ImgLume
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveGallery of AI image prompts plus a generator, also shipped as an open-source MCP server for pulling inspiration into an AI assistant.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
Generation is metered by per-image and per-video credit costs according to the MCP server's own documentation; no specific credit price was confirmed because the marketing site blocked direct access.
Use tool ↗About ImgLume
ImgLume is an AI image generation and prompt-inspiration site: browse a gallery of prompts and example outputs, get suggestions for improving your own prompt, and generate images (and some video) from text. It also publishes an open-source MCP server that lets an AI assistant such as Claude search the gallery, pull prompt guidance, and trigger generation directly, with the server itself adding no analytics or telemetry. The vendor's own site returned a bot-blocking error on every attempt to read it directly, so pricing details below come from the MCP server's own documentation rather than the marketing site, and should be treated as less certain than a direct read.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- MCP server documentation describes ImgLume's gallery, prompt tools, and generation featuresglama.ai ↗
- Search listing confirms the site's own description as an AI image generator and prompt inspiration hubimglume.com ↗
Is ImgLume legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- May 24, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar Spaceship, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 18, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- ImgLumeOur research, card verified Sep 1, 2026
Pros & cons of ImgLume
ImgLume's MCP server is a genuinely distinctive angle — most text-to-image tools don't ship an open-source integration for AI assistants — but this review relies on secondhand documentation, not a direct look at the product, since the site blocked every fetch attempt.
Pros
- Open-source MCP server is inspectable rather than a black box
- Combines a prompt gallery with actual generation instead of just inspiration
- MCP server explicitly adds no analytics or telemetry of its own
Cons
- Direct access to the marketing site was blocked on every attempt, so pricing and account details couldn't be confirmed firsthand
- Credit-based pricing structure means the real cost per image isn't visible without signing up
Best for
- Developers who want prompt inspiration and generation reachable from Claude or another MCP-connected assistant
- Users browsing for prompt ideas rather than starting from a blank page
Not for
- Anyone who wants to verify pricing or output quality before signing up, since this review couldn't load the site directly
- Users needing a guaranteed privacy posture beyond what the open-source MCP code shows
Watch out: Confirm actual credit pricing and account terms directly before relying on any third-party description of this product, including this one.
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