Hyper3D Rodin vs Tripo AI vs Luma AI vs Krea
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Hyper3D Rodin
Text- and image-to-3D generator with quad meshes, editing and an API
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Tripo AI
Text/image-to-3D generator with editing, rigging and a DCC bridge
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Luma AI
Directable AI video with Ray3.2, inside a multi-model creative agent
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Krea
Real-time image generation plus dozens of image and video models on on...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.2 / 10 | 7.1 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan: generate and preview before paying, 10 private assets, public gallery; confirming a result costs credits ($1.50 each) | 200 credits/month (about 13 models), public models, non-commercial use | — | 100 compute units a day, real-time models, LoRA training on up to 50 images and upscaling to 2K; no commercial licence |
| Paid from | Creator $30/mo, or $24/mo billed yearly; direct credits $1.50 each | From $20/month (Pro, 3,000 credits) | $30/month (Plus, 10,000 credits), or $300 billed yearly | $9/month (Basic, 5,000 compute units, commercial licence; about $5/month billed yearly) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — | 5m+ registered users (as of August 2024 milestone; current figures reported higher) | 30+ million users across 191 countries (per Krea homepage as of mid-2026 |
| Founded | 2020 | 2024 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Maker | — | — | Amit Jain, Alex Yu, Olivia Seow, Brandon Trabue | — |
| Verdict | Rodin produces some of the cleaner AI-generated 3D assets available, with quad meshes, low-poly options, high-resolution textures, 3D editing and plug-ins for most major engines and DCC tools. Free previews before paying... |
Tripo turns a sentence or a photo into a textured mesh fast enough for rapid prototyping, and it now does more after generation than it used to: segmentation, part-based retopology and texture editing, low-poly conversio... |
Luma is a serious option for agencies and studios that want directable video: Ray3.2 adds frame-level keyframes, HDR with EXR export and 20-second clips, and Luma Agents put Luma's own models alongside Veo, Kling, Seedan... |
Krea is one of the most pleasant places to iterate on images: the real-time canvas is still its best trick, Krea 2 gives it a house style model of its own, and one subscription reaches most of the leading video models wi... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.