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Krea vs Vizcom

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
Krea — $21/mo vs $49/mo for Vizcom
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Krea has one; not confirmed by us for Vizcom
Best fit
Krea: Designers and concept artists who iterate visually on a canvas rather than through prompt rewrites · Vizcom: Industrial and product designers iterating on early concepts
Trust score
About even — Krea 91, Vizcom 94

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

KreaCreative suite with a real-time canvas, image and video generation, upscaling and 3D across its own and third-party modelsVizcomTurns product-design sketches into photoreal renders and editable 3D models in minutes

Side by side

FactKreaVizcom
CategoryText-to-Image Generators3D Model Generation
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$21/mo$49/mo
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score91 / 10094 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CompanyKrea.ai, Inc.Vizcom
Launched—2021
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)

Vizcom

Built around the actual industrial-design workflow — sketch layers, materials, 3D handoff — rather than generic text-to-image generation, with a free tier real enough for evaluation. Design privacy is listed as a paid feature, so confidential concept work effectively requires Professional, and heavy render use eats credits quickly.

Pros

  • Sketch-first workflow that preserves the designer's intent
  • 2D concepts can become editable 3D models
  • Free Starter and Education tiers with monthly credits
  • Priority queue and 4K export on the paid plan

Cons

  • Design privacy is gated to Professional and above
  • $49 per user/month is significant for individual designers
  • No public API documented

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 Vizcom if you need

  • Industrial and product designers iterating on early concepts
  • Footwear, furniture and automotive design teams
  • Design students using the free education tier

Krea vs Vizcom: the questions people ask

Is Krea cheaper than Vizcom?

On published entry prices, Krea starts lower — $21/mo against $49/mo for Vizcom. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Krea or Vizcom have a free tier?

Both: Krea has a free tier, and Vizcom has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Krea or Vizcom?

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

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