Websites that offer free AI image generation

achim03 in #tribes • 8 days ago

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I've been researching different websites that offer to generate images with AI for free. This is by far not an exhaustive list but a way to play with AI and to get some different results.

I've tested out all the sites with the same prompt so that the results can be compared. Here the prompt that I have used for all the images below:

young woman fantasy warrior with partial armour from Sweden. Holding a sword and walking in a swedish village in winter time. Full body view, epic fantasy

Canva

The free version of canva allows you to generate 50 images per month using the Dall E model.

https://www.canva.com/dream-lab

Here the result that I got with Canva

Gemini

Free users can create 10 to 20 images per day using the Google Gemini service. The model used is Image 3 (available on peakd).

https://gemini.google.com/

Here the result that I got using Gemini

ChatGpt

With ChatGpt, without upgrading your account you can create 3 images. It uses the model Dall E3.

https://chatgpt.com/

Here the result using ChatGpt

ChatGPT Image 15. Mai 2025, 17_01_10.png

Freepik

Freepik is a very big site, where plenty of different services are available. It also offers the possibility to generate up to 20 images for free with AI using either flux 1.0 fast model (available on Peakd) or their classic model that offers lower quality.

https://www.freepik.com/pikaso/ai-image-generator

Here the result using Freepik (using flux 1.0)

Leonardo AI

Leonardo AI gives you daily 150 credits to generate images. According to the model that you use, this allows you to generate up to 15 set of 4 images each. There are several models available like Phoenix 1.0, Flux Dev or Flux fast.

https://app.leonardo.ai/image-generation

Here the result using Leonardo.ai using Phoenix 1.0

Leonardo_Phoenix_10_A_young_woman_with_a_strong_jawline_and_pi_3.jpg

Peakd

Peakd allows you to generate 1 image every 10 minutes for free using the Flux fast model.

https://peakd.com/ai

Here the result of peakd

Free vs paid images

The model that the websites are using defines mostly what type of image that you will generate. These are the cheapest versions and the refinement of the images are not really comparable with paid services. For a video project, I have generated an image from a paid service with the model Flux Pro (available on peakd) and the quality is all the same different.

Here the result of the paid service

Flux pro.jpg

If you want to see the final result. You can check out the video here. I also created a tutorial how to generate such videos if you are interested.

Conclusion

It's not that easy to generate quality images with AI using free services. The limitations are always in place to encourage you to purchase a membership and the result is often not really amazing.

However, I would suggest to play around with these free services to learn how to use prompts and get some experience. With Peakd you can then use more sophisticated models and directly pay in HBD without needing to subscribe to a paid membership site.

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8 days ago in #tribes by achim03

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seckorama 8 days ago

I made something similar, I mean, comparing AI-generated pics with the same prompt in Gemini, Grok, and Alibaba Qwen. The results were similar, but good enough for my purposes. I'm using it from time to time for my posts. Also, from the start, maybe two years ago, I've been using NightCafe; there are about 30 AIs, some for paying, some free.

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achim03 8 days ago

I've tried Grok as well. There are quite a lot of such sites but few offer quality picture generation for free. I will have a look at NightCafe that sounds interesting.

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blitzzzz 7 days ago

I'll have to check out some of these that I haven't heard of before!

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achim03 7 days ago

There are also plenty of other sites. It's difficult to find them all :-)

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jfang003 7 days ago

Those are some nice sites to use and I am a bit it's amazing to see how all of them look a bit similar but different at the same time.

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achim03 7 days ago

The similarity is the result of the same prompt that was used but the different models generate quite different outcomes.

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tengolotodo 2 days ago

I tend to only use Gemini or Canva now, but I am not looking for anything perfect so would not use a paid service.
Interesting list with results and some to me are definitely better than others.

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achim03 2 days ago

I tend to use paid services in order to create quality pictures that I then animate with AI to generate short videos. Otherwise the free services are definitely enough.

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tengolotodo 2 days ago

That sounds a good balance.

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gadrian 8 days ago

I often use ideogram.ai when I want to generate images. It also has "magic prompts" or whatever they are called in case you are lazy and don't want to write a full prompt. And you get 4 images for one prompt.

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achim03 7 days ago

I didn't know about ideogram.ai. One more site to add to the list!

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