Krea vs Sloyd
Concept art & 2D assets · checked · Compare different tools
Krea ranks higher in Concept art & 2D assets (#9 vs #11). 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.
Its parametric template editor sets it apart: hand-built procedural models reshaped by sliders, not AI, giving clean UV'd parts and LODs. It also makes skyboxes, sprite sheets, video, and sound effects and placeholder voice-over (Sloyd Audio).
Best for: Bulk props and modular environment pieces where consistent topology and fast variants matter more than one-off detail.
Krea
Sloyd
Web app (also an iOS app), plugins for Photoshop, Illustrator and Blender, an API and an MCP server
Web app; REST API; bridge plugins for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Maya, Blender and Roblox
A text prompt, reference images, a rough drawing in Realtime, or your own images to train a style
Text prompt (optional style image), one image or up to four views, or a parametric template; your own model to split, retexture or rig
Images, upscales; also video and textured 3D models (GLB, OBJ, FBX) from third-party models
GLB, FBX, OBJ, USD, STL (animated also BLEND); UV-mapped textured mesh, quads or triangles up to 500K faces, textures up to 4K
Choice of model (Krea 3 and others), trained LoRA styles, moodboards and node workflows
Style presets (low-poly, stylized, realistic); template sliders and toggles for shape, parts and LOD; API sets face count, topology, texture size
Realtime renders update as you draw; edit images with words; chain steps in Nodes
Regenerate, tweak template sliders, retexture keeping geometry, split into parts, auto-rig T/A-pose humanoids, add preset, text or video-driven motion
Pick Krea if you want
- Fast concept iteration in your own art style
Pick Sloyd if you want
- Template-based game-ready props
How they score
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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
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
Free plan: personal-use license. Plus and Pro include a commercial license (you own what you generate; Pro adds reselling). 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.