Krea vs Scenario

Concept art & 2D assets · checked · Compare different tools

Scenario ranks higher in Concept art & 2D assets (#6 vs #9). How we score

How they differ

How each one works, from its own docs.

KreaMulti-model creative suite with its own image model and a live canvas

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.

ScenarioMulti-model studio with custom style training

Built around training a model on your own art and running it next to third-party models, so one look carries across images, textures and 3D. Midjourney and ChatGPT cannot be fine-tuned on your art set.

Best for: Producing many consistent assets in your studio's trained style, including tileable PBR textures and image-to-3D props, after the look is set.

Workflow

Krea

Scenario

Where you use it

Web app (also an iOS app), plugins for Photoshop, Illustrator and Blender, an API and an MCP server

Web app (generation, Canvas editor, node workflows, Genie assistant), REST API with TypeScript/Python SDKs, MCP server, open-source (GPL-3.0) Blender plugin released Oct 2026, still labelled experimental

You give it

A text prompt, reference images, a rough drawing in Realtime, or your own images to train a style

Text prompt, up to two reference images per run, sketches, 5-15 of your own images to train a custom model, an image for 3D

You get

Images, upscales; also video and textured 3D models (GLB, OBJ, FBX) from third-party models

Images (set count per run), seamless textures with height, normal, metallic and AO maps (4 per run default), textured 3D models, video, audio, skyboxes

How you steer it

Choice of model (Krea 3 and others), trained LoRA styles, moodboards and node workflows

Your trained LoRAs for style, character or object; many third-party models; reference modes with influence sliders; seed, steps, guidance; masks

How you refine results

Realtime renders update as you draw; edit images with words; chain steps in Nodes

Mask-based inpainting and layered retouch in Canvas, prompt edits, outpaint, upscale, swap models inside a saved workflow while keeping references and prompts

Pick Krea if you want

  • Fast concept iteration in your own art style

Pick Scenario if you want

  • Studios training custom style models on their own art

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 · Scenario: Recommends Flux 2, Z-Image or Qwen Image as custom-training bases; any generated output can be used to train a custom model in one click. source

At a glance

KreaScenario
Paid plans fromUS$9/moUS$15/mo
Free planFree planFree plan
Engine pluginsFile export onlyUnityUnreal
API / MCPAPI + Official MCPAPI + Official MCP
Commercial usePaid plans onlyPaid plans only
Full comparison: every fact, with sources
Tool
KreaCommercial on paid plans only
ScenarioCommercial on paid plans only
Best for
Fast concept iteration in your own art style
Studios training custom style models on their own art
What it does
AI creative suite for images, video and 3D in one web app. Its own Krea 3 image model, Realtime (renders as you type or draw) and LoRA training on your own art style suit game concept art; it also runs third-party image, video and 3D models such as Nano Banana, Seedance, Kling, Veo and Hunyuan3D.
Production-focused generative platform for game art: train custom style models on your own assets, generate images, textures, 3D meshes, video and audio. API-first with Unity/Unreal integration.
Verdict
For artists who want fast concept iteration: Krea's own image model, live drawing-to-image and a style model trained on your own art, with other image models in the same app. Commercial use needs a paid plan, and the terms word it more loosely than the pricing page.
For studios that want custom style models trained on their own art; commercial use needs a paid plan (free output is personal/evaluation only).
Tasks●
Concept art & 2D assets
Concept art & 2D assets, Textures & materials, 3D model generation
Engines●
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
UnityUnrealBlender
Free plan
Free plan 100 units a day, no credit card
Free plan 50 daily credits; personal/evaluation use only
Pricing
Free US$0 (100 units a day, no card). Basic US$9/month (5,000 units), Pro US$35/month (20,000 units), Max US$105/month (60,000 units), Business US$200/month (80,000 units, up to 50 members); yearly works out at US$5, US$21, US$63 and US$160 a month. source
Free tier with 50 daily credits. Starter US$15/month, Pro US$45/month, Max US$75/month (monthly billing; annual saves 33%). Enterprise custom. source
Export formats●
Images; 3D models as GLB, OBJ, FBX, PLY, STL source
Images PNG, JPEG, WebP, SVG; video MP4, MOV, WebM, GIF; audio WAV, MP3; 3D GLB, OBJ, FBX, STL, VOX (pricing FAQ). source
Commercial use
Commercial on paid plans only
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
Commercial on paid plans only
All paid plans include a full commercial license; free plan outputs are for personal and evaluation use only (per pricing FAQ). source
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
API
Available. REST API and JS SDK for 40+ image and video models, upscaling and LoRA training source
Available. REST API with SDKs source
MCP server
Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth, or an API token) source
Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth or API key) source
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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.

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