Craiyon

The core feature takes a written prompt and returns a batch of images. You can generate from text without spending edit credits, which is what keeps the free tier practical for experimentation. Quality varies a lot between runs. The workflow, then, is to generate several and pick the best rather than expecting a hit on the first try.

Craiyon offers six presets (Artistic, Photo, Anime, Illustration, Vector, and Raw) that steer the look without changing your prompt. Photo leans toward realistic attempts, Anime and Illustration push toward drawn styles, and Raw gives the model more freedom and less styling. Choosing the right preset often matters more than tweaking words. It's that simple.

The Exclude field works like a negative prompt. You list concepts you don't want in the picture, and Craiyon tries to leave them out. What does that save you? Rewriting your whole prompt from scratch. It's the simplest way to cut recurring problems like unwanted people, text, or busy backgrounds.

Retouch lets you clean up or adjust an image after generation, and you can also use an existing image as input for a new one. Both actions use edit credits, which refresh monthly and don't roll over, so anything you don't spend in a given month simply disappears at the start of the next billing cycle. That split is worth knowing up front: generating is free, editing is metered.

A dedicated background remover strips the background from an uploaded image and lets you drop in a white, black, or custom color. It's a small utility rather than a full editor. But it's the kind of task casual users need often and don't want to pay a separate tool for.

Paid plans bring higher-quality generation and HD downloads, along with no watermarks and no attribution requirement. Supporter bundles unlimited images, Animate, and Upscale. Professional and Ultra add priority processing, early access, and private images, which matters if the prompts touch client work.