Updated 13 Nov 2026 · prices read on vendor pages

16 best Leonardo.ai alternatives in 2027

Reviewed by Mehmet Elmicenni, founder of Zekai•Prices checked 11 Nov 2026•How we check

The short answer

The best Leonardo.ai alternatives in 2027 are Adobe Firefly (best overall, $9.99/mo), Bing Image Creator (best free plan: 10 Fast-mode creations free) and ComfyUI (best open source, GPL-3.0). Leonardo.ai itself has a free plan. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 11 Nov 2026; 13 more are compared below, including 5 with a free plan and 7 open source.

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Best overallSee in table →

Adobe Firefly

$9.99/mo · free plan

8.9

Best free planSee in table →

Bing Image Creator

Free plan; paid price not published · free plan

8.4

Best open sourceSee in table →

ComfyUI

Free to self-host · GPL-3.0

8.1

16alternatives compared

7with a free plan

8open source

$9/mocheapest paid · Krea AI

Free plan; paid price not publishedLeonardo.ai starts at

01 · Zekai Price Ledger

Which Leonardo.ai alternatives are worth it in 2027?

The Leonardo.ai alternatives worth considering in 2027 are Adobe Firefly for Adobe users, Midjourney for stylised art, Ideogram and Recraft for text and vector work, Krea for the lowest paid price, ChatGPT for chat editing, and ComfyUI, InvokeAI and the Stable Diffusion web UI as open-source options.

Zekai Cost Finder · team1 person

Tool	Type	Starting price	Free plan limit	Best for	Cost for your team	Checked
Leonardo.aiThe tool you are replacing	You are here	Free plan; paid price not published	150 daily tokens, expiring after 24 hours	Image, video and 3D generation with many models	—	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
Adobe Firefly Zekai score 8.9Best overall	Free plan + paid	$9.99/moFirefly Standard, monthly (2,000 generative credits)	Limited daily generations; limits refresh daily	Image, video and audio generation in Adobe's ecosystem	—	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
Midjourney Zekai score 9.0	Paid	$10/moBasic, monthly (3.3 hours of fast GPU time)	No free plan	Stylised art images from text prompts	—	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
Ideogram Zekai score 8.8	Free plan + paid	$15/moPlus, monthly (1,000 priority credits)	Weekly slow credits for eligible signed-in accounts	Typography-led images with a low entry plan	—	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
Krea AI Zekai score 8.7Cheapest paid	Free plan + paid	$9/moBasic, monthly (5,000 compute units)	100 compute units a day	Cheapest paid plan with a daily free tier	—	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
ChatGPT (image generation) Zekai score 9.3	Free	Free plan; paid price not publishedPlans listed without a USD price on the page read today	Free: limited image creation	Images made inside a general chat assistant	$0	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
Playground Zekai score 7.9	Free plan + paid	$15/moPro, monthly list price ($12/mo billed yearly)	2 downloads a day, 3 monthly credits	Design-style image editing with a free tier	—	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
Recraft Zekai score 9.3	Free	Free plan; paid price not publishedPlan prices not shown on the page read today	Free plan; images are public and not for commercial use	Vector and brand-style image generation	$0	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
Bing Image Creator Zekai score 8.4Best free plan	Free	Free plan; paid price not publishedFree web tool, no paid plan read	10 free Fast-mode creations; unlimited in Standard mode	Free text-to-image with no subscription	$0	11 Nov 2026	Pricing ↗
ComfyUI Zekai score 8.1Best open source	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (GPL-3.0)	Node-graph pipelines for any open model	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗
InvokeAI Zekai score 8.4	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (Apache-2.0)	Self-hosted image studio under Apache-2.0	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗
SD.Next Zekai score 7.3	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (Apache-2.0)	Many GPU types and dozens of models	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗
SwarmUI Zekai score 7.8	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (MIT)	Web UI for Stable Diffusion, Flux and video models	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗
Stable Diffusion WebUI Forge Zekai score 6.3	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (AGPL-3.0)	Familiar Stable Diffusion WebUI layout with leaner memory use	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗
Fooocus Zekai score 7.1	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (GPL-3.0)	Prompt-first SDXL generation, Midjourney-style	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗
FLUX.1 open weights Zekai score 5.7	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (Apache-2.0)	Open FLUX.1 weights from the model's makers	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗
HiDream-I1 Zekai score 5.0	Open source	Free (self-hosted)	No limit, self-hosted (MIT)	MIT-licensed image model with three speed tiers	$0	14 Nov 2026	Code ↗

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02 · Free plan

Is there a free version of Leonardo.ai?

Yes. Leonardo.ai gives free users 150 daily tokens; unused tokens expire and the allowance resets every 24 hours, according to its help centre. Free users cannot use the Rollover Bank. Leonardo's own pricing page was not readable, so paid plan prices are not shown here.

Source: Leonardo.ai pricing page, read 11 Nov 2026.

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150 daily tokens, expiring after 24 hours

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03 · Free alternatives

What are the best free Leonardo.ai alternatives?

The best free Leonardo.ai alternatives are Krea with 100 compute units a day, Bing Image Creator with unlimited Standard-mode creations, Adobe Firefly with limited daily generations, and Playground with 2 downloads a day. ComfyUI, InvokeAI and the Stable Diffusion web UI are free to run on your own GPU.