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Best Dreamwave Alternatives

Considering Dreamwave? Here are the 24 best AI Image Generation alternatives we've reviewed, ranked by our score.

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Recraft

Designers who need real SVG vectors out of a generator, and can pay for the commercial rights the free plan withholds

6.9
Rank #5 of 7 AI image generators
Best:Pricing8.8
Weakest:What it makes5.3
Weights published under a named licence: no
From $12Free plan
84% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Gemini

Google users who want an assistant that reads their Gmail, Calendar and Drive, with images and voice on the phone

7.9
Rank #9 of 20 AI assistants
Best:What it can do10
Weakest:Privacy and trust5.5
Free plan: yesFree trial: noAPI: yes
From $4.99Free plan
97% from published facts · checked 14 Oct
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Leonardo.Ai

Creators who want one workspace over many companies' models, with a daily free allowance, an API and training on your own images

8.0
Rank #2 of 7 AI image generators
Best:What it makes9.2
Weakest:Openness and support5
Weights published under a named licence: no
From $12Free plan
86% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Black Forest Labs

Developers who want FLUX by the image with no subscription, or the open weights to run it on their own hardware

7.2
Rank #4 of 7 AI image generators
Best:Control and automation8.3
Weakest:Pricing5
Weights published under a named licence: yes
From $0.04No free plan
86% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Perplexity

Researchers who want cited answers, memory across sessions and an agent that works in a cloud sandbox

8.7
Rank #2 of 20 AI assistants
Best:What it can do10
Weakest:Pricing6
Free plan: yesFree trial: noAPI: yes
From $20Free plan
100% from published facts · checked 21 Sep
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Stability AI

Developers who want Stable Diffusion by the image, or a license to self-host it, and can work without a free tier

6.7
Rank #6 of 7 AI image generators
Best:What it makes7.8
Weakest:Pricing5
Weights published under a named licence: yes
From $0.03No free plan
82% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Adobe Firefly

Creative Cloud users who want generation inside the apps they already use, from a vendor that does not train on their content

8.1
Rank #1 of 7 AI image generators
Best:Rights and privacy9.2
Weakest:Openness and support3
Weights published under a named licence: noDoes not train on what you make: yes
From $9.99Free plan
78% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Krea

Designers who want one of the broadest model menus, plus a node canvas, an AI agent and an API

9.4
Rank #1 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:For video10
Weakest:Privacy and trust7.2
SOC 2: yesOffers Veo 3.1: yesOffers Nano Banana Pro: yes
From $9Free plan
93% from published facts · checked 28 Oct
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Scenario

Game and brand teams training models on their own art, with SOC 2, GDPR and single sign-on

7.8
Rank #6 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:Workflow and teams9
Weakest:Privacy and trust5.2
Does not train AI on your uploads: noSOC 2: yesOffers Veo 3.1: noOffers Nano Banana Pro: no
From $15Free plan
98% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Picsart

Social creators editing photos and short video on a phone as readily as desktop

7.3
Rank #4 of 8 AI graphic design tools
Best:Pricing9
Weakest:Workflow and output4.8
Free plan: yesFree trial: yesAPI: yes
From $10.50Free plan
81% from published facts · checked 19 Sep
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OpenArt

Creators who want to train a model on their own images and let an AI agent run multi-step jobs

7.0
Rank #8 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:For images8.5
Weakest:Workflow and teams4.5
Does not train AI on your uploads: yesSOC 2: noOffers Veo 3.1: noOffers Nano Banana Pro: yes
From $14No free plan
97% from published facts · checked 19 Sep
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RunDiffusion

Studios that want many image and video models, LoRA training and single sign-on, with no AI training on their uploads

8.0
Rank #4 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:For images8.5
Weakest:Pricing6.5
Does not train AI on your uploads: yesOffers Veo 3.1: yesOffers Nano Banana Pro: yes
From $10.99Free plan
87% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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getimg.ai

Image-first users who want Flux, Nano Banana and GPT Image with an API, and need little video

5.3
Rank #12 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:For images7.5
Weakest:For video2.5
Offers Veo 3.1: noOffers Nano Banana Pro: no
From $10No free plan
75% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Ideogram

Designers who need readable text and typography inside an image, with ownership and commercial use on every plan including the free one

7.6
Rank #3 of 7 AI image generators
Best:Control and automation9
Weakest:Openness and support6.5
Does not train on what you make: no
From $20Free plan
96% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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PicLumen

Hobbyists who want low-cost image generation, with a relaxed mode that keeps going on PicLumen's own models

6.5
Rank #10 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:Pricing8.5
Weakest:Privacy and trust1.5
Does not train AI on your uploads: noSOC 2: noOffers Veo 3.1: yesOffers Nano Banana Pro: no
From $7.59Free plan
86% from published facts · checked 19 Sep
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exactly.ai

Brand teams that want a private style model trained on their own artwork, paid for per licensed download

7.1
Rank #2 of 8 brand and product image tools
Best:Rights and privacy9
Weakest:Getting volume out5.8
Trains a private model on your own pictures: yes
Price not publishedFree plan
73% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Affogato

Brands that want Kling, Veo and Seedance in one place, with no AI training on their uploads by default

7.9
Rank #5 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:For video9
Weakest:Pricing3.5
Does not train AI on your uploads: yesOffers Veo 3.1: yesOffers Nano Banana Pro: yes
From $24No free plan
85% from published facts · checked 19 Sep
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neural.love

Creators who want image, video and audio tools in one place, with commercial use on every plan and CC0 output

Not scored yet
Free plan: yesFree trial: noAPI: yesUpscaling: yesCustom training: yesInpainting: yes
From $11 (€10)Free plan
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Astria

Fashion and ecommerce teams generating product and on-model photography from their own shoots, who can live with training on by default

7.0
Rank #3 of 8 brand and product image tools
Best:The imagery it is built for8
Weakest:Pricing5.8
Trains a private model on your own pictures: yes
Price not publishedNo free plan
73% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Midjourney

Subscribers who want an own-model generator with style and character references, and need no API, no free tier and no say in training

6.0
Rank #7 of 7 AI image generators
Best:What it makes7
Weakest:Openness and support4.5
Weights published under a named licence: noDoes not train on what you make: no
From $10No free plan
98% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Artsmart

Marketers who want styled headshots and avatars trained on their own photographs, and do not need a free tier

5.1
Rank #7 of 8 brand and product image tools
Best:Getting volume out6.5
Weakest:Pricing4
Trains a private model on your own pictures: yes
From $19No free plan
85% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Comicink

Writers who want a story turned into comic panels with the same characters throughout, owned outright from any account

5.0
Rank #8 of 8 brand and product image tools
Best:Pricing9.4
Weakest:Getting volume out0
Trains a private model on your own pictures: no
From $9.99Free plan
94% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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Higgsfield

Creators who want the headline video and image models at a low entry price, with some image models unlimited on paid plans

9.0
Rank #3 of 13 multi-model AI platforms
Best:For video9.5
Weakest:Privacy and trust8
SOC 2: yesOffers Veo 3.1: yesOffers Nano Banana Pro: yes
From $19Free plan
100% from published facts · checked 28 Oct
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PromeAI

Designers and architects working from sketches, layouts and product photos, who need the plan above the cheapest to sell the results

6.1
Rank #5 of 8 brand and product image tools
Best:The imagery it is built for8
Weakest:Rights and privacy4
Trains a private model on your own pictures: yes
From $19Free plan
80% from published facts · checked 8 Oct
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