Krea vs Leonardo.Ai
We give Krea a 2.8 GPA and Leonardo.Ai a 3.0, out of 4.0. Krea grades higher on value for money. Leonardo.Ai grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Krea
Image, video and 3D generation with real-time canvas and plugins
Leonardo.Ai
Image, video and 3D generator with its own and partner models
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAKreaGood | 3.0GPALeonardo.AiVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CEssential is $12 a month, billed monthly, for 8,500 tokens, private images and a rollover bank of up to 25,500. That's the middle of this category. The figure is from a third-party summary, as Leonardo's page turned our reader away, and the iPhone app sells plans from $15.99. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | B150 tokens every day that reset rather than pile up, which adds up to over half of what Essential gives in a month. Free images are public but can still be used commercially. You get fewer video models, though. |
| Features | 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. | BIts own Lucid and Phoenix models next to FLUX, GPT Image, Veo and Kling, video with start and end frames, 3D models from an image, an editor with inpainting and a live sketch canvas, and send-to-Canva. The whole job, images to video to 3D. |
| Ease of use | 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. | A4.83 from about 11,100 App Store ratings, among the highest here. Each model shows its token cost before you generate, so the meter isn't a mystery. |
| Platforms and 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. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with an API and one-click hand-off to Canva. No desktop app, which an A needs. |
| Best for | lots of models on a small budget | images, video and 3D in one app |
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: Krea and Leonardo.Ai. How we grade
Price against what you get
Krea starts at $5.25 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Leonardo.Ai starts at $12 a month and scores 3.3.
Leonardo.Ai scores higher, and starts $6.75 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, none scores higher than Krea for less, and none scores higher than Leonardo.Ai 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
- Krea starts at $5.25 per month for 5,000 units, billed annually ($9 billed monthly). Leonardo.Ai starts at $12 per month for 8,500 tokens, billed monthly.
- Only Leonardo.Ai lists an Android app.
At a glance
| Krea | Leonardo.Ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5.25 per month for 5,000 units, billed annually ($9 billed monthly) | $12 per month for 8,500 tokens, billed monthly |
| Free plan | 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. | 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. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Krea | Leonardo Interactive Pty Ltd |
| Price read from | krea.ai | eesel.ai (not the vendor's own page) |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Krea
- Designers who want many partner models under one subscription
- Fast visual exploration on a live, render-as-you-draw canvas
- Small studios sharing one pool of units across up to 50 members
Leonardo.Ai
- Creators who want image, video and 3D tools under one account
- Trying many partner models without separate subscriptions
- Canva users who want to finish generated images in Canva
Worth knowing
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.
Leonardo.Ai
- Web prices come from a third-party summary of June 5, 2026, as Leonardo's pricing page turned away our reader. The iOS app sells the plans for $15.99 to $79.99.
- Unlimited generation starts only after tokens run out, in a slower queue, and covers selected Leonardo models only; other partner models always cost tokens.
- Top-up tokens need an active individual plan and are not sold on Teams plans; rollover tokens are lost if you cancel.
- Private generation needs a paid plan; free-plan images are visible to all Leonardo users.
Key features
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.
Leonardo.Ai
- Own and partner models
- Leonardo's Lucid and Phoenix image models sit beside partner models such as FLUX, GPT Image, Veo and Kling, each with its own token cost shown before you generate.
- Video with start and end frames
- Make clips from text or images, set start and end frames on supported models, and use models that add sound effects and dialogue.
- 3D generation
- Turns an image and up to five reference views into a downloadable 3D model, with choices of mesh type, quality and material.
- Editor, canvas and upscaling
- Change an image by describing the edit, inpaint or extend it on a canvas, turn sketches into images live in Realtime Canvas, and enlarge results with the Pro Upscaler.
- Edit in Canva
- Send a generated image to a Canva account in one click and keep designing there. Available to individual users, not Teams.
- Token rollover
- Unused monthly tokens on paid plans move to a rollover bank holding up to three months' worth, spent after the month's fresh tokens.
Plans
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.
Leonardo.Ai
Free$0
150 tokens a day that reset every 24 hours; public generations only.
Essential$12
per month for 8,500 tokens, billed monthly
Private generation, a rollover bank of up to 25,500 unused tokens, and top-up token packs.
Premium$30
per month for 25,000 tokens, billed monthly
Unlimited slower image generation on selected Leonardo models once tokens run out; rollover bank of up to 75,000.
Ultimate$60
per month for 60,000 tokens, billed monthly
Unlimited slower image and video generation on selected models; rollover bank of up to 180,000.
Teams Starter$24
per seat / month, billed monthly
25,000 tokens per seat, private team generations and shared collections. Minimum 3 seats.
Teams Growth$48
per seat / month, billed monthly
60,000 tokens per seat and model training on team tokens. Minimum 3 seats.
Ways to pay less
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.
Leonardo.Ai
No public discounts listed.
