An emerging and ongoing index of Generative AI platforms for image and video generation by glitch.school founder jonCates
PLATFORM NAME
* models/engines
* location/jurisdiction
* founding date/release
* formats
* costs
* founders
* WWW
Midjourney
* using models by Midjourney
* San Francisco, California, USA
* since 2022
* image
* paid subscription, closed source
* founded by David Holz
https://www.midjourney.com
niji
* using models by niji
* San Francisco, California, USA
* since 2022.12.20
* image
* paid subscription, closed source
* founded by Spellbrush and Midjourney
https://nijijourney.com
Leonardo AI
* using models by many
* Sydney, Australia
* since 2022
* image and video
* free and paid
* founded by JJ Fiasson
https://leonardo.ai
KREA AI
* using models by FLUX, Ideogram, etc
* Palo Alto, California, USA
* since 2022
* image and video
* free and paid
* founded by Victor Pérez and Diego Rodriguez
https://www.krea.ai
Stable Diffusion integrated into many, i.e. Leonardo AI, etc
* using models by Stable Diffusion
* London, England
* since 2022
* image
* free, open source
* founded by Stability AI, Emad Mostaque
* various ie Leonardo AI, ComfyUI, DiffusionBee, etc
https://stability.ai/stable-image
ComfyUI
* using models by Stable Diffusion
* (location unknown)
* since 2023
* image
* free, open source
* founded by comfyanonymous
https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI
Imagen via Alphabet (Google) products and services
* using Imagen models
* Mountain View, California, USA
* since 2022
* image
* free (via Google)
* founded by Alphabet
available via Gemini https://gemini.google.com as part of Google’s ecosystem with dedicated support for all international languages and with training data from across Alphabet’s massive dataset including Google Photos, Youtube, Google Books, etc
DALL·E via Microsoft Windows, Bing, ChatGPT, etc
* using models by DALL·E
* San Francisco, California, USA
* since 2021
* image
* free
* founded by OpenAI
https://www.bing.com/images/create/ and integrated with Microsoft Windows Operating System, Bing browser, ChatGPT, etc
Llama via Meta platforms such Facebook, Instagram, etc with access not yet fully integrated but systems already available to download as open source software (circa December 29th 2024)
* using Llama models
* Menlo Park, California, USA
* since 2023
* image and video
* free, open source
* founded by Meta
https://www.llama.com/llama-downloads/ and soon to be integrated as part of Meta’s ecosystem
FLUX integrated into many platforms i.e. X via Grok AI, etc
* using models by FLUX
* Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
* since 2024
* image
* free and paid, both open source and closed source
* founded by Black Forest Labs
https://blackforestlabs.ai
Ideogram
* using models by Ideogram
* Toronto, Canada
* since 2022
* image
* free and paid
* founded by Mohammad Norouzi, William Chan, Chitwan Saharia, Jonathan Ho
https://ideogram.ai
Recraft AI
* using models by Recraft AI
* London, England
* since 2022
* image
* free and paid
* founded by Anna Veronika Dorogush
https://recraft.ai
Adobe Firefly
* using Adobe’s proprietary models
* San Jose, California, USA
* since 2023
* image and vector
* paid (part of Creative Cloud)
* founded by Adobe
https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly
Canva Text to Image
* using Stable Diffusion integration
* Sydney, Australia
* since 2023
* image
* free and paid (part of Canva)
https://www.canva.com
index updated 20241229
open educational resources by jonCates for glitch.school
