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Artificial Studio vs Krea

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
Artificial Studio — $7/mo vs $21/mo for Krea
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Krea — 91 vs 69 for Artificial Studio
Best fit
Artificial Studio: Small agencies producing mixed image, video and audio deliverables · Krea: Designers and concept artists who iterate visually on a canvas rather than through prompt rewrites

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Artificial StudioOne credit balance across 60+ image, video, audio and 3D generation toolsKreaCreative suite with a real-time canvas, image and video generation, upscaling and 3D across its own and third-party models

Side by side

FactArtificial StudioKrea
CategoryGraphic Design & TemplatesText-to-Image Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$7/mo$21/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score69 / 10091 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
Company—Krea.ai, Inc.
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Artificial Studio

A reasonable hedge if you are paying for several creative AI subscriptions and using each one lightly, since a single credit pool covers image, video, audio and 3D. The catch is that you are renting a wrapper around third-party models, so quality, model line-up and roadmap are outside the vendor's control.

Pros

  • Credits never expire and roll into the next month
  • Commercial usage rights included on every paid tier
  • Entry tier at $7/month annual undercuts most single-model subscriptions
  • API access and an MCP server for scripting the same tools

Cons

  • No named legal entity, launch date or team disclosed on the site
  • Credit costs vary per model, so real monthly output is hard to predict
  • Depends entirely on upstream providers for model quality and availability

Krea

Krea is the aggregator to pick when you want one subscription that covers image, video, upscaling and 3D instead of four, and the real-time canvas is still the fastest way to steer a composition by hand. The trade-off is that you are renting other people's models at a markup measured in compute units, so heavy video users should check the per-generation unit costs before trusting the headline price.

Pros

  • Real-time canvas renders in under 50 ms, which makes composition a direct-manipulation task
  • Own Krea 2 model plus a long list of third-party image and video models in one place
  • Free tier refills daily rather than once, so it stays usable for light work
  • Public API with an SDK and MCP server, and LoRA training from as few as 50 images

Cons

  • Compute units are an abstraction over very different model costs, so the monthly pool is hard to budget
  • Pro and Max units expire at month end and extra packs expire after 90 days
  • Visible prices and the page's structured data disagreed on the Max tier today
  • Video generation is unavailable on the free plan (video concurrency 0)

Which one fits

Choose Artificial Studio if you need

  • Small agencies producing mixed image, video and audio deliverables
  • Freelancers who need occasional access to many models rather than heavy use of one
  • Teams that dislike per-model subscriptions and want credits that carry over

Choose Krea if you need

  • Designers and concept artists who iterate visually on a canvas rather than through prompt rewrites
  • Small studios that want current image and video models under one bill without managing API keys
  • Anyone upscaling and cleaning up stills or short clips for print or social

Artificial Studio vs Krea: the questions people ask

Is Artificial Studio cheaper than Krea?

On published entry prices, Artificial Studio starts lower — $7/mo against $21/mo for Krea. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Artificial Studio or Krea have a free tier?

Both: Artificial Studio has a free tier, and Krea has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Artificial Studio or Krea?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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