Mai Image 2.5 leads on human preference — 1243 vs 1136 Elo (#5 of 71 in the Image Editing Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Wan 2.5 Image to Imagefal-ai/wan-25-preview/image-to-imagevs
Mai Image 2.5✓microsoft/mai-image-2.5/edit| Human-preference Elo | 1136 | 1243 |
| Arena rank | #47 of 71 | #5 of 71 |
| Category | image-to-image | image-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Mai Image 2.5 currently rates higher (1243 vs 1136 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are image to image models available as hosted API endpoints — Wan 2.5 Image to Image (fal-ai/wan-25-preview/image-to-image) and Mai Image 2.5 (microsoft/mai-image-2.5/edit).
See the full best image editing models ranking.