AI image generators lets users create artistic images in different styles by entering a text or image prompt. Here are the top five tools for general use.
Artificial intelligence image generators are tools that use machine learning (ML), neural networks, and user input to create images. A typical example is that a user gives a prompt by typing text into the tool–called text-to-image—but some AI image generators use other techniques, like image-to-image, which can modify an original supplied by the user or create a new image using it as a prompt.
Here are our picks for the top five AI image generators based on features and price.
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The top five providers all offer feature-rich AI image generators at varying prices. Your company’s specific needs will determine which is right for you. When selecting a provider, consider use cases and costs for each provider as outlined below.
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DALL-E 2 is OpenAI’s AI image generator, released in 2022—a year after the initial version of DALL-E. Users can prompt DALL-E 2, and it will create an original and realistic image based on that prompt. DALL-E 2 will not create “violent, hate, or adult images,” and OpenAI removes explicit data from its system.
Pricing for DALL-E 2 works on a credits-purchased model, based on image resolution. For 1024×1024 pixel images, the cost is $0.020 per image; 512×512 pixels is $0.018; and 256×256 pixels is $0.016. Credits are a single charge of $15 per 115 credits, with 50 free credits at signup and 15 additional free credits per month.
DeepAI is a well-known image generator that is mostly free for public use, and lets users create an unlimited number of unique images. The model is based on stable diffusion, which creates images from scratch from a text description, and DeepAI includes a free text-to-image API that can connect to another software project.
DeepAI has limited free accounts, but if you plan to use the image generator often, DeepAI has two pricing options. The DeepAI Pro plan starts at $4.99 per month, while its pay-as-you-go plan starts at $5 per 100 API calls.
Deep Dream Generator creates unique images with a “dream-like” appearance. Users have three image-processing options: Text 2 Dream, Deep Style, and Deep Dream. Text 2 Dream uses text prompts; Deep Style modifies users’ photo prompts based on their choice of style prompts (Starry Night, colorful abstract, and Pieter Bruegel); Deep Dream modifies prompt images by turning them into dream-like photos with varied color schemes and overlaid images of animals.
Deep Dream Generator offers a free version that functions more like a free trial. The three payment plans are based on credits. The advanced plan is $19 per month, the professional plan is $39 per month, and the ultra plan is $99 per month.
Artbreeder is an image generator that runs on the BigGAN and StyleGAN style-based generator architectures to let users create and modify images, including portraits, landscapes, and paintings. Users move sliders to change clothing, facial features, and more; another slider lets them compare the original to the modified image. Artbreeder will also build images based on text input. The terms of use explain that any images created and publicly shared are released to the public domain.
Artbreeder has four pricing plans. The free plan allows 10 credits per month. The starter plan allows 100 credits for $8.99 a month, while the advanced plan allows 275 credits for $18.99. The champion plan allows 700 credits and costs $38.99.
Midjourney is an image generator known for rapidly generated, high-quality images, but it is exclusively a text-to-image platform. Midjourney is hosted on Discord. Users must join a Discord server and use its bot commands to work with the tool.
Midjourney has a free plan and three paid plans. The basic plan allows 200 images per month and costs $8; the standard plan allows unlimited image generations, but only has 15 hours a month of fast GPU time and costs $24 per month; the pro plan has unlimited generations and allows 30 hours a month of fast GPU time, and costs $48 per month. All plans are billed yearly rather than monthly.
The technology is still new and changing rapidly, and is becoming more widely adopted in enterprise uses after its initial period of consumer use. Not all AI image generators are capable of creating the same type or quality of imagery, so your use case should be a determining factor when considering which one to use. You’ll also want to consider copyright, production time, and cost—while none of the tools are expensive, if your company plans to generate images in higher volumes, you should take that into account.
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Emma Crockett is a writer for Datamation and Enterprise Storage Forum based in Nashville, Tennessee. She writes research-based articles about data science and data storage. When she is not writing, she is searching for the best lattes in Nashville and playing with her dog, Dante.
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