AI Image Generators
Compare by ModelApps for creating and editing images from prompts, compared by plan price, free credits, resolution and commercial-use terms.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's AI assistant with built-in image generation via GPT Image 1.5 and DALL-E.
Go $8/mo (may include ads); Plus $20/mo; Pro from $100/mo (3 usage tiers, up to $200/mo); Business and Enterprise per-seat
Leonardo AI
AI image and video generation platform with fine-tuned models and a canvas editor.
Essential $12/mo (8,500 fast tokens); Premium $30/mo (25,000 tokens, unlimited relaxed images); Ultimate $60/mo (60,000 tokens, unlimited relaxed images+video); Team Starter $24/seat, Growth $48/seat; API pay-as-you-go
Runway
AI video generation platform using Gen-3 Alpha. Also supports image generation and editing.
Standard $15/mo ($12/mo annual, 625 credits); Pro $35/mo ($28/mo annual, 2,250 credits); Max $95/mo ($76/mo annual, 9,500 credits, 1-month rollover)
Gemini
Google's AI assistant with built-in image generation via Imagen and Nano Banana models.
Google AI Plus $4.99/mo; Google AI Pro $19.99/mo; Google AI Ultra $99.99/mo (5x Pro limits) or $199.99/mo (20x)
Adobe Firefly
Commercially safe AI image generation trained on licensed content. Integrated into Photoshop and Illustrator.
Firefly Standard $9.99/mo; Firefly Pro $19.99/mo; Firefly Pro Plus $49.99/mo; Firefly Premium $199.99/mo
Canva Magic Studio
AI image generation built into Canva design workflow with Dream Lab for Flux and SD models.
Pro US$144/yr per person ($12/mo billed annually, ~200 premium AI uses/mo); Business US$250/yr per person; Enterprise custom. Monthly billing offered but its price is not shown on the page.
Perplexity
AI answer engine that searches the web and cites sources, with a picker of frontier models, its own Sonar model, Deep Research and an agent mode.
Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed annually); Max $200/mo ($167/mo annual); Education Pro $10/mo; Enterprise Pro from $40/seat/mo
Grok
xAI's assistant with real-time X and web search, voice mode, Imagine image and video generation and the Grok Build coding agent, bundled with X subscriptions.
Plus $8/mo (basic shared usage); Premium $30/mo (4x Plus, latest models, image/video gen); Super $100/mo (15x); Ultra $200/mo (50x); Teams $30+/user/mo. Usage pool shared with Cursor, refreshes weekly
Ideogram
AI image generator with excellent text rendering in images. Strong at logos and typography.
Plus $20/mo or $15/mo annual (2,400 priority credits); Pro $60/mo or $42/mo annual (7,500 credits); Team $30/user/mo billed annually, min 2 seats (3,600 credits/user); Enterprise custom
Kling AI
AI video generator by Kuaishou with high-quality motion and cinematic outputs.
Standard $10/mo list, renews $8.80/mo on monthly plan (660 credits); Pro $37 list / $32.56/mo (3,000 credits); Premier $92 list / $80.96/mo (8,000 credits); Ultra $180 list / $159.99/mo (26,000 credits). First month ~30% off ($6.99/$25.99/$64.99/$127.99)
Flux Pro
Black Forest Labs' consumer image generation app powered by Flux models.
Basic $16.90/mo (300 credits); Pro $26.90/mo (800 credits); Max $35.90/mo (2,000 credits); Pro Max $86.90/mo (6,000 credits). ~30% off billed annually; one-time credit packs also sold.
Higgsfield AI
AI video and image generation platform with access to models like Sora 2, Veo 3.1, Kling, and WAN.
Starter $15/mo (200 credits); Plus $49/mo or $39/mo annual (1,000 credits); Ultra $129/mo or $99/mo annual (3,000+ credits, scalable); credit cost varies by model
Microsoft Designer
Free AI image creation powered by DALL-E 3. Integrated into Copilot and Bing.
Free with monthly AI credits; up to 4x more credits via Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/mo, Family $12.99/mo, Premium $19.99/mo
Magnific (formerly Freepik AI)
AI image generation combined with massive stock library. Supports Flux, Mystic, and SD models.
Premium $16/mo (240K credits/yr); Premium+ $37/mo (600K credits/yr, unlimited gens on select models); Pro from $90/mo (1.5M+ credits/yr). ~25% off billed annually.
NightCafe
Community-focused AI art platform with widest model selection. Daily free credits and art challenges.
AI Hobbyist $12.49/mo (200 fast credits); AI Enthusiast $24.99/mo (500); AI Creator $39.99/mo (850); AI Artist $62.49/mo (1,400); 15% off quarterly, currently 50% off annual
Playground AI
Generous free image generation with canvas editing. Up to 500 images/day on the free tier.
Pro $15/mo or $12/mo annual (150 model credits, 75 images/3 hrs); Pro Plus $45/mo or $36/mo annual (1,000 credits, unlimited PGv3, up to 4K)
Tensor.Art
Cloud-hosted Stable Diffusion with massive community model library, LoRA training, and ComfyUI workflows.
SeaArt
AI image platform with thousands of community models and LoRAs. Strong anime and illustration community.
Dreamina
ByteDance all-in-one AI creative suite for image and video generation. Part of the CapCut ecosystem with Seedream and Seedance models, plus third-party models like Sora 2 and Veo 3.
Free (~30 credits/day, watermarked), Basic $8/mo annual or $12/mo (500 credits), Pro $18/mo annual or $25/mo (2,000 credits), Ultra $35/mo annual or $48/mo (6,000 credits, API access beta)
Krea AI
Real-time AI image generation that creates as you type and draw. Popular AI upscaler and enhancer.
Basic $9/mo (5,000 units); Pro $35/mo (20,000 units); Max $105/mo (60,000 units, scalable); Business $200/mo (80k units, scalable); ~40% off annual (Basic $5.25, Pro $21, Max $63)
Shakker AI
AI image generation with model marketplace, LoRA support, and ControlNet.
PicLumen
Generous free AI image generation focused on photorealistic output with Flux-based models.
Lite $7.59/mo (750 Lumens); Standard $24.99/mo (2,500); Pro $49.99/mo (6,000); Elite up to $359.99/mo (15K-60K Lumens); 20-25% off annual
Vidu
AI video generation platform with Pro and Turbo tiers, strong character consistency, and Cinema quality mode on higher plans.
Standard $10/mo ($8/mo annual, 800 credits); Premium $35/mo ($28/mo annual, 4,000 credits); Ultimate $99/mo ($79/mo annual, 8,000 credits)
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's consumer AI assistant for chat, web search, voice and image creation, with higher limits and Office-app integration on Microsoft 365 plans.
Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/mo ($99.99/yr); Family $12.99/mo (AI for owner only); Premium $19.99/mo (highest limits, agentic research). Copilot Pro retired
Meta AI
Meta's free assistant on meta.ai, the Meta AI app, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, powered by Muse Spark with voice, live camera and image generation.
Free; availability varies by region. Separate Muse agent app (Power $20/mo, Max $100/mo) is not part of Meta AI
Mistral Vibe
Mistral AI's assistant (formerly Le Chat), combining chat, search, image generation, Work mode agents and the Vibe coding agent for CLI, IDE and web.
Pro $14.99/mo (includes $15/mo API credits); Education $5.99/mo (verified students); Team $24.99/seat/mo; Enterprise custom
Poe
Quora's multi-model AI hub: one subscription gives points-metered access to hundreds of third-party text, image, video and audio models plus user-built bots.
Starter $4.99/mo (10K points/day); Premium $19.99/mo (660K points/mo); Premium Plus $49.99/mo (1.65M); Pro $99.99/mo (3.3M); Pro Max $249.99/mo (8.25M); ~17% off annual. Each bot has its own per-message point cost
Qwen Chat
Alibaba's free chat app for its Qwen models, with search, deep research, image and video generation, slides and web-dev artifacts.
Free. The China-market Qwen app has separate CNY office-assistant memberships
T3 Chat
Fast multi-model chat app with Claude, GPT, Gemini, Kimi and image models in one interface at a low flat monthly price.
Pro $8/mo unlocks all models
Google Flow
Google's AI filmmaking studio for generating and editing video clips with Veo 3.1 and Gemini Omni, plus Nano Banana images, using credits tied to Google AI plans.
Google AI Plus $4.99/mo (200 credits/mo); Pro $19.99/mo (1,000 credits); Ultra $99.99/mo (10,000) or $199.99/mo (25,000); all plans keep the 50 daily credits. Veo 3.1 Lite 10 credits, Fast 20, Quality 100 per clip
LTX Studio
Lightricks' AI video production studio with storyboards and node-based Flows, built on its open LTX models plus partner models like Veo, Kling and Seedance.
Lite $15/mo (8,000 credits, personal use); Standard $35/mo (28,000, commercial license, partner models); Pro $125/mo (110,000, adds Veo 3.1); Enterprise custom; 20% off annual
Hedra
AI video studio known for its Character-3 talking-avatar model, also offering third-party video, image and voice models from one credit balance.
Basic $15/mo (1,500 credits); Creator $30/mo (5,400); Professional $75/mo (14,400); Enterprise custom; credit packs never expire
Reve
AI image creator and editor with chat-based editing, layout-aware composition and strong prompt adherence; the Pro plan adds video generation.
Lite $7.99/mo (5x Free); Pro $19.99/mo (100x Free, video generation); Teams $59/user/mo (~1,500 images/user)
Civitai
Community hub for sharing and running open image and video models, checkpoints and LoRAs, with an on-site generator paid for in Buzz credits.
Bronze $10/mo (10,000 Buzz); Silver $25/mo (25,000); Gold $50/mo (50,000); Buzz also sold separately. Commercial use depends on each model's license
OpenArt
All-in-one AI creator studio pooling 100+ third-party image, video and audio models with consistent characters, one-click stories and a Director video tool.
Starter $14/mo (4,000 credits); Plus $34/mo (12,000, commercial rights); Pro $56/mo (24,000); Wonder $240/mo (106,000); up to 27% off annual
Recraft
AI design tool for brand-consistent images, vector and SVG graphics and custom styles, built on its own Recraft models plus third-party image and video models.
Basic $12/mo or $10/mo annual (1,000 credits, third-party models, commercial rights); Pro from $20/mo (2,000+ credits, video); Teams from $22/seat/mo; prices exclude VAT