Krea vs Leonardo.ai vs Magnific vs Midjourney
A side-by-side look at Krea, Leonardo.ai, Magnific and Midjourney for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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Multi-model AI canvas, agent and API for images, video and upscaling
- Price
- Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
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Image and video generation with a canvas, Motion animation and third-party video models
- Price
- See the vendor's pricing page
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Concept art and key-art stills that later become motion tests
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AI upscaler for archive, low-res and concept footage, part of the Magnific platform
- Price
- From €16/mo excl. VAT (€12/mo billed yearly); no free tier listed
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Upscaling concept art and matte paintings to a 4K deliverable
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AI image generator for concept art, previs, boards and client-safe stills, with private Stealth mode
- Price
- From $10/mo ($8/mo billed annually); 20% off on annual plans
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Concept art, key art and look development for features and series
The short version
Where they differ
- Midjourney is the only one without third-party models.
- Midjourney is the only one without public API.
All 4 offer: text to image, commercial use.
Feature by feature
Krea vs Leonardo.ai vs Magnific vs Midjourney: capabilities
| Krea | Leonardo.ai | Magnific | Midjourney | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans | See the vendor's pricing page | From €16/mo excl. VAT (€12/mo billed yearly); no free tier listed | From $10/mo ($8/mo billed annually); 20% off on annual plans |
| Infinite canvas | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Node / flow builder | Yes | Partial | Partial | No |
| AI agent | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | No |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | No |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Image to video | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Video to video | Partial | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | No |
| Native audio in video | Yes | Partial | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | No |
| Music & SFX | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | No |
| Upscaling | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Character consistency | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Camera control | Not confirmed | Partial | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Custom training | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Third-party models | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | No |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Open source | Partial | No | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Krea
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Basic | $9monthly or yearly |
| Pro | $35 list / $21 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Business | $200 list / $160 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Enterprise | Customcustom |
Leonardo.ai
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| API | Pay as you gousage |
Magnific
| Premium | €16monthly |
|---|---|
| Premium+ | €36monthly |
| Pro Starter | €88monthly |
Midjourney
| Basic | $10monthly ($8/mo billed annually) |
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| Standard | $30monthly ($24/mo billed annually) |
| Pro | $60monthly ($48/mo billed annually) |
| Mega | $120monthly ($96/mo billed annually) |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Krea
Pick it for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
- Producers who want Seedance, Nano Banana and ChatGPT Image in one account instead of three subscriptions
- Motion designers generating short hero clips with a reference image and a generated soundtrack
Stands out
- One compute balance covers Krea's own models plus third-party image and video models (Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 2, Kling, Topaz), so you do not need a separate subscription per model.
- Canvas, node workflows and the Krea Agent sit in the same product, so a brief can be run as a chat or built as a visual graph.
Watch out
- Compute units are opaque: per-model costs are not published, so budgeting video is guesswork
- Native video is capped at 720p for Seedance 2.5; 1080p and 4K need Seedance 2.0
Leonardo.ai
Pick it for
- Concept art and key-art stills that later become motion tests
- Animatic and previz stills turned into 5-second motion clips
- Custom-trained visual styles for a short film or music video look
Stands out
- Canvas-first editing (AI Canvas for inpainting and outpainting, plus a realtime mode) in the same tool as image and video generation
- Several model families under one account, including Leonardo's own Lucid and Motion 2.0 alongside third-party video models such as Kling 3.0 and Veo 3.1
Watch out
- Video is short (about 5 seconds on Motion 2.0) and not built for sequences or dialogue scenes
- Hosted third-party models are removed on short notice, so a workflow that depends on one can break mid-project
Magnific
Pick it for
- Upscaling concept art and matte paintings to a 4K deliverable
- Lifting AI-generated stills to a larger size before a video pass
- Making archive stills usable at title-card or poster size
Stands out
- Creative and Precision modes in one tool: Creative invents texture and skin detail, Precision keeps text, logos and UI intact
- Upscales images from 2x to 16x and video to 1K, 2K or 4K, in the same subscription as generation models
Watch out
- No free tier on the pricing page; the cheapest paid plan is €16/month excl. VAT
- Upscale cost is in credits and not published per image or clip, which makes budgeting hard
Midjourney
Pick it for
- Concept art, key art and look development for features and series
- Storyboard frames and mood boards where the look matters more than shot control
- Client-confidential previs on Pro or Mega using Stealth mode
Stands out
- Stealth mode on Pro and Mega keeps confidential client and NDA work out of the public gallery, which the tools above do not offer on an equal basis.
- Consistent, art-directed default look across prompts with the V8.2 personalization profile, which is trained on your ratings rather than a LoRA you build.
Watch out
- No free trial
- Video is still the 2025 V1 image-to-video model, with no text-to-video or audio
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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