Comparison of AI Image and Video Generators

Overshadowed by MidJourney and DALL·E, NightCafe is one of the first consumer-facing AI image generators that does not require local installation, unlike experimental AI models like DeepDream (Google, 2015) or StyleGAN (NVIDIA, 2018).
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Dream, originally using the VQGAN (Vector Quantized Generative Adversarial Network) AI model, is one of the first tools for generating images from text descriptions. Usable today via a web browser or mobile app (iOS and Android), Dream offers over 150 predefined AI styles, such as cartoon, surrealist, impressionist, abstract, baroque, horror, bad trip, isometric.
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Craiyon was originally an open-source project developed for a competition organized by Hugging Face in July 2021. To avoid confusion with the DALL·E model, which inspired it, its original name, DALL·E mini, was rebranded as Craiyon in July 2022.
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MidJourney is one of the top three consumer-facing AI image generators alongside DALL·E and Stable Diffusion. Some images generated by MidJourney, such as Emmanuel Macron picking up trash, Donald Trump being arrested by police, or the Pope wearing a puffer jacket, have gone viral worldwide.
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DALL·E, an image generator developed by OpenAI, stands out from other generators due to its integration with ChatGPT. Users can generate images from text descriptions (prompts) and then modify them through conversation, directly within the ChatGPT interface.
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DreamStudio is the online platform of Stability AI, primarily known for developing Stable Diffusion, and allows users to generate images from text descriptions using its open-source generative AI model, Stable Diffusion.
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Since 2020, Neural Love has been offering AI-powered online services for enhancing and restoring photos and videos, and has provided an AI image generator since September 2022.
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Originally, in 2018, Runway ML (Runway Machine Learning) was not an image generator but offered AI tools integrated into software like After Effects, particularly for background removal and style transfer. Runway AI (Artificial Intelligence) now offers a suite of AI tools, including content generation and editing, as well as the ability to share workspaces and collaborate with other users on the same project. Runway also hosts an annual AI film festival and provides Runway Watch, an online platform dedicated to showcasing AI-created content.
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Founded by former Google employees, OpenArt, a platform dedicated to generative art, offers a wide range of AI-based tools. For example, it is possible to upload reference images to the site and guide the generation of images toward specific poses or a particular style.
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Recraft, with over 3 million users and 350 million images generated by early 2025, aims to become "an indispensable daily tool for every designer."
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DreamUp is developed by DeviantArt, a website dedicated to digital art creation, founded in 2000, and home to a community of nearly 100 million registered members, allowing everyone to showcase and share their personal works and creations.
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Fotor, launched in 2012 as an image editing software, has become a multifunctional platform following the addition, in November 2022, of an AI image generator capable of creating visuals from text. It now offers numerous AI-based features.
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Getimg is completely opaque about the people behind the project and the country of origin.
This lack of transparency leads us not to provide a dedicated presentation page for this AI tool.

DeepAI, a small structure founded in 2016 by Kevin Baragona, has been offering tools and services for developers and AI enthusiasts since 2016 and, since December 2022, an AI image generator.
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Leonardo, a generative AI platform, offers numerous tools such as inpainting, unzoom, image upscaling, background removal, and masking. In 2025, the Flow State tool provides a real-time, continuous, and infinite stream of images from a single prompt.
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Firefly, integrated into Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro...), allows users to generate and modify images, videos, audio files, and special effects using AI. Adobe places particular importance on copyright, and Firefly is trained exclusively on licensed data and Adobe Stock, unlike other AIs like MidJourney or Stable Diffusion, which exploit web images normally protected by copyright.
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LibAI, founded in 2019, specializes in the architectural design and creative sectors. Since April 2023, it has offered a service that transforms drawings and sketches into realistic photos.
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Imagine is one of the AI image and video generators strangely opaque about its origin and operation. Perhaps it prefers to remain discreet about its location to avoid potential legal restrictions or controversies related to the origin of its models. The information "May 2023" comes from a search on Wayback Machine (Archive.org).
This lack of transparency leads us not to provide a dedicated presentation page for this AI tool.

Founded in 2005, 123RF, with over 200 million royalty-free images and photographs, is one of the leaders in digital stock agencies. Since 2023, 123RF has offered a range of AI-powered tools, such as AI image generation and variation, or AI background removal.
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Ideogram's Magic Prompt tool automatically optimizes initial text instructions by adding contextual details, atmospheres, and stylistic information, and Batch Generation allows for the production of large quantities of images without manual intervention, with the import of a spreadsheet file containing all the prompts.
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Krea offers a range of features, including real-time image generation, image enhancement and scaling, as well as video generation. It also allows users to train custom AI models based on their styles.
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Pixlr, an online image editing tool launched in 2008, has offered AI tools since December 2023, such as text-to-image generation, generative fill, background removal, and image resizing.
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Freepik is a search engine for graphic resources and an image bank founded in 2010. Its AI tool, Pikaso, allows users to generate images, videos, and voiceovers. Interestingly, it is one of the few AI programs to generate images of female basketball players and not just men.
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ImageFX, signed by Google, like TextFX, Music-FX, Video-FX, Whisk, and many other projects, is part of Google Labs, an experimental space for Google's latest AI technologies.
One of the unique features of ImageFX is marking generated images with SynthID, a digital watermark that allows for the traceability of AI content without altering its appearance.

AKOOL, a generative AI platform specializing in the creation of visual content for marketing and advertising, has allowed users to generate AI images since April 2024.

KlingAI is an AI platform developed by Kuaishou Technology, a Chinese company specializing in short video sharing.
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Founded in 2018, Wirestock is an online platform that simplifies the process of monetizing visual content for creators. By eliminating traditional manual steps, such as registering on multiple marketplaces, SEO, and payment management, Wirestock allows artists to more easily sell their photos, videos, illustrations, and AI-generated content.
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Vivago offers classic AI tools, such as removing unwanted parts of an image, expanding an image, improving its resolution, or removing unwanted parts, but also new tools, although still unconvincing and not usable in professional contexts, such as generating 3D models from text queries.
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Artbreeder is an example of an AI image generation platform developed collaboratively by a small team: the Morphogen collective, founded by Joël Simon after his studies in computer science and fine arts.
Artbreeder has offered a text-to-image generation tool since May 2024, but already allowed users to mix two images together as early as August 2019.
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Luma AI, founded in 2021, launched its AI image and video generator, **Dream Machine**, in June 2024.
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Following its significant investments in OpenAI, Microsoft uses ChatGPT for its Bing search engine and DALL·E for Microsoft Designer. Note the similarity between images generated by ChatGPT and Microsoft Designer, confirming the use of DALL·E.
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Canva, specializing in online graphic design since 2010, integrated the Leonardo model in July 2024 to enhance its features and offer AI image generation.
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Envato, a marketplace for digital creative resources and templates founded in 2006, launched its own AI-based image generator in 2024.
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Founded by former Stable Diffusion employees, Flux, an open-source AI, allows users to generate images and videos from text prompts.
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Since December 2023, Domo AI has been offering tools for modifying videos into stylized animations, such as cartoon, anime, 3D... and, since September 2024, an AI-powered text-to-image generator.
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Starryai is completely opaque regarding the people behind the project, the country of origin, and the creation date.
This lack of transparency leads us to not offer a dedicated presentation page for this AI tool.

Janus, available as open source, is an advanced multimodal model designed to handle both image understanding and text-to-image generation.
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Artlist has been offering royalty-free digital content since 2016, including original music and sound effects. The company launched an AI-powered voiceover generator in June 2024, the AI Assistant extension for Adobe Premiere Pro in November 2024, and an AI image and video generator in April 2025.
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It is difficult to assess the number of AI image generation programs currently available, and we have chosen not to write articles about platforms that are deliberately opaque regarding the identity of their creators and their operating methods.
Among these many opaque sites: Designs.ai, Lexica.art, Imgfx.ai, Getimg.ai, Imagine.art, Imagineme.ai, Artistly.ai, Artguru.ai...

Hitpaw (AI video upscaler)
Pollo (Text → Video)
Sora (Text → Video)
Wonder Dynamics (Video → Animation)
Domoai (Video → Animation)...

Getty Images, Shutterstock and iStock (no free trial available for image generation) also offer image generation and editing tools (NVIDIA AI model).