Leonardo.Ai vs RunDiffusion (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Leonardo.Ai: it is second in our ranking of AI image and video generators, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.2.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Leonardo.Ai grades higher on the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Leonardo.Ai
Image, video and 3D generator with its own and partner models
RunDiffusion
Cloud platform running ComfyUI, Auto1111 and premium AI models
Which one is for you
Pick Leonardo.Ai if
- Fits if you want images, short video and 3D models under one account
- Works for people who finish designs in Canva and want images sent there
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want everything unlimited, as the slow queue covers selected Leonardo models only and partner models always cost tokens
- Tight if you might cancel, since rollover tokens are lost when you do; Teams plans need 3 seats and sell no top-ups
- Pricey if you buy on iPhone, where the plans run $15.99 to $79.99
- Watch out: the web prices come from a third-party summary of June 5, 2026, as Leonardo's own page turned our reader away
- Skip it if you want private images for free, as free-plan images are visible to all Leonardo users
Pick RunDiffusion if
- Fits if you want ComfyUI or Auto1111 without owning a graphics card
- Works for designers who want Photoshop or Rhino plugins
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 100 tokens a day and files gone after 72 hours
- Watch out: premium image, video and editing tools aren't on the free plan
- Watch out: API mode and persistent extensions start at Creators Club + Runnit Pro, $41.79 on yearly billing
- Skip it if you want a fixed bill, as tokens run out faster on larger servers
How we grade them
| 3.0GPALeonardo.AiVery good | 2.2GPARunDiffusionFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CRunnit Hobby is $8.79 a month billed yearly, $10.99 monthly, just above the cheaper quarter of AI image tools. Pro is $23.99 and the Team plan $179.99. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | CUp to 100 tokens a day with the open-source apps and 10 GB kept for 72 hours. Premium tools aren't in it. |
| Features | 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. | CHosted open-source apps, premium tools, boards, LoRA training and plugins. Metering by tokens makes the cost hard to predict. |
| Ease of use | A4.83 from about 11,100 App Store ratings, the top band. Each model shows its token cost before you generate. | CNo rating on record. Hosted ComfyUI and Auto1111 take learning, though boards add an easier route. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with an API and one-click hand-off to Canva. No desktop app, which an A needs. | BWeb, with plugins for Photoshop, Miro, Revit, Rhino and NVIDIA Omniverse, and ComfyUI. |
| Best for | images, video and 3D in one app | hosted ComfyUI and Auto1111 with premium tools |
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: Leonardo.Ai and RunDiffusion. How we grade
Price against what you get
Leonardo.Ai starts at $12 a month and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. RunDiffusion starts at $8.79 a month and scores 2.3.
Leonardo.Ai scores higher, and starts $3.21 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 Leonardo.Ai for less, and 17 score higher than RunDiffusion 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
At a glance
| Leonardo.Ai | RunDiffusion | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $12 per month for 8,500 tokens, billed monthly | $8.79 per month, billed yearly ($10.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 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. | Up to 100 free tokens a day, open-source apps such as ComfyUI and Auto1111, and 10 GB of storage kept for 72 hours. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Leonardo Interactive Pty Ltd | RunDiffusion |
| Price read from | eesel.ai (not the vendor's own page) | rundiffusion.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
RunDiffusion
- Usage is metered in tokens, so how far a plan goes depends on the tools and server sizes used.
- Premium image, video and editing tools are not part of the Free plan.
- Persistent extensions, API mode and the $10 reward balance need Creators Club + Runnit Pro or higher.
- Free-plan files are kept for 72 hours.
Key features
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.
RunDiffusion
- Hosted open-source apps
- ComfyUI, Auto1111 and similar apps run on the vendor's cloud servers, so no local GPU is needed; they are included even on the free plan.
- Premium image, video and editing tools
- Paid plans add premium tools, with the homepage naming models such as Z-Image, Flux 2, Nano Banana 2, LTX-2 and Seedream 5.0.
- Runnit Boards
- Boards are canvases that hold tools and results; the number of boards and tools per board depends on the plan.
- LoRA model training
- Paid plans include LoRA training; downloading the trained models starts on the Pro plan.
- Design-software plugins
- Plugins connect RunDiffusion to Photoshop, Miro, Revit, Rhino and NVIDIA Omniverse.
- Team and enterprise controls
- Team workspaces, usage analytics, budgeting, model access and spend limits, and SSO are described on the enterprise pages.
Plans
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.
RunDiffusion
Free$0
Up to 100 tokens a day, open-source apps and 3 Runnit Boards; no premium tools.
Runnit Hobby$8.79
per month, billed yearly ($10.99 billed monthly)
10,000 tokens a month, premium image, video and editing tools, LoRA training and 5 boards.
Runnit Pro$23.99
per month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly)
30,000 to 240,000 tokens a month, LoRA downloads, 25 boards and token top-up discounts of up to 52%.
Creators Club + Runnit Pro$41.79
per month, billed yearly ($49.99 billed monthly)
Pro plus a $10 reward balance, 100 GB of storage, API mode and discounts on large servers.
Team$179.99
per month for up to 4 people, billed yearly ($224.99 billed monthly)
120,000 to 240,000 tokens a month, a team library and unlimited boards; sold through sales.
EnterpriseCustom
300,000 or more tokens a month, with top-up discounts of up to 64%; available on request.
Ways to pay less
Leonardo.Ai
No public discounts listed.
RunDiffusion
- Annual discount
Save up to 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page offers a Monthly or Yearly choice and says yearly billing saves up to 20%, shown as $8.79 against $10.99 for Hobby.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Leonardo.Ai or RunDiffusion?
As of Nov 13, 2026, RunDiffusion is cheaper to start with: $8.79 a month, against $12 a month for Leonardo.Ai. Leonardo.Ai starts at $12 per month for 8,500 tokens, billed monthly, and RunDiffusion starts at $8.79 per month, billed yearly ($10.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Leonardo.Ai or RunDiffusion?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Leonardo.Ai and RunDiffusion have a free plan.
Which platforms do Leonardo.Ai and RunDiffusion run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Leonardo.Ai lists iOS and Android apps. 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.