Leonardo.Ai: what’s new and our verdict
Image and video creation platform with a free tier, four individual plans, team seats and API pay-as-you-go.
At a glance
- Evidence
- Reported
- First covered
- Oct 25, 2026
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Pricing
- Official page, dated
- Best for
- images
Evidence and ranking
Evidence behind this verdict
- Sources read1 cited source, latest fetched Oct 25, 2026. (done)
- Facts re-checkedLast verified Oct 25, 2026. (done)
- Not run by us yetWe have not run it, so this is labelled Reported. (not done)
Where we rank it (editorial)
Listed here but not yet ranked. Ranks are editorial picks, not benchmark scores.
Pricing: Read from leonardo.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Yearly billing is up to 20% off; the monthly prices are quoted here. (checked 2026-10-25)
Our verdict
Image and video creation platform with a free tier, four individual plans, team seats and API pay-as-you-go.
Good for
- Creators who want many models in one subscription
- Teams that want shared token pools and private generations
Skip if
- You need unlimited generations on every model (relaxed mode covers selected models only)
- You want free-tier images to stay private (Free creations are public)
Status: Reported. This write-up is based on official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves yet.
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Best for
- Best AI tool for images: Image, video and design platform with 80+ models and a free daily token allowance.
Key facts
Leonardo.Ai's pricing page lists Free ($0, 150 fast tokens a day), Essential ($12 a month, 8,500 tokens), Premium ($30, 25,000 tokens, unlimited relaxed image generation on selected models) and Ultimate ($60, 60,000 tokens, plus relaxed video on selected models), team plans at $24 and $48 per seat, and pay-as-you-go API access. It says paid subscribers own the images they generate.
- License: Proprietary
- Platforms: Web, Android and iOS (per its schema data)
- Pricing model: Freemium with subscriptions and pay-as-you-go API
- Free tier: Free: 150 fast tokens a day, auto model only, public creations
- Paid plans: Essential $12/month; Premium $30/month; Ultimate $60/month; team Starter $24 per seat and Growth $48 per seat (shared token pools); pay-as-you-go API; prices exclude tax
- How to start: Open leonardo.ai and start on the Free plan to use the daily tokens.
- Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.
How to set it up: Get started with Leonardo.Ai
These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Leonardo.Ai.
Get access
Open leonardo.ai and start on the Free plan to use the daily tokens.
Check the limits and costs first
Free: 150 fast tokens a day, auto model only, public creations. Paid: Essential $12/month; Premium $30/month; Ultimate $60/month; team Starter $24 per seat and Growth $48 per seat (shared token pools); pay-as-you-go API; prices exclude tax. Read from leonardo.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Yearly billing is up to 20% off; the monthly prices are quoted here.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Free daily tokens
- Relaxed generation after tokens run out on eligible models
Cons
- Third-party models always use tokens
- Free-tier image rights differ from paid (Leonardo.Ai holds usage rights, you get a commercial licence)
Alternatives and comparisons
- Midjourney: Image (and video) generation with the alpha.midjourney.com web app.
- Krea: Creative AI suite for images, videos and upscaling; Free plan with 5,000 units a month.
- Ideogram: AI image generator with Plus, Pro and Team plans, pay-as-you-go credits at 1 cent each, and an API.
- FLUX (Black Forest Labs): Black Forest Labs' FLUX image models, available through an API with per-image pricing; the flux GitHub repository is Apache-2.0.
FAQ
What is Leonardo.Ai?
Leonardo.Ai's pricing page lists Free ($0, 150 fast tokens a day), Essential ($12 a month, 8,500 tokens), Premium ($30, 25,000 tokens, unlimited relaxed image generation on selected models) and Ultimate ($60, 60,000 tokens, plus relaxed video on selected models), team plans at $24 and $48 per seat, and pay-as-you-go API access. It says paid subscribers own the images they generate.
Is Leonardo.Ai free?
Free: 150 fast tokens a day, auto model only, public creations. Paid: Essential $12/month; Premium $30/month; Ultimate $60/month; team Starter $24 per seat and Growth $48 per seat (shared token pools); pay-as-you-go API; prices exclude tax. Read from leonardo.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Yearly billing is up to 20% off; the monthly prices are quoted here. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.
What license is Leonardo.Ai under?
Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.
What we have not verified
- Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
- Output quality by model (not tested)
- Token cost per generation
Sources
- Leonardo.Ai pricing (fetched 2026-10-25)
Last verified · Agentic Weekly
Related tools
- FLUX (Black Forest Labs): Black Forest Labs' FLUX image models, available through an API with per-image pricing; the flux GitHub repository is Apache-2.0.
- Freepik AI: Stock library with AI suite and credit plans; credits valid for 1 year.
- Ideogram: AI image generator with Plus, Pro and Team plans, pay-as-you-go credits at 1 cent each, and an API.
How to cite this page
Agentic Weekly, "Leonardo.Ai: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/leonardo-ai
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