Stability AI

The right pick when you want to build image generation into your own tools or run models yourself. If you only want pictures, a consumer app is simpler.

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Who this helps

Developers adding image generation to a product or funnel
Agencies building brand-consistent image workflows
Technical marketers who want to self-host models
Teams wanting predictable per-image pricing

What it does

Stability AI makes the Stable Diffusion family of image models and offers them through an API, a platform for brand teams and open-weight downloads. Developers pay per image through prepaid credits, while self-hosters run the models on their own hardware.

Stability AI Stable Image page showing Stable Diffusion 3.5 with a sample coffee mug image — Stability AI image models page: Stable Diffusion 3.5

Stability AI documentation page for API pricing explaining credits — Stability AI API pricing docs: credit-based, 1 credit equals $0.01, with 25 free credits to start

Stability AI Community License Agreement page — Stability AI Community License: free for people and organizations under $1,000,000 in annual revenue

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