Launched 2022 · Verified Oct 23, 2026

Leonardo.Ai

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Token-metered image workspace with fine-tuned model presets

text to imagemodel traininggame assetsimage editingcanvas editorFreemium

Listed on EffectHub · Aug 16, 2026

InputsTOutputsWeb · API · iOS · Android

Screenshot of the Leonardo.Ai website — leonardo.ai as we captured it — our own screenshot, not the vendor’s press image.

Pricing

Pricing model: Freemium

The vendor's pricing page returned 403 to every fetch today, so no price is confirmed first-hand. A third-party pricing tracker checked on 22 September 2026 lists Free at 150 tokens a day, then Essential $12, Premium $30 and Ultimate $60 a month for 8,500, 25,000 and 60,000 tokens (the tiers formerly called Apprentice, Artisan and Maestro), Teams from $24 a seat with a three-seat minimum, and says the annual price has not been shown since February 2026; API access moved to pay-as-you-go in January 2026.

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Overview

About Leonardo.Ai

Leonardo.Ai generates images and video against a catalogue of in-house and community fine-tunes, with canvas editing, upscaling, texture tools and training on your own image sets. Everything runs on tokens, and different models and resolutions burn them at different rates. Canva has owned it since 2024, and the same models now sit behind Canva's own generation features.

Platforms: Web · API · iOS · Android
API: Yes
Last verified: Oct 23, 2026

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Canva acquired Leonardo.Ai, announced 30 July 2024canva.com ↗
Founded December 2022, headquartered in Sydney, Australia; acquisition reported at more than USD 320 millionforbes.com.au ↗
Third-party pricing tracker updated 22 September 2026: Free 150 tokens/day; Essential $12 (8,500 tokens), Premium $30 (25,000), Ultimate $60 (60,000) per month; Teams $24/seat with a 3-seat minimum; annual price no longer displayed since February 2026; API pay-as-you-go since 28 January 2026 (read 15 October 2026)flexprice.io ↗
leonardo.ai and leonardo.ai/pricing/ answered 403 to curl and to the fetch tool, with a browser and a crawler user agent (15 October 2026)leonardo.ai ↗

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Is Leonardo.Ai 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: Jan 8, 2019 (7 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Epik LLC, looked up Sep 18, 2026
TLS certificate: Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 2, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 23, 2026
Last checked: Oct 23, 2026The site answered, but turned our crawler away
On the market since: 2022The vendor's own material, read by us
Operated by: Canva, AustraliaOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Leonardo.Ai

medium confidence

Leonardo is the generator to pick when you need control over the model rather than one house style, and it is the only major one with a real API and custom training. Token accounting is the tax you pay for that flexibility.

Pros

Large library of fine-tuned model presets instead of a single opinionated model
Custom model training on your own images is available without an enterprise contract
A genuine documented API, which the obvious competitor still does not have
Free tier of 150 daily tokens is enough to evaluate properly

Cons

Token costs differ by model, resolution and feature, so per-image cost is hard to predict
150 free tokens go in roughly ten generations
Concurrency and queue position are tier-gated, so cheap plans wait
Roadmap now serves Canva's product priorities, not standalone power users

Best for

Game and product teams that need consistent assets from a fine-tune they control
Anyone who wants generation, canvas editing and upscaling in one place
Developers who need image generation behind an API rather than a chat window
Users who want to train a model on their own reference set

Not for

People who just want the best-looking image with no settings to learn
Predictable flat-rate budgeting, since token burn varies by model and resolution

Watch out: Canva acquired Leonardo in July 2024 for a reported $320M+ and the models now power Canva's own AI features. The standalone app is still developed, but it is a subsidiary product line: assume feature direction follows Canva rather than the Leonardo community.

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