Apex-domain alias of NightCafe — nightcafe.studio redirects to the same credit-based AI art platform
Image Generation & Editing AI Tools
As of , EffectHub tracks 284 live AI tools in its Image Generation & Editing category; 207 (73%) have a free tier, and paid plans start at $2.49 a month.
284 verified tools · 13 subcategories
Generation, editing, upscaling, and organization of raster images.
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Subscription image generator with a distinctive illustrative house style
Craiyon
61Free browser text-to-image generator requiring no account
Ideogram
32Text-to-image model that gets words inside the picture right
Token-metered image workspace with fine-tuned model presets
Removebg
49Browser-local background removal that never uploads your images
Runs Stable Diffusion, FLUX and community LoRAs in the browser on a shared model library
Upload ten selfies, get studio-style headshots in several looks and pay only if you keep them — now sold under the Magic Studio name.
Generates realistic photos, anime art and avatars, and restores old images, on a monthly credit subscription.
Magnific
49AI creative platform, formerly Freepik: image and video generators across 30+ models plus the stock library, on yearly credit plans
One credit-based dashboard for text-to-image, text-to-video, and photo-editing models
PicLumen
77Credit-based image and video generation that wraps third-party models in a node canvas and a public creator feed.
Viesus
71Cloud API and web app that upscales and cleans up photos and scanned PDFs in bulk.
DeepAI
79Budget web suite for AI image, video, music and chat generation with pay-as-you-go developer APIs
Turns a text description into a tattoo design and previews it on your body via AR.
Detail-inventing upscaler that became Freepik's entire AI platform
Turns selfies into studio-style headshots for profiles and resumes
Generates up to 100 AI images per batch on Flux 1.1 or GPT Image in about 15-20 seconds.
CPages
69Turns a text prompt or photo into a printable, watermark-free coloring page.
ClipBG
71Browser-based background remover that batch-processes hundreds of product photos, with free previews and a pay-per-download API.
Turns a text prompt or uploaded photo into a printable line-art coloring page in seconds.
Generates custom app and web icons from a text description across 13 visual styles.
Lucidpic
57Generates photorealistic people and video from prompts or trained characters
PNGMaker
77Text prompt in, transparent-background PNG out, at 1K to 4K in a handful of illustration styles.
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As of October 27, 2026, EffectHub tracks 284 live AI tools in its Image Generation & Editing category; 207 (73%) have a free tier, and paid plans start at $2.49 a month. (EffectHub, “Image Generation & Editing”, Oct 2026, https://effecthub.net/ai-tools/image)
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