Krea alternative
A creative suite for designers, with real-time image generation, its own Krea models, an agent and more than 20 video models.
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Krea at a glance
| Cheapest plan | Basic, $9 a month ($5.25 a month billed yearly) for 5,000 compute units. Seedance 2.5 needs Pro, $35 a month. |
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| Free plan | 100 compute units a day with no card, but almost no video (about two short low-resolution clips a day on one model) and no commercial use. |
| A 5-second video | Krea estimates about 15 Seedance 2.0 Fast videos a month on Basic, roughly $0.60 each. Krea shows a cost estimate before you generate. |
| Refunds | A subscription can be refunded if you used under 650 units and fewer than 20 generations that month. |
| Best for | Designers who want real-time image tools, training and upscaling next to video. |
What Krea does well
- Real-time generation: the picture changes as you type or draw.
- Elements (September 2026): save a character, place or object under an @tag and reuse it everywhere.
- Krea Agent on every plan, free included, since September 10, 2026.
- Style and character training (LoRA), node workflows and upscaling up to 22K.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Krea if
- You're a designer who wants image, video and 3D tools in one canvas.
- You want to train your own style or character.
- You like working in compute units with an estimate before each generation.
Pick Cirrela if
- You want video on the free plan: Cirrela's 60 free credits make real videos.
- You'd rather see a price per video than compute units.
- You want a studio built for beginners, with templates.
Start from a template
All templatesEach one is a sentence with blanks for your own words. Fill them in and the studio makes the video.
Questions, answered
Is Krea free?
Krea gives 100 compute units a day with no card: enough for images, but almost no video, about two short low-resolution clips a day. Video models like Seedance need a paid plan.
How much does Krea cost for video?
Basic is $9 a month for 5,000 units, about 15 Seedance 2.0 Fast videos by Krea's estimate. Seedance 2.5 needs Pro at $35 a month.
What is a Krea compute unit?
Krea's currency for generations. Each model costs a different number of units, and Krea shows an estimate before you generate.
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