I make some content for yt fb. for that i need make large number of images, various topic but photo-real. the free tire online dry fast on limit and have limit on size. i can big size after with upscayl or topaz, yes. i was ask - is there a cheep image generate plan who can be use? if i limit my use to 1k image, i can survive but need large number of genrateions. pls sujest. the open router or other api are good for code agent ai. i use that for auto mation, but imag genrate - im stucked there.
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For high-volume photorealistic images, the cheapest route is running the models yourself: install ComfyUI (or Fooocus if you want a simpler UI) with SDXL or FLUX on your own machine, and each image then costs you nothing — ideal for 1k+ generations a month. Your upscale plan with Upscayl works fine on the small outputs afterward.
If you need an API instead of a local GPU, the pay-per-image providers are the next cheapest option: Replicate, fal.ai, and Together AI all serve FLUX/SDXL at a few cents per image, and you can call them from the same automation scripts you already use for text APIs. Pollinations also has a free image endpoint that is handy for testing prompts before you pay anywhere.
So a solid pipeline: batch-generate small with FLUX/SDXL (local or pay-per-use API), upscale to full size with Upscayl/Topaz, then post. That keeps costs close to zero even at high volume.
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thanks you. i have 12gb vram rtx 3060, modst 32gb ram. im not good at githb instal but i ask an agent to do it. commfyui is very hard understand. i try foocus. thanks pls.
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