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Shakker AI vs Tensor.Art

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. Tensor.Art publishes a starting price ($9.90); Shakker AI does not. Both have a free tier. Only Tensor.Art ships a public API.

Shakker AIHosted Stable Diffusion model library with browser generationTensor.ArtRuns Stable Diffusion, FLUX and community LoRAs in the browser on a shared model library

Side by side

FactShakker AITensor.Art
CategoryText-to-Image GeneratorsText-to-Image Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at—$9.90 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CompanyLiblibAITENSOR ART HK LIMITED
Launched2023—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Shakker AI

The draw is running community Stable Diffusion checkpoints and ComfyUI graphs without owning a GPU, not the base image quality. If you want one prompt box and a good default model, Midjourney-class tools beat it; if you want other people's LoRAs, this is the shortcut.

Pros

  • Very large hosted model catalogue organised by discipline rather than by an undifferentiated feed
  • Hosted A1111 and ComfyUI removes the usual local install and dependency pain
  • Cloud LoRA training sits in the same account as generation
  • Free daily credits mean you can evaluate the model library before spending

Cons

  • No pricing page on the public site — you have to sign in to see what membership costs
  • No vendor-marketed developer API, so this cannot be wired into a pipeline
  • Ownership and the LiblibAI relationship are not stated anywhere on the English site
  • Commercial-use rights vary by model, which is a licensing minefield on a community catalogue

Tensor.Art

The draw is the library, not the generator: hundreds of thousands of community checkpoints and LoRAs you can run without a GPU, plus a node editor for people who outgrow the prompt box. Credits are the real currency and they expire, so heavy users end up buying packs on top of the subscription.

Pros

  • Very large public library of checkpoints and LoRAs runnable in the browser
  • ComfyFlow node editor for multi-step pipelines, not just single prompts
  • Free tier resets a daily credit allowance rather than expiring after a trial
  • API keys issue instantly and bill from the same credit balance

Cons

  • Credits do not roll over, so an idle month is money lost
  • Cloudflare blocks automated access, which also complicates any scripted use of the site itself
  • Model licensing is the uploader's business, which pushes the rights question onto you

Which one fits

Choose Shakker AI if you need

  • Artists who want specific community checkpoints and LoRAs without a local GPU setup
  • Training a LoRA on your own style or product in the cloud
  • ComfyUI users who need a hosted graph environment rather than a local install

Choose Tensor.Art if you need

  • People who want to run a specific community LoRA without setting up a local Stable Diffusion install
  • Model authors looking for somewhere to publish and get their checkpoints used
  • Developers who need hosted open-weight image models behind a REST call

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