Craiyon
The zero-friction option: no account, no card, nine images from one prompt. Base output is a model generation or two behind anything current, so treat it as an idea sketchpad rather than a place to make finished assets.
Pros
- Free tier needs no account and imposes no hard generation cap
- Nine-image batch output surfaces prompt variance faster than single-image tools
- Paid tiers now dispatch to current third-party models rather than the original in-house one
- Commercial use is permitted on every tier under its terms
Cons
- Free output carries a watermark and the page is ad-supported
- No API, no plugins, no batch tooling
- The default free model is well behind current image generators on quality
- Cloudflare blocks automated access, so pricing is hard to verify without visiting manually