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Krea vs Unify AI

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
Unify AI — $9.99/mo vs $21/mo for Krea
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Krea has one; not confirmed by us for Unify AI
Higher Trust score
Krea — 91 vs 84 for Unify AI
Best fit
Krea: Designers and concept artists who iterate visually on a canvas rather than through prompt rewrites · Unify AI: creators who touch several models occasionally rather than one heavily

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

Side by side

FactKreaUnify AI
CategoryText-to-Image GeneratorsText-to-Video Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$21/mo$9.99/mo
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score91 / 10084 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CompanyKrea.ai, Inc.VS-SoftSolutions
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

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)

Unify AI

Unify is a reseller wrapper: the value is one login and one credit pool across video, image, music and chat models you would otherwise subscribe to separately. That works if you dip into several models occasionally. If you use one model heavily, going direct is cheaper and gets you the vendor's own features and API. Credit costs vary per model, so the headline count tells you little until you know what you generate.

Pros

  • One credit balance spans video, image, music, voice and chat models
  • Studio adds editing, motion control, VFX and lip sync alongside generation
  • Free signup credits plus a free Kling video let you test without paying
  • Entry plan at $9.99/month undercuts most single-model subscriptions

Cons

  • No API, so nothing can be scripted or scheduled
  • Credit cost per generation varies by model and is not fixed
  • Company disclosure is an imprint naming VS-SoftSolutions with no address
  • Model access depends on upstream vendors it does not control

Which one fits

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

Choose Unify AI if you need

  • creators who touch several models occasionally rather than one heavily
  • short-form social output where model choice changes per clip
  • small teams avoiding four separate AI subscriptions

Krea vs Unify AI: the questions people ask

Is Krea cheaper than Unify AI?

On published entry prices, Unify AI starts lower — $9.99/mo against $21/mo for Krea. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Krea or Unify AI have a free tier?

Both: Krea has a free tier, and Unify AI has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Krea or Unify AI?

Krea ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Unify AI is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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