Imagine Art vs Krea (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Krea grades higher than Imagine Art: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Krea grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Imagine Art
AI creative suite for images, video, audio and design
Krea
Image, video and 3D generation with real-time canvas and plugins
Which one is for you
Pick Imagine Art if
- Fits if you want image and video models from several labs under one login
- Works for small teams that want brand kits and ad or fashion studios
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a flat price, since credits spent change with each model
- Tight if you stay free, as the free plan runs on daily credits
- Watch out: the prices shown are for yearly billing, and monthly prices weren't read
- Watch out: some plans carry Seedance video discounts that end on a stated date
Pick Krea if
- Fits if you want many image and video models for $5.25 a month on yearly billing
- Works for people in Photoshop, Premiere, Resolve or Blender who want it inside those apps
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want Veo, Sora or Kling, which need Pro at $21 a month yearly ($35 monthly)
- Not for you if you want unused units to roll over, which only Business and Enterprise do
- Skip it if you want to make video free, as the free plan runs no video jobs, and 100 units a day is about one Nano Banana 2 image
- Watch out: once units run out, the slower unlimited queue covers in-house image models only
- Not for you if you're on Android or want a desktop app, and SSO, an SLA and IP indemnification are Enterprise only
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAImagine ArtFair | 2.8GPAKreaGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBasic is $13 a month on yearly billing, between the category's $10 and $15 marks. The page shows yearly-billed prices. | ABasic is $5.25 a month on yearly billing ($9 monthly) for 5,000 units, under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. That's about 64 Nano Banana 2 images or 20 Seedance 2.0 videos a month, plus upscaling to 22K. Veo and Kling need Pro at $21. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with daily credits, which a regular user will use up. | C100 units a day, refilled daily, with the live canvas, image and 3D models, LoRA training on 50 images and 2K upscaling. Video is off, though, and Basic's own figures put a Nano Banana 2 image at about 78 units. |
| Features | BImage, video and audio generation, editing, upscaling, studios and brand kits. Nothing in the listing is missing from the core job. | BIts own models plus Nano Banana, Seedance, Veo and Kling, a canvas that renders as you draw, editing, upscaling to 22K, LoRA training, a node editor, an agent, and plugins for Photoshop, Premiere, Resolve and Blender. Nothing core is missing. |
| Ease of use | CA web suite with studios, models and credit costs to learn. | C4.49 from 689 App Store ratings, just under the 4.5 line. And with nodes, LoRAs, an agent and dozens of models, there's a fair bit to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | CBrowser only, and the listing records no integrations. | BWeb and iPhone, plus plugins for Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Blender, an API and an MCP server. No Android or desktop app of its own. |
| Best for | image, video and audio from many models on one subscription | many image and video models from $5.25 a month |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Imagine Art and Krea. How we grade
Price against what you get
Imagine Art starts at $13 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Krea starts at $5.25 a month and scores 2.7.
Krea scores higher and starts $7.75 a month lower. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, 24 score higher than Imagine Art for less, and 2 score higher than Krea for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Imagine Art also covers chat assistant.
At a glance
| Imagine Art | Krea | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $13 per month, billed yearly | $5.25 per month for 5,000 units, billed annually ($9 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free plan with daily free credits. | 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. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | ImagineArt | Krea |
| Price read from | imagine.art | krea.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Imagine Art
- Prices shown are for the yearly billing view; monthly-billing prices were not read.
- Some plans carry promotional discounts on Seedance video that end on a stated date.
- Credits spent per image or video depend on the model chosen.
Krea
- Units on Basic, Pro and Max reset monthly and do not roll over; only Business and Enterprise carry unused units forward.
- Basic covers selected video models only; Veo, Sora, Kling and the other video models need Pro or above.
- After units run out, unlimited slower generation covers only supported in-house image models.
- SAML SSO, an SLA and IP indemnification are limited to Enterprise.
Key features
Imagine Art
- Image, video and audio generation
- Tools cover image, video and audio, plus edit, upscale and AI influencer tools.
- Studios
- Separate studios for avatars, fashion, ads and film.
- Multiple model providers
- Lists Kling, ByteDance, Minimax, Nano Banana, GPT Image, Runway and others.
- Brand kits and assets
- A brand kit and asset library sit beside the generation tools.
Krea
- Many models in one place
- Krea's own image models sit beside partner image and video models such as Nano Banana, GPT, Seedance, Veo, Sora and Kling.
- Real-time canvas
- Generates images as you type or draw on a live canvas, for fast iteration before a final render.
- Editing and upscaling
- Change an image by describing the edit with the Krea 3 model, remove backgrounds, and upscale images up to 22K on paid plans, plus video upscaling.
- LoRA training
- Train custom image or video LoRAs on your own characters, styles or products: up to 50 images per LoRA, or 2,000 on Max and Business.
- Nodes and Krea Agent
- Chain models and steps in a visual node editor, save workflows as shareable apps, or brief Krea Agent to plan and iterate across models.
- Plugins, API and MCP
- Plugins run Krea inside Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Blender, and a developer API and MCP server are offered.
Plans
Imagine Art
Free$0
Daily free credits to try the product.
Basic$13
per month, billed yearly
3,000 credits a month, listed as about 600 images or 96 videos.
Ultimate$50
per month, billed yearly
16,000 credits a month, listed as about 3,200 images or 516 videos.
Creator$120
per month, billed yearly
45,000 credits a month, listed as about 9,000 images or 1,500 videos.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credit volume, unlimited members and priority queue; sold through sales.
Krea
Free$0
100 compute units a day and one image job at a time; the page lists video concurrency as 0.
Basic$5.25
per month for 5,000 units, billed annually ($9 billed monthly)
About 64 Nano Banana 2 images or 20 Seedance 2.0 videos a month; selected video models; upscaling to 22K. The page rounds the price to $5.
Pro$21
per month for 20,000 units, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
About 257 Nano Banana 2 images or 83 Seedance 2.0 videos a month, all video models including Veo and Kling.
Max$42
per month for 40,000 units, billed annually ($70 billed monthly)
Price rises with units: $63 a month yearly ($105 monthly) at 60,000. LoRA training on up to 2,000 images.
Business$40
per month for 20,000 units, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)
One price for up to 50 members sharing the units; $160 a month yearly ($200 monthly) at 80,000. Unused units roll over.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom seat counts and compute packages, SAML SSO, an SLA and IP indemnification.
Ways to pay less
Imagine Art
No public discounts listed.
Krea
- Annual discount
Save 40% on yearly individual plans
Yearly billing takes 40% off Basic, Pro and Max (Pro falls from $35 to $21 a month) and 20% off Business.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Imagine Art or Krea?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Krea is cheaper to start with: $5.25 a month, against $13 a month for Imagine Art. Imagine Art starts at $13 per month, billed yearly, and Krea starts at $5.25 per month for 5,000 units, billed annually ($9 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Imagine Art or Krea?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Imagine Art and Krea have a free plan.
Which platforms do Imagine Art and Krea run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Krea lists an iOS app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.