getimg.ai is a full-featured tool for generating original images from text prompts, editing those images and training your own AI models. Among its features are an AI Generator for generating images, Image to Video conversion, and ControlNet for steering AI generation. It has a variety of pricing tiers, and you can tap into more than 80 community-trained AI models. That makes it useful for everything from architecture to art.
Leonardo is another good option, geared for creators and developers who need high-quality images reliably and at large scale. It's got an AI Canvas for editing, 3D texture generation and fine-tuned AI models for photorealism and other styles. The service has a free tier and paid subscriptions for higher token limits and faster processing, so it's good for a broad range of creative uses.
If you want hyper-realistic images, in particular for avatars and custom characters, Lucidpic is worth a look. It's got an AI Photostudio and AI Avatars that let you control every element of the image. It's got a free tier and subscription plans starting at $12/month, so it's good for marketing, design and social media content creation.
And Shutterstock ImageAI uses large language models and diffusion models to generate high-resolution, photorealistic images from text prompts. Because it taps into Shutterstock's vetted image library, it's good for content creation and visualization, and it's a relatively inexpensive way to generate high-quality imagery.