Adobe's commercially-safe generative AI (Firefly) plus Express design app, integrated with Creative Cloud.
Leonardo.ai
AI Image Generation & DesignLeonardo.ai is an AI image and video generation platform owned by Canva, offering its own models (Phoenix, Lucid Origin, Lucid Realism) alongside FLUX and other third-party models. It includes a real-time Canvas for inpainting and outpainting, Motion for image- and text-to-video, a Universal Upscaler, and training of custom models and Elements on your own images. It is used by game developers, concept artists, marketers and hobbyists.
Pricing
Leonardo.ai pricing
Free plan (daily tokens); Apprentice ~$12/mo ($10/mo annual)
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on leonardo.ai
Features
What Leonardo.ai does
- Leonardo models (Phoenix, Lucid Origin, Lucid Realism) plus FLUX
- Real-time Canvas for inpainting, outpainting and compositing
- Motion video from images or text with camera controls
- Universal Upscaler up to 8K
- Custom model and Element training
- Production API with pay-as-you-go pricing
Pros
- Fine control over models, styles and character consistency
- Free plan with daily tokens
- Web, iOS and Android apps
- Well-documented API for developers
Cons
- Token system is confusing and premium models use tokens quickly
- Free plan images are public and lack some features
- Many settings make it harder for beginners than Canva or Ideogram
- No layout templates for finished marketing designs
Fit
Who Leonardo.ai is for
Look elsewhere if: People who want ready-made social templates or simple one-click designs will find Canva easier.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Teams plan adds shared workspaces and permission controls; vendor says it meets SOC 2 standards (type not stated) and offers custom contracts.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
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- SCIM user provisioning
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- SOC 2
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- ISO 27001
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- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Data residency options
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- No training on your data
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- Audit logs
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- Admin controls
- Teams plan
- Deployment
- Cloud, API
From the vendor's own security documentation. "—" = not confirmed. Verify during your security review. Compare all tools.
| Image & Design feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Text-to-image | Yes |
| AI editing / inpainting | Yes |
| Background removal | Yes |
| Upscaling / enhancement | Yes |
| Image-to-video | Yes |
| Commercial use allowed | Paid plans |
| Design templates | No |
| API | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes |
Leonardo.ai compared
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