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9 tools in the Image Generation category, filtered to illustration.

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Midjourney

Image Generation · Midjourney v7

The gold standard for aesthetic AI image generation.

Paid· Basic: $20 · Pro: $50 · Enterprise: Contact salesillustrationconcept art

Nano Banana (Gemini Image)

Image Generation · Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro), Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2), Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite)

Google DeepMind's Gemini-powered image generation and conversational editing model family

Paid· Consumer access via Gemini app (free tier + Google AI Pro/Ultra subscriptions). API usage-based: Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) ~$0.134/image at 1K-2K, ~$0.24/image at 4K; Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) ~$0.067/image at 1K, up to ~$0.151 at higher resolutions; Nano Banana 2 Lite priced lower for high-throughput use. Batch API roughly 50% off. Enterprise pricing via Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Vertex AI.Marketing hero imagesProduct mockups and packaging visualisations

Seedream

Image Generation · ByteDance Seedream (4.0 / 4.5 / 5.0 Lite family, in-house)

ByteDance's unified text-to-image and image-editing model, served via Volcengine.

Paid· Usage-based via Volcengine / third-party gateways. Approx: Seedream 4.0 ~$0.025-$0.069 per image; Seedream 4.5 ~$0.035-$0.045 per image (fal, OpenRouter list ~$0.04 flat); Seedream 5.0 Lite ~$0.035 per image. Cheaper CN gateway rates (¥0.12-0.20/image) available. Enterprise SLA pricing on request.High-volume ad creative generationE-commerce product photography and variants

SVGStud.io

Image Generation

AI text-to-SVG generator and semantic vector search over a 127K-asset library.

Free· Free during preview; daily generation cap per usertext-to-svgicon-generation

VectorArt.ai

Image Generation

Text-to-SVG generator that outputs editable, infinitely scalable vector illustrations instead of raster images.

Freemium· Premium: $29 · Unlimited: $99 · API Plan: Contact us for more detailstext-to-svgicon-generation

HiDream

Image Generation · HiDream-I1 (17B diffusion transformer) — Full, Dev, Fast variants

Open-source 17B image model with frontier quality, hosted on Vivago and free to self-host under MIT.

Freemium· Free tier on vivago.ai; Basic $9.90/mo, Plus $29.90/mo, Pro $69.90/mo (monthly). Annual saves up to 50% (Basic $7.90/mo, Plus $19.90/mo, Pro $59.90/mo). Third-party API pricing (e.g. Fal): ~$1 per 20 Full runs, ~$1 per 33 Dev runs, ~$1 per 100 Fast runs.text-to-image generationconcept art and illustration

Reve Image

Image Generation · Reve Image 1.0 (in-house, formerly codenamed Halfmoon)

4K image model with direct-editing, sketch-to-image and reference-driven generation, built for design pros.

Freemium· Free daily credit allowance on sign-in; paid credit packs and subscription tiers unlocked in-app; API pricing quoted per generation on api.reve.com. Exact tier prices are gated behind the app login.campaign key-art conceptingad creative mock-ups with rendered headline text

Stable Diffusion Web UI (AUTOMATIC1111)

Image Generation · Stable Diffusion 1.x / 2.x / SDXL and community fine-tunes (Safetensors checkpoints)

The de facto local Stable Diffusion power-user UI.

Free· Free / open-source (AGPL-3.0). You provide your own compute (local GPU, rented cloud GPU, or a Colab instance).Local text-to-image generationInpainting and outpainting existing images

Upscayl

Image Generation · Real-ESRGAN and related ncnn-Vulkan super-resolution models (plus custom user models)

Free and open-source AI image upscaler for desktop

Freemium· Free Trial: $0 · Pro Plan: $24.99 · Business: — · Custom: CustomRestoring old family photo scansEnlarging low-res product photography for print