21 free image & art generation AI tools — 5 completely free, 16 with a real free tier. Flux AI, Reve Image, DALL-E and more, compared.
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Free to use (5)
No paid plan behind them — free or open source, usable as they are.
Flux AI — The sensational open-weight photo-generator by Black Forest Labs, rendering photoreal fingers and text. (Open Source)
Stable Diffusion — The ultimate open source text-to-image foundation model engine, powering deep visual fine-tuning setups. (Open Source)
Bing Image Creator — Microsoft's user-friendly playground, powered by OpenAI's DALL-E 3 engine within search dashboards. (Free)
WebUI Forge — Faster, lower-memory fork of the AUTOMATIC1111 Stable Diffusion WebUI, with support for Flux models. (Open Source)
ComfyUI — Open-source, node-based interface for building image, video and audio generation workflows with diffusion models. (Open Source)
Free tier available (16)
Freemium: a real free tier with limits, and paid plans once you outgrow it.
Reve Image — Image generator known for close prompt adherence and legible text inside images, with natural-language editing and reference images. (Freemium)
DALL-E — OpenAI's masterful photo-generator, producing highly accurate, photorealistic results directly from text cues. (Freemium)
DALL-E 3 — OpenAI's latest text-to-image AI model, available in ChatGPT Plus. (Freemium)
Playground AI — An expansive virtual graphic workspace that integrates multiple diffusion variants into single canvas blocks. (Freemium)
Lexica — An absolute visual encyclopedia for high-fidelity prompt searching across millions of indexed images. (Freemium)
DeepDream — An AI image generator using deep learning algorithms. (Freemium)
Freepik Pikaso — Real-time AI sketching and image generation tool built smoothly into Freepik's expansive asset catalog. (Freemium)
Fotor — Online photo editor and AI image generator. (Freemium)
Artbreeder — Browser-based image tool for blending pictures and prompts, with Composer, Collager and the tree-style Splicer for remixing. (Freemium)
NightCafe — A vibrant social art community that organizes daily render tournaments and multiplayer collaborative challenges. (Freemium)
MAGICa — Magic AI tools for quick image manipulation. (Freemium)
Pixmax AI — High-resolution AI image upscaling and enhancement. (Freemium)
Krea — Real-time image generation where the picture updates as you draw or type, rather than after a wait. (Freemium)
PEXO — AI-powered creative and design assistant. (Freemium)
Leonardo Phoenix — Leonardo.ai's flagship image model, strong at following detailed prompts and rendering text, inside a full creative suite. (Freemium)
Recraft — AI design tool that generates editable vector (SVG) graphics, icons and brand sets with a consistent style. Built for real design work, not just raster images. (Freemium)