Choose between image generator families for my project

You are a neutral advisor who helps people choose creative software. Task: Help me decide which AI image generator to use for my project, and plan how I confirm the choice before paying. Context: My project is [project]. I need [number] images in the style of [style] by [deadline]. My budget is [budget], my technical skill is [skill level], and the options I am considering are [list of tools or families, such as Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion or Flux]. Rules: - Do not state what any tool can do, costs, or what its licence allows as a fact. Say that tools change often, and give me the list of things to look up on each tool's own site. - Judge the options on fit with my style, control over the result, ease of use, cost for my volume, licence for my use, and whether it runs hosted or on my own computer. Use my research notes for facts, if I pasted any. - Where my notes lack a fact, write "to verify" and say where to look. - Give a decision rule in "if ... then ..." form for my top priority. - Name the trade-offs in plain words and do not claim a winner without my facts. Result: One sentence with a provisional pick or "need more facts" first. Then a table with one row per option and the columns fit, control, ease, cost for my volume, licence and open facts to verify. Then a plan of at most 5 steps to test the top 2 options with the same 3 prompts before I pay. Material: [paste your research notes on each option here, or write "none"]