Compare

Krea vs Recraft

Pick up to three tools. Prices are read from each official pricing page and shown per month.

Krea is the cheapest to start, at $5.25 a month.

Key differences

  • Both have a free plan, so you can try each before paying.
  • Cheapest paid plan: Krea Basic at $9/mo, against Recraft Basic at $10/mo.
  • Over a year that's $12 less on Krea than Recraft at the entry level.
  • Paying yearly for Krea Basic saves $48 a year (44%).
  • No price changes recorded for either in the last six months.

Worked out from each official pricing page: Krea pricing (confirmed 12 Oct 2026) · Recraft pricing (confirmed 12 Oct 2026).

AttributeKreaRecraft
CategoryImage generationImage generation
Good forimages, video, design, photo editingimages, design, logos, photo editing
Starts at$5.25/mo$10/mo
Free planYesYes
Free tier limitsFree plan: 100 compute units per day, access to image and video models, limited LoRA training, upscaling to 2K, no video concurrency.Free plan with a small daily credit allowance; images are public in the community gallery, owned by Recraft and not licensed for commercial use.
Free plan detailsNot checked yetNot stated on the pricing page
The catchNot checked yetNone stated on the pricing page
Pricing modelFree plan + paidFree plan + paid
Key features
  • Access to many image and video models
  • Real-time image generation
  • Image and video upscaling
  • Custom LoRA training
  • Vector art and icon generation
  • Illustration and 3D image generation
  • Inpainting, outpainting and background removal
  • API for programmatic generation
All plans
  • Basic$9
  • Pro$35
  • Max$105
  • Basic$10
  • Pro$16
  • Teams$18
  • FreeFree
Data confirmed12 Oct 2026 (by hand)12 Oct 2026 (from the pricing page)
PopularityTop 50,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)Top 50,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)
Last price changeNone recordedNone recorded
Visit KreaVisit Recraft

Paying for more than one already? Add up your AI subscriptions · See the rankings

The Weekly Tally

Useful updates, insights and no-hype advice. Read this week's digest.

One email a week. Unsubscribe in one click.