Artlist vs Envato Elements vs Flux vs Ideogram
A side-by-side look at Artlist, Envato Elements, Flux and Ideogram for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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Stock music, SFX and footage plus an AI generation toolkit under one subscription
- Price
- AI plans from €11.99/mo (AI Starter, annual)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Editors who need one licence for music, SFX and b-roll across many client projects
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Stock video, music, SFX, templates and AI image/video/music tools on one subscription
- Price
- From EUR 14.50/mo billed annually (EUR 29/mo monthly); Core, Plus and Ultimate
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Editors who need a title, lower third or intro template in Premiere Pro or After Effects quickly
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Image model family for accurate text and photoreal stills, plus FLUX 3 video with native audio
- Price
- Pay per image on the API, from $0.014 (FLUX.2 klein 4B). Open weights are free for non-commercial use; commercial open-weights licences are quoted by sales.
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Key art and concept frames where legible text in the image matters
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Text-accurate AI images for title cards, posters, key art and on-screen type
- Price
- Free plan; API pay-per-image from $0.03 (4.0 Turbo)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Title cards and text plates that must be spelled exactly, composited over footage in Premiere or DaVinci Resolve
Feature by feature
Artlist vs Envato Elements vs Flux vs Ideogram: capabilities
| Artlist | Envato Elements | Flux | Ideogram | |
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| Price | AI plans from €11.99/mo (AI Starter, annual) | From EUR 14.50/mo billed annually (EUR 29/mo monthly); Core, Plus and Ultimate | Pay per image on the API, from $0.014 (FLUX.2 klein 4B). Open weights are free for non-commercial use; commercial open-weights licences are quoted by sales. | Free plan; API pay-per-image from $0.03 (4.0 Turbo) |
| Infinite canvas | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | No | Partial |
| Node / flow builder | Partial | Not confirmed | No | Not confirmed |
| Chat assistant | Not confirmed | Partial | No | Not confirmed |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Image to video | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Video to video | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Native audio in video | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | No |
| Lip-sync | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | No |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | Partial | Partial | No |
| Music & SFX | Yes | Yes | Partial | No |
| Upscaling | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes |
| Character consistency | Partial | Not confirmed | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Camera control | Partial | Partial | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Custom training | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Third-party models | Yes | Partial | No | Partial |
| Public API | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Desktop / local | No | No | Yes | Partial |
| Open source | No | No | Partial | Partial |
| Free tier | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Artlist
| AI Starter | €11.99monthly, billed annually (€19.99 monthly) |
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| AI Core | €23.99monthly, billed annually (€39.99 monthly) |
| AI Creator | €41.67monthly, billed annually (€69.99 monthly) |
| Custom Business | Contact salescustom |
Envato Elements
| Core | EUR 14.50/mo annual (EUR 29/mo monthly)annual or monthly |
|---|---|
| Plus | EUR 33/mo annual (EUR 49/mo monthly)annual or monthly |
| Ultimate | EUR 145/mo annual (EUR 225/mo monthly)annual or monthly |
| Teams | Not publishedper team |
| Enterprise | Contact salescustom |
Flux
| Open weights, non-commercial | Freeone-time download |
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| API pay-as-you-go | From $0.014 per imagepay-per-image |
| Builder (open-weights licence) | Contact saleslicence |
| Platform (open-weights licence) | Contact saleslicence |
| Professional (open-weights licence) | Contact saleslicence |
| Enterprise | Contact salescustom |
Ideogram
| Free | $0monthly |
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The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Artlist
Pick it for
- Editors who need one licence for music, SFX and b-roll across many client projects
- YouTube creators and content studios that publish often and want unlimited audio
- Agencies and production companies using team seats with centralized licensing
Stands out
- One subscription covers stock music, 90,000+ SFX, stock footage and templates, plus an AI toolkit, under one commercial licence
- Unlimited stock downloads on paid plans with no per-track or per-clip licensing negotiation
Watch out
- AI allowances change often: included AI video counts were halved on lower tiers in October 2026
- Music selection is broad rather than specialist; limited high-end orchestral and foley depth
Envato Elements
Pick it for
- Editors who need a title, lower third or intro template in Premiere Pro or After Effects quickly
- Producers buying music and SFX for many small client jobs under one license model
- Creators who need a few AI stills or short AI clips as B-roll inserts
Stands out
- One subscription covers stock video, photos, music (350,000+ tracks), SFX (950,000+), templates and fonts; most rivals sell one of these categories
- Unlimited stock downloads on every paid plan (Fair Use applies), versus per-asset or capped downloads elsewhere
Watch out
- VideoGen runs one model family; you cannot choose Veo or Kling
- Clip length and output resolution for VideoGen are not published
Flux
Pick it for
- Key art and concept frames where legible text in the image matters
- Environment plates and set-design variations at 2K or 4K, priced per megapixel
- Studios that want open weights and custom LoRAs running locally in ComfyUI
Stands out
- Open weights: FLUX.2 [dev] and the klein models can be downloaded, self-hosted and fine-tuned, with LoRA rights on the licensed tiers. Midjourney is closed.
- Pay per image with no subscription: FLUX.2 [klein] 4B from $0.014 per image, FLUX.2 [pro] from $0.03. Midjourney and Adobe Firefly sell monthly plans.
Watch out
- Video is new. FLUX 3 Video availability and FLUX 3 Image early access have been described differently across sources, and video pricing is not published
- Open-weights models are non-commercial by default, and commercial use needs a licence quoted by sales
Ideogram
Pick it for
- Title cards and text plates that must be spelled exactly, composited over footage in Premiere or DaVinci Resolve
- Movie poster and key-art concepts with a title treatment
- Festival, screening and social thumbnails with readable copy
Stands out
- Typography is the product: text inside the image is the main claim, and 4.0 coverage stresses small type, multilingual copy and signage over general aesthetics.
- Cheapest hosted route to exact-text stills: 4.0 API at $0.03 to $0.10 per image, and a free tier for testing.
Watch out
- Video is only offered through partner models in the API; there is no native Ideogram video model
- Credit costs and plan allowances changed several times in 2026, so budgets drift
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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