Bilderzeugung · alternatives
Recraft's drawbacks are mostly about rights and predictability. Free-plan images are owned by Recraft, publicly visible and not licensed for commercial use, so private or client work has to go on a paid plan. Subscription credits do not roll over, credit cost varies by action and model, and the paid USD prices were not readable when we checked on 2026-09-29.
Midjourney has no free tier but a plain entry price: Basic is $10 per month ($96 a year if paid upfront) with 3.3 hours of Fast GPU time and General Commercial Terms. Leonardo.Ai starts with Essential at $12 per month, adds private generations, and has a free daily token plan. Adobe Firefly generates images, video and audio and sits inside Creative Cloud apps; it has a free tier, but its starting price is not stated in our data. Canva Pro, $144 per year for one person, suits teams that want templates and layout alongside AI images, and Canva has a free tier.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
Taken from the documented limitations in our Recraft profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recraft (this page) | Not published | Yes | Web, API | Free-plan images are owned by Recraft, public and not licensed for commercial use; paid USD prices were not readable. |
| Midjourney | $10/mo (Basic) | No | Web | No free trial on web or Discord, no official API, and every generation draws on a GPU-time budget, so heavy use needs the Standard plan or higher for unlimited Relax images. |
| Adobe Firefly | Not published | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile, API | Ausgaben von Video, Audio, Übersetzung und Partnermodellen stammen alle aus einem monatlichen Pool generativer Credits, der nicht übertragen wird, und USD-Preise waren aus unserer Region nicht sichtbar. |
| Leonardo.Ai | $12 (Essential) | Yes | Web, Mobile, API | Generierungen im Free-Tarif sind öffentlich, und die gesamte Nutzung ist durch Token-Kontingente begrenzt. |
| Canva | $144/yr (Pro) | Yes | Web | KI-Tools greifen auf ein gemeinsames, gedeckeltes Kontingent zu; mehr Nutzung erfordert das Add-on AI Pass. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midjourney |
$10/mo (Basic) | ||
| Adobe Firefly |
Not published | ||
| Leonardo.Ai |
$12 (Essential) | ||
| Canva |
$144/yr (Pro) |
Subscription-based AI image and video generator known for stylized, artistic results.
Achtung: No free trial on web or Discord, no official API, and every generation draws on a GPU-time budget, so heavy u…
Geprüft midjourney.com (öffnet die Website von Midjourney in einem neuen Tab)
Ab $10/mo US · geprüft Sep 30
Adobes generative KI-App zum Erstellen und Bearbeiten von Bildern, Video und Audio, auch in die Apps der Creative Cloud integriert.
Kostenlos bis: Free daily generations across image, video and audio; limits refresh every day (vendor wording)
Geprüft adobe.com (öffnet die Website von Adobe Firefly in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $9.99/mo US · geprüft Sep 28
KI-Generator für Bilder, Videos und Design mit kostenlosem Tagestarif auf Token-Basis, bezahlten Stufen, Team-Tarifen und einer API mit nutzungsabhängiger Abrechnung.
Kostenlos bis: 150 tokens per day
Geprüft leonardo.ai (öffnet die Website von Leonardo.Ai in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $12/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
Online-Designplattform mit Vorlagen und KI-Tools für Grafiken, Präsentationen, Social Posts und Video.
Kostenlos bis: 1.6M+ templates
Geprüft canva.com (öffnet die Website von Canva in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $144/yr US · geprüft Sep 29
AI tool that designs a brand mascot and animates it into transparent, dev-ready assets in under ten minutes.
Achtung: It only does mascots and characters, and every image and second of animation spends monthly credits.
Geprüft ziggle.art (öffnet die Website von ziggle.art (Mascot Animator) in einem neuen Tab)
Ab 20 US · geprüft Sep 29
AI font generator that creates installable fonts from a prompt or image, in 60 languages.
Kostenlos bis: 100 glyphs across all languages, No font downloads
Geprüft yofont.com (öffnet die Website von YoFont in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $9/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
Google Labs experiment that creates images from image prompts (subject, scene, style) using Gemini and Imagen 3; URL now redirects to Google Flow.
Kostenlos bis: Unknown
Geprüft labs.google (öffnet die Website von Whisk (Google Labs) in einem neuen Tab)
Preise US-Preis unbestätigt
AI rendering suite that turns 3D architectural models into photoreal renders, flythrough videos and enhanced images.
Kostenlos bis: 3 free renders on sign-up.
Geprüft vibe3d.ai (öffnet die Website von Vibe3D in einem neuen Tab)
Kostenlos · kostenpflichtig ab $19/mo US · geprüft Sep 29
AI render enhancer and upscaler for architectural visualization images.
Achtung: Prices are shown in EUR rather than USD, credits scale with output resolution, and the Basic plan enhances on…
Geprüft vaethat.com (öffnet die Website von Vaethat in einem neuen Tab)
Preise US-Preis unbestätigt
AI logo maker where design is free and you pay once to download, plus brand kits, a site builder and AI credits.
Achtung: Lite gives only a 1000px image without a transparent background.
Geprüft turbologo.com (öffnet die Website von Turbologo in einem neuen Tab)
Ab $19.99 US · geprüft Oct 11
Adobe Firefly, Leonardo.Ai and Canva list free tiers in our catalog. Midjourney does not. Recraft's own free plan makes public images that are not licensed for commercial use.
Midjourney Basic is $10 per month and Leonardo.Ai Essential is $12 per month. Recraft's paid prices were not readable in our data.
Free images are Recraft-owned, public and not commercially licensed, credits do not roll over, and per-action credit costs are hard to predict.
It has a free tier, but a starting price is not stated in our verified data.
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