Leonardo AI
Leonardo.Ai (a Canva company) · AI Image & Video Generation Platform
A web-based AI image and video generation platform with its own and third-party models, fine-tuning, canvas editing, and an API suited to creative and production workflows.
Best for
Designers and creative teams who need repeatable, model-driven image and video generation with editing tools
Not ideal for
Users who need precise manual design control or pixel-level editing beyond AI generation
Who it's for
Game developers and creative teams who need consistent, model-driven image and video generation with editing tools
Capabilities
- Leonardo's own Phoenix and Lucid models, including Lucid Realism for photorealistic images
- Third-party image models: FLUX.2, GPT Image, Nano Banana, Ideogram 3.0, Seedream
- Video generation (Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance, Motion 2.0)
- Audio generation: music, sound effects, and dialogue
- 3D generation (Rodin)
- Image-to-image, inpainting, and a canvas editor for iterative editing
- Custom model training on your own images
- API, MCP server, and official Python and TypeScript SDKs
Limitations
- Free tier has daily token limits that reset
- Custom model training requires paid plan
- Many models and settings to choose from; credit cost varies widely by model
- API access is billed separately from web app subscriptions
Use cases
- Creating consistent visual assets for games or campaigns
- Generating concept art and character designs
- Producing social media and marketing visuals and short videos at scale
- Iterating on product mockups and scene compositions
- Fine-tuning a model on brand-specific visual styles
Integrations & fit
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FreemiumAbout Leonardo AI
Leonardo AI is a generative media platform oriented towards creative professionals and production workflows. Acquired by Canva in 2024, it continues to operate as a standalone product. It offers text-to-image generation, image-to-image transformation, a canvas editor for inpainting and compositing, upscalers, and Blueprints, alongside video generation (Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance, Motion 2.0), audio generation (music, sound effects, and dialogue), and 3D generation (Rodin). Beyond its own Phoenix and Lucid models — Lucid Realism is aimed at photorealistic images — Leonardo hosts third-party image models such as FLUX.2, GPT Image, Nano Banana, Ideogram 3.0, and Seedream. Users can train their own models on a set of reference images to produce consistent characters, products, or styles across multiple generations — a capability that distinguishes it from more consumer-facing tools. The web app has a free tier with daily token limits and paid plans for higher volume and premium features; the API is billed separately on a pay-as-you-go basis with a prepaid dollar balance and no monthly fee, and developers can also use the official MCP server and Python and TypeScript SDKs. It is particularly well-suited for game developers, concept artists, and marketing teams producing imagery that needs to remain visually consistent across a project.
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