Krea AI vs PixAI

In short

• Both: Text to image, Edits images, Upscales, Style or character reference, API, Mobile app
• Only Krea AI states: Image to video, Text in images

Krea AI

Krea is a web-based creative suite for generating, editing, enhancing, and animating images and video with AI models.

Plans

Free

Free

• 100 units /day
• No credit card required
• Full access to real-time models
• Limited LoRA training (50 images)
• Limited image upscaling
• Early access to new features

Pro

• $21/month
• $35/month

• 20,000 units /month
• All image models
• All video models
• LoRA training (50 images)
• Image upscaling up to 22K
• Commercial license

Max

• $63/month
• $105/month

• 60,000 units /month
• All image models
• All video models
• Unlimited LoRA training (2,000 images)
• Image upscaling up to 22K
• Commercial license

Business

• $160/month
• $200/month

• 80k units /month
• Up to 50 seats included
• Business Terms of Service
• Share private Node Apps with your workspace
• Custom user roles and permissions
• Priority support with SLA

Enterprise

Price on request

• Custom seat count
• Share private Node Apps with your workspace
• Custom user roles and permissions
• SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Priority support with SLA
• Custom compute packages

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Text to image — “Generate product shots, marketing assets, and editorial photography from a single API call.” source
• Edits images — “Attach up to 3 reference images to edit instead of generate.” source
• Upscales — “Take any image up to 22K resolution with Topaz-powered AI enhancement.” source
• Style or character reference — “Use them in subsequent generation requests to keep output on-brand without manual work.” source
• Image to video — “Turn text or images into video with models like Veo 3, Kling, and Wan 2.5.” source
• Text in images — “Some models are faster, some are more photorealistic, and some handle text in images better.” source
• API — “40+ image and video models, one REST API.” source
• Mobile app — “Download iOS” source

Security

• SOC 2 — “Krea is SOC 2 compliant: an independent audit firm has examined our controls against the SOC 2 framework” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-16 Organizations opens to everyone, plus workspace capture, tags, member usage limits, and org-wide Usage reporting

  Organizations are no longer sales-gated; capture workspaces, organize them with tags, set member usage limits, and view org-wide Usage reporting.

• 2026-09-10 Krea Agent is open on every plan, with launch-week free credits

  Krea Agent is now available to everyone, including Free; every plan gets the context library, skills and integrations.

• 2026-09-09 Elements in Seedance Studio, GPT Image 2.5 models, MiniMax H3 Max Turbo with native 1080p, postpaid invoicing, and Kling retirements

  Elements save characters, locations, and objects; GPT Image 2.5 models are available through the API; MiniMax H3 Max Turbo adds native 1080p.

PixAI

PixAI generates and edits anime, manga, and illustration-style images, with models, LoRAs, video tools, and a creator community.

Plans

Free

Free

• LoRAs per generation: Up to 3

Starter

• $9.99/mo
• $7.99/mo

• Monthly bonus credits: 300,000
• Daily credit boost: +20%
• Credit purchase bonus: +50%
• Free LoRA training: 3/mo
• LoRAs per generation: Up to 5
• Private model uploads: Up to 15

Plus

• $29.99/mo
• $22.99/mo

• Monthly bonus credits: 1,000,000
• Daily credit boost: +100%
• Credit purchase bonus: +100%
• Free LoRA training: 5/mo
• LoRAs per generation: Up to 10
• Private model uploads: Up to 25

Premium

• $49.99/mo
• $35.99/mo

• Monthly bonus credits: 2,000,000
• Daily credit boost: +200%
• Credit purchase bonus: +150%
• Free LoRA training: 10/mo
• LoRAs per generation: Up to 15
• Private model uploads: Up to 35

Prices checked 2026-09-26 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Text to image — “Type a short description and you'll get a beautiful image back — no software to install, just open your browser and start creating.” source
• Edits images — “Already have an image? Upload it and let the AI swap styles, retouch details, upscale for crisper quality, or turn a sketch into a finished piece.” source
• Upscales — “Already have an image? Upload it and let the AI swap styles, retouch details, upscale for crisper quality, or turn a sketch into a finished piece.” source
• Style or character reference — “New " Tsubaki.3 Prompt Templates ": natural-language editing, reference-based generation, and quality/style prompt blocks.” source
• API — “pixai.art API Platform” source
• Mobile app — “Native iOS / Android app — optimized for phones so you can create anytime, anywhere.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-23 LoRA Rebate Fix for Early Access Tsubaki.3 LoRAs (Tsubaki.3)

  Fixed Tsubaki.3 LoRA rebate distribution and sent missing post-release rebate credits to affected creators.

• 2026-09-22 PixAI Weekly Update (Sep 15 – Sep 22) (Tsubaki.3)

  Tsubaki.3 is fully live; Photo Fail Generator and LoRA advanced training are live; the Editor was upgraded to Repaint.