Photo AI alternatives · AI Images & Video
Free alternatives to Photo AI
Photo AI has no free plan. 81 of the 168 other AI image and video generators in this directory are free or have a free plan.
Photo AI is a paid product, starting at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly). 2 of them have no paid plan at all; the rest pair a free plan with paid ones.
81 tools · Listings checked up to Nov 13, 2026 · Where the facts come from
The 12 closest to Photo AI
- Free plan · from $2.99
Lensa
Phone photo editor with AI effects, retouching and an eraser
What is free: The app is free to download; the store listing does not say which features work without paying.
- Lensa starts at $2.99 for Unlimited Access (1 Week), per the App Store listing. Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Lensa has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only Lensa lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Photo AI lists a web app.
- Free plan · from $15/mo
Ideogram
Image generator for designs with text, plus editing and video apps
What is free: 30 credits a week for accounts that sign in with Google, Apple or Microsoft. Everything made on the free plan is public, and the Video app needs a paid plan or bought credits.
- Ideogram starts at $15 per month for 2,400 credits, billed annually ($20 billed monthly). Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Ideogram has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only Ideogram lists an iOS app.
- Free plan · from $12/mo
Leonardo.Ai
Image, video and 3D generator with its own and partner models
What is free: 150 tokens a day that do not carry over, with fewer video models. Images made on the free plan are public, though they may still be used commercially.
- Leonardo.Ai starts at $12 per month for 8,500 tokens, billed monthly. Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Leonardo.Ai has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only Leonardo.Ai lists iOS and Android apps.
- Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Adobe Firefly
Adobe's image, video and audio generator, with partner models
What is free: Free daily generations across image, video and audio without a plan, including models such as Nano Banana and Luma Ray3.14. Limits refresh every day.
- Adobe Firefly starts at $9.99 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly. Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Adobe Firefly has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only Adobe Firefly lists iOS and Android apps.
- Adobe Firefly also covers video editing.
- Free plan · from $5.25/mo
Krea
Image, video and 3D generation with real-time canvas and plugins
What is free: 100 compute units a day, refilled daily, with real-time generation, the image and 3D models, LoRA training on up to 50 images and upscaling to 2K.
- Krea starts at $5.25 per month for 5,000 units, billed annually ($9 billed monthly). Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Krea has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only Krea lists an iOS app.
- Free plan · from $10/mo
Recraft
Image and vector generator built for designers and brand work
What is free: Limited daily credits, 3 image uploads a day and up to 2 images per prompt, Recraft models only. Free images are public, owned by Recraft and not licensed for commercial use.
- Recraft starts at $10 per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually ($12 billed monthly). Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Recraft has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only Recraft lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Recraft lists a browser extension.
- Free plan · from $14.50/mo
Magnific
Formerly Freepik: AI image, video and audio tools plus stock library
What is free: A free account can download 10 stock files a day, with attribution, and is for personal use only. The pricing page does not state a free AI credit allowance.
- Magnific starts at $14.50 per month for 20,000 credits, billed annually ($20 billed monthly). Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Magnific has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only Magnific lists iOS and Android apps.
- Magnific also covers templates and video editing.
- Free plan
FLUX by Black Forest Labs
FLUX image and video models, paid per use via API and playground
What is free: The FLUX.2 [klein] 4B weights are free to download and run yourself under Apache 2.0, commercial use included. The hosted playground and API need bought credits.
- FLUX by Black Forest Labs has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- FLUX by Black Forest Labs is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Free plan · from $7.49/mo
NightCafe
Community AI art generator with many models and daily free credits
What is free: 5 credits a day to claim, plus credits from streaks, badges and the Daily Challenge. Earned credits run in Relax mode, one queued image at a time.
- NightCafe starts at $7.49 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly. Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- NightCafe has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- NightCafe also covers templates.
- Free plan
Stability AI
Stable Diffusion image models to self-host or call through an API
What is free: Community License: free self-hosted use of the core models, commercial use included, for people and organizations under $1M in yearly revenue.
- Stability AI has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Stability AI is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Free plan · from $9/mo
Higgsfield
AI video and image suite with its own studios and many models
What is free: Generate with a small set of models, with no credits included. There is no free trial of the paid plans.
- Higgsfield starts at $9 per month for 120 credits, billed annually or monthly. Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- Higgsfield has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Higgsfield also covers AI agents.
- Free plan · from $8/mo
PixVerse
AI video app built on PixVerse V6, with templates and an agent
What is free: Basic: 60 credits at sign-up plus 30 a day, video up to 540p and 2 generations at a time. The apps are free to download, and the Android app shows ads.
- PixVerse starts at $8 per month for 1,200 credits, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly). Photo AI starts at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
- PixVerse has a free plan. Photo AI does not.
- Only PixVerse lists iOS and Android apps.
- PixVerse also covers templates, video editing and AI agents.
69 more that are free or have a free plan
- invideo
- Kling AI
- Dreamina
- Vidu
- Wan
- Pixlr
- SeaArt
- Mage Space
- Scenario
- Dream by Wombo
- Dezgo
- Fotor
- Imagine Art
- Vheer
- DomoAI
- Playform
- Hotpot AI
- Starryai
- PixAI
- Magic Hour
- Akool
- LimeWire AI
- Gencraft
- DeepAI
- Vizcom
- HiDream
- Morph Studio
- HitPaw
- Cutout.pro
- Kive
- Figma Weave
- LlamaGen
- Logo Diffusion
- DreamFace
- Anifusion
- RunDiffusion
- AiEase
- Elser AI
- Playground
- Civitai
- Remini
- Colossyan
- Viggle
- Clipdrop
- Vidnoz
- ComfyUI
- Draw Things
- DiffusionBee
- Pixelcut
- Upscayl
- Nano Banana
- Hypernatural
- Flair.ai
- PicWish
- FaceApp
- Magic Studio
- BeautyPlus
- Short AI
- Brandmark
- Vidful
- Bylo AI
- Stockimg
- Artguru
- Qwen-Image
- Cleanup.pictures
- Retouch4me
- Upscale.media
- Erase.bg
- Slazzer
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to Photo AI?
Yes. Lensa, Ideogram, Leonardo.Ai, Adobe Firefly, Krea, Recraft, Magnific, FLUX by Black Forest Labs and 73 more are free or have a free plan.
Does Photo AI have a free plan?
Photo AI has no free plan. Photo AI is a paid product, starting at $9 per month, billed yearly ($99) ($19 billed monthly).
When was this checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 17, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and the order is how close each is to Photo AI: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.