Krea vs Layer
Concept art & 2D assets · checked · Compare different tools
Layer ranks higher in Concept art & 2D assets (#8 vs #9). How we score
How they differ
How each one works, from its own docs.
Draw-and-see Realtime generation and training a model on your own art style in one app, with many image models side by side. Midjourney is for mood and style exploration; ChatGPT is for precise edits to existing images.
Best for: Pre-production concept art: characters, environments and prop variations in a consistent game style.
Pairs a trained style with an agent that turns one brief into many on-brand assets, with a strong focus on user-acquisition ads and playables. Midjourney and ChatGPT produce single images, not ad-network-ready batches.
Best for: Studios with an established art style producing consistent live-ops art, store screenshots, UA ads and playable ads at volume.
Krea
Layer
Web app (also an iOS app), plugins for Photoshop, Illustrator and Blender, an API and an MCP server
Web app with chat agent; plugins for Photoshop, Figma, Unity, Unreal, Blender and others; REST API, SDK, CLI, MCP server
A text prompt, reference images, a rough drawing in Realtime, or your own images to train a style
Text briefs to the Layer Agent, prompts, reference images, sketches, a store listing to import your game's look, PSDs to rig
Images, upscales; also video and textured 3D models (GLB, OBJ, FBX) from third-party models
Images, sprite sheets, Spine rigs, tiles, skyboxes, 3D meshes, video, audio, playable ads, and ad and store creatives in each network's sizes
Choice of model (Krea 3 and others), trained LoRA styles, moodboards and node workflows
Trained Reference Sets (finetunes) for your style plus a brand palette, logos and fonts; 500+ base models; workspace rules; rerunnable workflows
Realtime renders update as you draw; edit images with words; chain steps in Nodes
Chat with the agent, Reforge to rerun with new settings, repaint a region, object swap, relight, batch variants; ad-network spend data can steer the next batch
Pick Krea if you want
- Fast concept iteration in your own art style
Pick Layer if you want
- Style-consistent game art and marketing creatives
How they score
Each signal is out of 100. Higher wins.
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Vendor claims (not scored): Krea: 'For game developers': generate character designs, enhance environment art, upscale textures and create marketing materials; train a private model on your own art style. source · Krea: Krea 3 is Krea's in-house image editing model; Krea cites Krea 3 Ultra at #4 on Arena's Multi-Image Edit leaderboard (vendor claim, not checked). source · Layer: Customer Tripledot says Layer tripled its production speed (customer quote on Layer's own site). source
At a glance
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Krea's pricing FAQ says Basic, Pro, Max, Business and Enterprise plans include a commercial licence to use generated content for commercial purposes 'without restrictions'. Its Terms of Use (last updated 20 May 2024) are softer: Krea 'may allow you to commercialize certain Content' subject to your tier, and 'reserves the right to modify the terms of commercial use' at any time. Free-plan commercial use isn't stated clearly. source
Pricing page lists "Commercial license for all users". Free-tier scope: unverified. source
Rows marked ● differ between the two tools. Licence badges: green = commercial use allowed (including any free plan or trial), amber = paid plans only, restricted, or allowed but with no free plan, red = not allowed, grey = not stated by vendor or not applicable. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.