GPT Image (OpenAI) vs Stable Diffusion
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
GPT Image (OpenAI)
OpenAI's image models, DALL-E 3's successor in ChatGPT and the API
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Stable Diffusion
Open-weight image models you can run, fine-tune and ship on your own h...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.9 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | ChatGPT Free includes limited image creation with Images 2.5; OpenAI publishes no free API allowance | Self-hosted weights free under the Community License below US$1M annual revenue; 25 free API credits for new accounts |
| Paid from | SGD 11/month (ChatGPT Go, as shown to a Singapore visitor), or per-token API billing | $0.025 per image via the API (SD 3.5 Flash, 2.5 credits at $0.01 each) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 100m+ ChatGPT users with access | Widely adopted open-source model; no official central user count |
| Founded | 2025 | 2022 |
| Maker | OpenAI | Stability AI |
| Verdict | For most people GPT Image is simply the image tool already inside ChatGPT: available on the free tier, edited by conversation, and since September 2026 helped along by Sketch, templates and on-image comments. Developers... |
Stable Diffusion is still the image family to pick when you need to run, fine-tune and control the model yourself: SDXL and SD 3.5 run on your own GPUs, the API is cheap per image, and the licence is free for most indivi... |
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