# Layer AI review (2026): is it worth $10 a month? > AI image, video, 3D and audio creation for game studios Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Layer is a platform for game and ad studios that gives access to many third-party models for images, video, 3D and audio from one workspace. It adds custom style training, workflows, an optional creative agent, an API and plugins for tools such as Photoshop, Figma, Unity and Unreal. Usage is metered in Creative Units. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** Layer AI, Inc. - **Website:** https://layer.ai - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a free allowance, as the pricing page lists none. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Layer AI is a paid product, starting at $10 per month for 300 Creative Units. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Studio subscription | $10 per month for 300 Creative Units, then $60 per extra 1,000 | No seat fees or feature gates. Pick a monthly Creative Unit amount; 10% of units carry over. Enterprise is sold through sales. | Read from https://layer.ai/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Layer AI before buying. ## Key features - **Many models in one place:** The site lists 136 image models, 175 video models and 48 3D models, from providers such as Google, OpenAI, Black Forest Labs and ByteDance. - **Image and video editing tools:** Includes upscaling, background removal, inpainting, relighting, vectorizing, camera-angle changes, video extension and lip sync. - **Custom style training:** The subscription includes advanced custom style training across providers, so a studio can keep one art direction across assets. - **3D and audio:** Also generates textured 3D meshes with rigging and retexturing, plus music, sound effects, speech and voice cloning. - **API, MCP and plugins:** A REST API, an MCP server for Claude and plugins for Photoshop, Figma, Blender, Unity and Unreal let teams work from their own tools. - **Creative agent and playable ads:** An optional agent builds trailers, ads and playable ads from a brief. Most agent actions are free, but intensive ones spend units. ## Good for - Game studios that need art, video and 3D assets from one account - Marketing teams producing ad creative in many formats - Teams that want to compare many image models without separate subscriptions ## Worth knowing - Creative Units are spent at different rates per model, so the monthly cost depends on which models are used. - Unused units expire each billing period, with only 10% carrying over. - The pricing page gives no free allowance, although the site has a Start for free button. - Enterprise adds SOC 2 Type II, SAML SSO and an SLA through sales, not self-serve. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Layer puts 136 image, 175 video and 48 3D models from big providers in one workspace, with custom style training and plugins for Unity and Unreal. The pricing page lists no free allowance, and units cost different amounts per model, so a monthly bill is hard to predict. - **Value for money: C.** $10 a month for 300 Creative Units, then $60 per extra 1,000. That is near the category's middle, and the real cost depends on the models you use. - **Free plan and trial: F.** The pricing page gives no free allowance and lists no trial, although the site has a Start for free button. - **Features: B.** Images, video, 3D and audio, style training, an API and plugins for game tools. The listing names no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating is on record. It is aimed at studios, with workflows, style training and plugins to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web and a browser extension, plus an API, an MCP server and plugins for Photoshop, Figma, Unity, Unreal and Blender. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Layer's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - Layer AI's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 31 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 31. - It stands best on features (B, above 104 of 168) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 51 of the 120 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Layer AI you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 106 of the 168 other AI image and video generators grade higher. It costs $120 a year. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: A voice model trained on your recordings. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Photoshop, Figma and Unity among them, and has an API. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Photoshop, Figma, Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender, Slack, Claude, Google Drive **Tags:** Image generation, Video generation, Text to speech, Voice cloning, Public API, AI agents ## Alternatives - [Scenario](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scenario): Generative AI platform for game and studio asset production. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/layer-ai-vs-scenario) - [Leonardo.Ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/leonardo-ai): Image, video and 3D generator with its own and partner models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/layer-ai-vs-leonardo-ai) - [OpenArt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/openart): AI image and video studio with characters and multi-scene stories. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/layer-ai-vs-openart) - [Krea](https://toolgpa.com/tools/krea): Image, video and 3D generation with real-time canvas and plugins. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/krea-vs-layer-ai) - [Magnific](https://toolgpa.com/tools/freepik): Formerly Freepik: AI image, video and audio tools plus stock library. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/freepik-vs-layer-ai) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://layer.ai/pricing - https://layer.ai Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/layer-ai Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).