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Astria vs Scenario

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. Scenario publishes a starting price ($15); Astria does not. Only Scenario has a free tier. Both ship a public API.

AstriaFine-tune image models on your own subjects via APIScenarioTrain custom models for on-style game and brand assets

Side by side

FactAstriaScenario
CategoryText-to-Image GeneratorsText-to-Image Generators
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at—$15 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyAstria, Inc.Scenario, Inc.
Launched20222022
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Astria

Astria is the plumbing a lot of AI-headshot and virtual-try-on products are quietly built on. Buy it if you are shipping a subject-consistent image feature; skip it if you just want ten headshots of yourself, where a packaged consumer app is cheaper and far less work.

Pros

  • priced per fine-tune and per generation, with no subscription floor
  • a free mock mode lets you test the integration end to end without spending
  • $20 of credit on API-key creation is a real evaluation budget
  • subject consistency is the core competence, not a bolt-on feature

Cons

  • you pay for every training run, including the ones that come out wrong
  • output quality depends heavily on input photo selection and prompt craft
  • with no monthly plan, cost forecasting means modelling call volume yourself
  • the marketing site now targets fashion and ecommerce, so general users get less guidance

Scenario

The right pick when style consistency across hundreds of assets matters more than a single pretty image — that is what the custom-model training buys you. If you just want one-off illustrations, a general image generator is cheaper and simpler.

Pros

  • Custom model training is the core feature, not an afterthought bolted on
  • Model aggregation means you are not stuck on one vendor's image quality as models change
  • Full commercial licence on every paid tier with no royalties
  • Genuine developer surface: REST API, SDKs, webhooks, MCP server, Unity plug-in

Cons

  • Credits are consumed by training as well as generation, so the 1,500-credit Starter tier disappears fast
  • Aggregating 600+ models means quality varies wildly and you have to learn which to trust
  • Free plan output is explicitly personal/evaluation only
  • Annual-billing prices are the ones advertised; monthly is 50% higher

Which one fits

Choose Astria if you need

  • developers building headshot, avatar or try-on products on someone else's training stack
  • ecommerce teams needing the same garment or product across many generated shots
  • studios that need one face to stay consistent across a whole campaign

Choose Scenario if you need

  • Game studios generating card art, icons, tiles or props that must match an established look
  • Art directors who want a trained model per project instead of prompt-wrangling every time
  • Engineering teams automating asset generation through the API or a Unity integration
  • Brand teams producing large volumes of on-template marketing visuals

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