Krea vs Recraft
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Krea
Real-time image generation and design canvas
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Recraft
Vector + raster image generation for designers
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 100 compute units per day; no commercial licence | 30 credits per day (renewing daily); images are public and owned by Recraft; no commercial rights granted |
| Paid from | $9/month (Basic plan, 5,000 compute units/month, commercial licence included) | From $12/month (billed annually) for the entry-level Pro plan, 1,000 credits |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 30+ million users across 191 countries (per Krea homepage as of mid-2026 | Over 4 million registered users as of May 2025 (Series B announcement date) |
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | Krea is a polished creative AI suite best known for real-time image generation — you sketch or prompt and see results update live — plus upscaling, enhancement, and a growing set of generation and editing tools wrapped i... |
Recraft's editable-SVG output and style-locking remain the real differentiator: for logos, icon sets and brand-consistent illustration, nothing mainstream matches it, and the V4/V4.1 models (V4 Pro added 2K output in May... |
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