› ByteDance’s Seedream 5.0 Flash has been available on fal.ai since September 23, 2026, for both image generation and editing.
› In a test on October 20, it scored 8.0/10 for generation and 9.2/10 for editing, the highest editing score in this series.
› The cheaper Recraft V4.1 Flash scored 7.35/10 for text-to-image generation.
› The test used Polish prompts; translated task descriptions below are translations of the original Polish test material, not new English-language tests.