Which AI image model edits a picture best
Editing is the workflow most people actually want: change one thing, keep the rest. We took each model's own product shot and asked for two changes, a new colour and a brass handle, and checked what else moved. The grid includes the September 18 additions; each model page dates its own run.
Anvisha Pai, Co-founder & CEO, Voyager
What the side-by-side shows
GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Nano Banana Pro made both edits and left the background, light and framing alone. Seedream 5.0 Pro and FLUX.2 Max are clean too. Nano Banana 2 recoloured the body but left the handle dark green; Seedream 4.5 and Recraft V3 turned the base black; Seedream 5.0 Lite changed the dripper's shape. Ideogram 4.0 and Recraft V4.1 have no editing endpoint on fal and are not run.
- 1.GPT Image 2.5 Flare green body, brass handle, nothing else touched.
- 2.Nano Banana Pro both edits made with the framing and light held.
- 3.Seedream 5.0 Pro a clean recolour and handle on the same shot.
- 4.FLUX.2 Max faithful edit with the original shadow kept.
Every image model on this prompt, 17 pictures
One try each, nothing re-rolled or retouched, generated by us. Ranked models come first; the rest follow in family order. Open a model for the rest of its set.
›The prompt every model got
Change the coffee dripper to a deep forest green and add a small brass handle on its right side. Keep the background, lighting and composition exactly as they are.
Change one object's colour and add a part while leaving background, light and framing untouched.
green body, brass handle, nothing else touched.
both edits made with the framing and light held.
a clean recolour and handle on the same shot.
faithful edit with the original shadow kept.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best AI image editor?
For a targeted edit, GPT Image 2.5 Flare and Nano Banana Pro changed only what was asked. Watch the base and shadow on other models; several recoloured parts they were not asked to.
Which models cannot edit?
Ideogram 4.0 and Recraft V4.1 have no edit endpoint on fal, so they are absent from this page.
Voyager
Run any of these inside Voyager
Voyager is an agent for creative work that runs every model on this page. Brief it, and it picks the model for the job, makes the thing and hands back something you can edit. Create an account to get started.