Krea
Multi-model AI canvas, agent and API for images, video and upscaling
Krea is a browser-based creative AI platform that gives access to 150+ image, video, audio and enhancement models from Krea and other labs (Seedance, Nano Banana, ChatGPT Image, Kling, Topaz). It combines a real-time canvas, node workflows and, since September 2026, Krea Agent, a chat agent that plans a brief and runs the generations. Krea 2 is its own foundation image model, with a public API.
- 21 creators using
- 5 news items tracked
- 2023 first launched
- Freemium pricing
- Moderate learning curve
What Krea can do
- Infinite canvas Yes
- AI agent Yes
- Node / flow builder Yes
- Public API Yes
- MCP server Not confirmed
21 of 26 capabilities confirmed
| Capability | Supported | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Text to image | Yes | Krea 1, Krea 2 Medium/Large/Turbo and third-party image models |
| Image editing | Yes | Krea Edit: region edit, relight, colorize, annotations |
| Text to video | Yes | Seedance 2.5 and 2.0, plus other hosted video models |
| Image to video | Yes | Seedance 2.5 accepts start and end images |
| Video to video | Partial | Seedance 2.5 takes up to 10 reference videos |
| Native audio in video | Yes | Seedance 2.5 generate_audio option, off by default |
| Lip-sync | Not confirmed | |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | ElevenLabs voices and Seed Audio inside Krea Agent |
| Music & SFX | Yes | ElevenLabs Music API integration (April 2026) |
| Upscaling | Yes | Topaz upscalers; images up to 22K on paid plans, 2K on Free |
| Character consistency | Partial | Krea 2 LoRA training and moodboards/style references |
| Camera control | Not confirmed | |
| Custom training | Yes | Krea 2 LoRA training (May 2026); public LoRAs in Krea Train (May 2026) |
| Third-party models | Yes | Hosts 150+ models from Krea and third parties (Google, ByteDance, OpenAI, Kling, Black Forest Labs, Topaz) |
| Capability | Supported | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Infinite canvas | Yes | Real-time canvas for generating and arranging assets spatially |
| Node / flow builder | Yes | Krea Nodes; Prompt-to-Workflow (Feb 2026) and Node Agent (Mar 2026) |
| AI agent | Yes | Krea Agent: chat-driven planning, generation, editing and a shared context library |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Krea Agent chat, voice mode, and image-to-prompt |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Workspaces and shared context library; Business and Enterprise add team features |
| Capability | Supported | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Public API | Yes | Krea 2 API (Medium and Large) with webhooks; developer docs at krea.ai/docs |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | No Krea MCP server |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed | Mobile experience rebuilt in the March 2026 redesign |
| Desktop / local | Not confirmed | |
| Open source | Partial | Krea 2 Raw and Krea 2 Turbo weights and inference code released June 2026; the platform itself is closed |
| Capability | Supported | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes | 100 compute units per day, refilling daily |
| Commercial use | Yes | Commercial license on paid plans |
Yes Partial No Not confirmed by the vendor
What makes Krea different
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
Krea 2 is its own image model with moodboards, style references, sliders and LoRA training, and it is available through a public API at per-image prices.
- 04
Upscaling to 22K on paid plans via Topaz-based and Krea upscalers, which is rare in a generator subscription.
- 05
Commercial use is included on paid plans, and Business adds shared workspaces with rollover compute.
Latest from Krea
- 1w ago Krea 3 Technical Report Details High-Speed Image-to-Image Architecture Krea released the technical report for Krea 3, detailing a frontier image-to-image model optimized for fast, cost-efficient visual editing.
- 2w ago Ad Studio Extracts Brand Kits from Web URLs to Generate Marketing Assets Krea launches Ad Studio, a tool that automatically extracts brand assets from any website URL to generate tailored marketing images using Krea 3.
- 3w ago Krea 3 Reaches Top Four on Independent Image Generation Benchmarks Krea 3 secures top-four rankings across major AI image benchmarks, competing directly with Midjourney v6.1 and Flux 1.1 Pro.
- 3w ago Krea 3 Ultra Outpaces GPT Image 2 on Speed and Benchmark Scores Krea benchmarked Krea 3 Ultra against GPT Image 2, delivering a 1151 Artificial Analysis score at ten times the speed and one-third the cost.
- 3w ago Benchmark Rankings Put Krea 3 Ahead of Nano Banana Pro with 10x Render Speeds Krea released Krea 3, outscoring competing models like Nano Banana Pro on public leaderboards while cutting render times tenfold.
About Krea
Krea started as an image generator with a real-time canvas and has grown into a multi-model workspace. The core of the product is model access: one subscription and one compute balance covers Krea's own models plus third-party image and video models such as Seedance 2.5, Seedance 2.0, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 2 and Topaz upscalers.
What changed in 2026: a March redesign added drag-and-drop workflows, voice mode and a Node Agent that builds a node workflow from one sentence. Krea Edit added region edits, relighting and annotations. Krea 2 (May 2026) shipped with a public API, moodboards and LoRA training, and Krea 2 Turbo and Raw weights were released in June. Seedance 2.5 arrived in July and August, with a generate-audio option and up to 50 reference inputs per request.
For a film or video workflow, Krea works best as a pre-production and shot-generation layer: moodboards, look development, concept frames, stills for pre-vis, and short hero clips from the video models. It is not an editor; cuts, color and final delivery still happen in an NLE or grading tool. Its main value to a producer is that one account gives access to many models, which avoids separate subscriptions and separate credit pools for each one.
What's new in Krea
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Seedance 2.5 on Krea
Seedance 2.5 renders 4 to 30 second clips at 480p or 720p natively, with an optional same-pass generated soundtrack and up to 50 reference inputs per request.
Source: krea.ai ↗ -
Seedream 5.0 Pro live on Krea
ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro image model is available inside Krea alongside Krea 2.
Source: krea.ai ↗ -
Generative sliders
Krea 2 gained sliders for style intensity, complexity, movement and prompt creativity.
Source: krea.ai ↗ -
Krea 2 API launch
Public API for Krea 2 Medium and Large with style references and moodboards; text-to-image from $0.030 (Medium) and $0.060 (Large) per image.
Source: krea.ai ↗ -
Krea Node Agent
An agent that turns one natural-language request into a planned, costed, runnable node workflow on the canvas.
Source: krea.ai ↗
Models available in Krea
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Seedance 2.5 Latest $$$ ByteDance 4-30s clips at 480p or 720p native; optional generated audio; up to 50 reference inputs Also: Seedance 2.0
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Kling O1 — Kuaishou Listed on Krea's model overview
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Nano Banana 2 $$$ Google Nano Banana 2 up to 4K; Pro named as the edit and reference-following default Also: Nano Banana Pro
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FLUX.2 [pro] $$ Black Forest Labs Quality tier on the model overview Also: FLUX.2 [max]
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Krea 2 (Medium / Large / Turbo) Latest — Krea Medium for illustration and anime, Large for photorealism; Turbo for fast exploration
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ChatGPT Image 2 Latest — OpenAI Named default for fine detail and text-heavy layouts
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ElevenLabs voices $$$ ElevenLabs Voices in Krea Agent
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Topaz upscalers — Topaz Labs Upscaling to 22K on paid plans
$ · $$ · $$$ = relative cost against other models of the same type, on fal.ai list prices. Cost inside Krea depends on its own plans and credits.
Key Features
- Real-time canvas for generating and arranging images and video
- Krea Nodes with Prompt-to-Workflow and Node Agent
- Krea Agent: chat brief to planned, generated and edited assets with a shared context library
- Krea 2 image model with moodboards, style references, sliders and LoRA training
- Seedance 2.5 and 2.0 video generation with reference inputs and optional generated audio
- Krea Edit: region edit, relight, colorize, annotations
- Voice mode and image-to-prompt
- Topaz-based upscaling up to 22K on paid plans
- Krea 2 API with per-image pricing and webhooks
- Business workspaces with shared context and rollover compute
When to reach for it — and when to skip
Reach for it when…
- One account and one compute balance for many models, including ByteDance and Google models
- Canvas, nodes and agent in one app, so a rough brief can be turned into a visual graph
- Clear per-image API pricing for Krea 2 ($0.030 to $0.070 per image)
- Usable free tier with 100 units refilled daily
Skip it when…
- 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
- No MCP server; no clear lip-sync or camera-control feature
Best For
✓ Ideal 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
- Brand and agency teams building repeatable image workflows as Krea Nodes
- Developers who want Krea 2 images through an API at fixed per-image prices
✗ Not built for
- Editors who need a timeline, color grading or final delivery in one tool
- Heavy video users on tight budgets who need predictable per-clip costs
- Shots that need 1080p or 4K native video without Seedance 2.0 or an upscaler step
Working Tips from Filmmakers Using Krea
- 01 Test a shot on the Free tier first: the daily 100 units are enough to check prompts and references before spending on a paid plan.
- 02 Use Seedance 2.5 for quick animatics at 720p, then regenerate the hero shot on Seedance 2.0 for 1080p or 4K.
- 03 Set Krea Agent to Instant or Medium effort for simple jobs; reserve High or Extra High effort for multi-shot briefs, since effort changes the orchestrating model's cost.
- 04 Pick Krea 2 Medium for illustration and anime look-dev, and Large for photorealistic stills, rather than defaulting to Large for everything.
Krea pricing in 2026
| Plan | Price | What you get |
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| Free | $0 monthly |
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| Basic | $9 monthly or yearly |
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| Pro | $35 list / $21 yearly monthly or yearly |
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| Business | $200 list / $160 yearly monthly or yearly |
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| Enterprise | Custom custom |
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Prices checked against Krea's pricing page on 9 Oct 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm before you buy.
Krea vs Midjourney vs Runway vs Pika
| Krea | Midjourney | Runway | Pika | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans | From $10/mo ($8/mo billed annually); 20% off on annual plans | Free (125 one-time credits); Standard $15/mo ($12/mo billed annually) | Starter $10/mo ($8/mo billed yearly); Creator $35/mo; Enterprise custom |
| Infinite canvas | Yes | Partial | Not confirmed | No |
| Node / flow builder | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| AI agent | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
| Chat assistant | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Partial | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Text to image | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Text to video | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes |
| Image to video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video to video | Partial | No | Yes | Yes |
| Native audio in video | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial | Yes |
| Lip-sync | Not confirmed | No | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Music & SFX | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Upscaling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Character consistency | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Camera control | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Partial |
| Custom training | Yes | Partial | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Third-party models | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Public API | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Partial | No | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | No | Yes | Partial |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Partial |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
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Creators Using Krea
AI Filmmaker - Cinematic Storyteller - Google Flow - Seedance - Pixverse - Kling - Sora - Runway - Hailuo - NanoBanana - GPT - Flux - Gemini
AI FILMAKER
Visual Artist · AI Filmmaker · Director
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Sources
Facts on this page were checked against Krea's own pricing, product and changelog pages on , then cross-checked with independent coverage where vendor pages were silent. Anything we couldn't confirm is marked "Not confirmed" rather than guessed.
- Krea pricing page krea.ai
- Krea blog index (2026 launches) krea.ai
- Krea Agent plans and credits (docs) krea.ai
- What is Krea Agent krea.ai
- Krea 2 API launch and pricing krea.ai
- Seedance 2.5 on Krea krea.ai
- Krea model overview (docs) krea.ai
- Krea documentation index krea.ai
- Runway pricing (comparison column) runway.com
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