uptime 24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Forest Labs | standard | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
API pricing and cost calculator
| Rate | Per call | Total | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest route | $0.0000 | $0.00 | 1 |
| List price | $0.0000 | $0.00 | 1 |
10 · Developers
API and developer information
| Model ID | black-forest-labs/flux-3-video |
| Endpoint | https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions |
| Parameters | prompt and max_tokens |
| Streaming | Yes, server sent events |
| Modality string | text+image+video->video |
| Max prompt tokens | provider default |
| Max completion tokens | provider default |
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "black-forest-labs/flux-3-video",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Summarise this document." }],
"max_tokens": 1024
}'11 · Limitations
Model limitations
| Output cap | Provider default tokens per request. Long deliverables have to be chunked. |
| Benchmarks not published | Artificial Analysis does not publish an Intelligence Index for this release, so no benchmark score is claimed here. |
| Knowledge cutoff | The provider does not state a fixed cutoff for every release. Verify very recent events against search. |
12 · Comparison
FLUX 3 Video vs other Black Forest Labs models
| Model | Context | Input /1M | Output /1M | AA index | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLUX 3 Video | n/a | Free | Free | n/a | Aug 2026 |
| Wan 2.7 | n/a | Free | Free | n/a | Apr 2026 |
| FLUX Video Edit | n/a | Free | Free | n/a | Sept 2026 |
| FLUX Video Upscale | n/a | Free | Free | n/a | Aug 2026 |
| Seedance 2.0 | n/a | Free | Free | n/a | Apr 2026 |
| mischief 1 | n/a | Free | Free | n/a | Oct 2026 |
13 · Privacy
Privacy and data policy
- On Hoodgen, prompts and attachments answer that request and stay in your conversation history so you can reopen it. They are not used to train models.
- Requests route through OpenRouter to Black Forest Labs and are covered by that provider's API terms.
- Do not paste secrets or personal data you would not send to any hosted model.
14 · FAQ
FLUX 3 Video questions, answered
FLUX 3 Video is a video model from Black Forest Labs, released 4 August 2026. FLUX.3 Video is a video generation model from Black Forest Labs.
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Start chatting with FLUX 3 Video
Free to try on Hoodgen AI, with a live credit estimate before every send. No API key, no setup.