Leonardo.Ai
AI images and video, with style controls. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web, mobile. The stack builder picks it for AI images and 2D art.
What it is known for
- Strengths: image generation from prompts or custom models; video generation with animation and motion tools; image and video editing, upscaling, own model training.
- For: artists, designers, animators, photographers, marketers and developers.
- Runs on: web app, iOS App Store, Google Play, developer API.
- Learning curve: easy: simple prompts; guided tutorials for newcomers.
- Works with: developer API and Veo 3, Flux.2 Pro, Seedream models inside.
Read on October 9, 2026 from leonardo.ai.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 150 tokens/day, public generations only |
| Essential | $12/mo | 8,500 tokens/mo, private generations |
| Premium | $30/mo | 25,000 tokens/mo, private generations, unlimited relaxed image generation on select models |
| Ultimate | $60/mo | 60,000 tokens/mo, 6 concurrent generations |
Checked by hand against leonardo.ai/pricing on October 15, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Essential.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Leonardo.Ai is named in these steps:
- AI images, step 2 of 4, when you asked for privacy: Essential ($12/mo); the step also names Ideogram, Krea and Midjourney, and the best score takes it.
- AI images, step 3 of 4, when less than $10 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Ideogram, and the best score takes it.
- AI images, step 4 of 4, otherwise: Essential ($12/mo); the step also names Midjourney, Ideogram and Krea, and the best score takes it.
- 2D art, step 2 of 3, when less than $12 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Scenario, and the best score takes it.
- 2D art, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Essential ($12/mo); the step also names Scenario, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Ideogram: Makes images from text, good with lettering and logos. From free.
- Krea: Makes and edits images, video and 3D with its own and other companies’ models, billed in compute units. From free.
- Midjourney: Makes striking images from a text prompt. From $10/mo.
- Scenario: Trains image models on your game's art style for consistent assets. From free.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.8 from 11,030 ratings, as of October 7, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 7, 2026: 0 stories
Change log
- October 15, 2026: plans and prices checked against leonardo.ai/pricing; nothing had moved.
- October 7, 2026: prices now read on leonardo.ai/pricing, Leonardo.Ai's own page (before: costbench.com/software/ai-image-generators/leonardo-ai).
- October 6, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from costbench.com/software/ai-image-generators/leonardo-ai.
Logo: Nameryn monogram (no free mark on file), CC0 1.0.