Krea vs Magnific vs Midjourney vs Topaz Labs
A side-by-side look at Krea, Magnific, Midjourney and Topaz Labs 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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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
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AI upscaling, restoration and 4K video enhancement for rushes, archive and stills
- Price
- From $19/mo (Astra Standard, promo) or $399/yr Topaz Studio; Studio Pro $799/yr
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Upscaling 2K or HD rushes to 4K for a DI or a 4K deliverable
The short version
Where they differ
- Topaz Labs is the only one without text to image.
All 4 offer: upscaling, commercial use.
Feature by feature
Krea vs Magnific vs Midjourney vs Topaz Labs: capabilities
| Krea | Magnific | Midjourney | Topaz Labs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans | 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 | From $19/mo (Astra Standard, promo) or $399/yr Topaz Studio; Studio Pro $799/yr |
| Infinite canvas | Yes | Partial | Partial | No |
| Node / flow builder | Yes | Partial | No | No |
| AI agent | Yes | Not confirmed | No | No |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Not confirmed | No | No |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Image editing | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Image to video | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | No |
| Video to video | Partial | Not confirmed | No | Yes |
| Native audio in video | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Music & SFX | Yes | Not confirmed | No | No |
| Upscaling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Character consistency | Partial | Partial | Partial | No |
| Custom training | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial | No |
| Third-party models | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | No | Partial |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | Yes | No | No |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Desktop / local | Not confirmed | No | No | Yes |
| Open source | Partial | No | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | Not confirmed | No | 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 |
Magnific
| Premium | €16monthly |
|---|---|
| Premium+ | €36monthly |
| Pro Starter | €88monthly |
Midjourney
| Basic | $10monthly ($8/mo billed annually) |
|---|---|
| Standard | $30monthly ($24/mo billed annually) |
| Pro | $60monthly ($48/mo billed annually) |
| Mega | $120monthly ($96/mo billed annually) |
Topaz Labs
| Topaz Studio | $399/yr (about $34/mo billed annually); $69/mo monthlyannual or monthly |
|---|---|
| Topaz Studio Pro | $799/yr; $79/mo on an annual commitmentannual or monthly |
| Astra Standard | $19/mo promo (listed from $39/mo)monthly |
| Topaz for Web - Pro | $329/yr; $35/moannual or monthly |
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
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
Topaz Labs
Pick it for
- Upscaling 2K or HD rushes to 4K for a DI or a 4K deliverable
- Restoring archival and legacy footage with face recovery and denoise
- Converting SDR footage to HDR masters with Hyperion 2.5
Stands out
- Restoration and resolution, not generation: upscales and cleans existing footage (2K to 4K, archive, SDR to HDR) where generative tools would invent detail and change the shot.
- Local GPU processing on desktop (Topaz Video, Photo, Gigapixel) with no per-clip fee, plus cloud models (Astra, Starlight) for when a machine can't do the work.
Watch out
- Subscription-only since October 2025: a lapsed plan means no new versions and no new perpetual licences
- Cloud credits are a separate meter on top of the subscription, and the Premiere panel bills them
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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