Comparison
Leonardo.ai vs Stable Diffusion
Leonardo.ai: AI image and video generator with advanced creative control. Stable Diffusion: The open source image model you can run on your own PC.
| Leonardo.ai | Stable Diffusion | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Price | Freemium Free plan with 150 daily tokens. Paid plans from $12/month (Apprentice): $12/month, Artisan $30/month, Maestro $60/month. Up to 20% off with annual billing. API from $9/month. | Free Free locally (open models). Stability's APIs and services are pay-as-you-go. |
| Free plan | ||
| API available | ||
| Open source | ||
| In Spanish | ||
| No watermark | ||
| Platforms | Web · iOS · Android | Windows · Linux · Mac · Web |
Leonardo.ai
- Very generous free plan (150 tokens/day) at professional quality, ahead of Midjourney and DALL-E
- Trainable custom models for guaranteed brand consistency
- Real-Time Canvas for advanced editing (inpainting, outpainting) on the fly
- English interface (it accepts Spanish prompts, but results are better in English)
- The free plan watermarks images and grants no commercial rights
Stable Diffusion
- Completely free when run on your own hardware
- Total control: fine-tunable models, LoRAs, ControlNet, no watermark
- Huge community ecosystem (ComfyUI, Automatic1111, CivitAI)
- Running it locally requires a powerful GPU and technical know-how
- The best results require learning prompt engineering and workflows