Image & Design AI tools

Midjourney

Paid

An image generator prized for its distinctive aesthetic and strong artistic results.

Best for: Artistic imagery

Adobe Firefly

Freemium

Adobe's generative image family, integrated with Photoshop, Express, and Illustrator.

Best for: Creative Cloud workflows

Ideogram

Freemium

An image generator that handles legible text inside images unusually well.

Best for: Text in images

Leonardo.Ai

Freemium

Image generation platform with fine-tuned models and controls for game and product art.

Best for: Consistent asset sets

Google Gemini

Freemium

Google's AI assistant, with Nano Banana image generation and editing built into the chat.

Best for: Conversational image editing

FLUX by Black Forest Labs

Paid

The FLUX image model family from Black Forest Labs, sold per image through an API or as open weights.

Best for: Developers and custom pipelines

Recraft

Freemium

An image generator built for designers, with native vector output, brand styles and clean text.

Best for: Vectors and brand graphics

Krea

Freemium

A creative suite that combines its own Krea 3 model with Nano Banana and other models, plus realtime generation and upscaling.

Best for: Realtime generation and upscaling

Freepik

Paid

A stock and AI platform (also branded Magnific) that puts 30+ image and video models in one subscription.

Best for: Many models in one plan

Canva

Freemium

A design platform with Magic Media text-to-image built straight into posts, slides and templates.

Best for: Generating images inside designs

Microsoft Designer

Freemium

Microsoft's design and image tool, powered by credits shared with Copilot and included with Microsoft 365.

Best for: Free everyday graphics

Hylo

Paid

An AI studio for jewellery and product photography with marketplace shots, on-model shoots, retouching and video from one credit balance.

Best for: Catalog and marketplace jewellery photos

FormaNova

Paid

A jewellery-only platform that makes high-fidelity product photos and editable 3D CAD models from reference images or descriptions.

Best for: Hero images and jewellery design

Photoroom

Freemium

A product-photo editor for clean backgrounds, shadows and batch edits, popular with marketplace sellers.

Best for: Everyday studio-style product photos

Claid.ai

Paid

An AI image editor built for editing product photos at catalog scale with a consistent look.

Best for: Large catalogs

Melius

Paid

A creative platform where jewellery shots, ads and social images share one credit balance.

Best for: Brands that also make ads and social content

Flair.ai

Freemium

An AI product photo generator that places your product in styled scenes instead of a plain backdrop.

Best for: Styled lifestyle scenes

Pebblely

Paid

A simple AI product photography tool that generates backdrops around your product photo, sold by monthly image count.

Best for: Small shops that want simple backdrops

Pixelcut

Freemium

A quick AI photo editor for cut-outs, backgrounds and product shots, with a free plan that exports without a watermark.

Best for: Quick edits on a budget