By IdeogramToronto, Canada1 product across 1 category
Built for this. The one that renders readable text inside an image, which almost nothing else does reliably. That makes it the choice for anything with words in it.
Free plan
Yes
Free tier with a daily generation allowance
Month to month
$20/mo
Plus
Billed yearly
$15/mo
$180 a year, Plus plan −25%
Watch out: Narrower than the general generators once you move past typography. Its pricing page has refused or 404ed on three separate runs.
All plans (5)
Plan
Price
What you get
Free
$0
Free tier with a daily generation allowance
Plus
$20/mo · $15/mo yearly
1,000 credits a month, private generation, unlimited slow credits, priority top-ups at $4
Pro
$60/mo · $42/mo yearly
3,500 credits a month, batch generation, quality export
Team
$30/mo · $20/mo yearly
1,500 credits a user a month, central billing
Enterprise
Custom
private custom models and API volume discounts. API usage is priced separately
By CanvaSydney, Australia2 products across 2 categories
Built for this. Fine-grained control over style and consistency across a set, with a generous daily free allowance to work through.
Free plan
Yes
150 fast tokens a day
Month to month
$12/mo
Essential
Billed yearly
$10/mo
Essential plan −17%
Watch out: Owned by Canva since July 2024, so its future is tied to a design suite rather than to itself. Its pricing page refused automated reading three times.
All plans (6)
Plan
Price
What you get
Free
$0
Free plan, 150 fast tokens a day
Essential
$12/mo · $10/mo yearly
8,500 fast tokens a month
Premium
$30/mo · $24/mo yearly
25,000 fast tokens a month
Ultimate
$60/mo · $48/mo yearly
60,000 fast tokens a month
Team Starter
$24/mo
25,000 fast tokens a seat plus 75,000 shared
Team Growth
$48/mo
60,000 fast tokens a seat plus 180,000 shared. Custom team plans and an API tier are priced separately
Two things separate these and both are on every card.
Fit
Whether a tool is built for this job, a strong fit for it, or
able to do it without that being its focus.
Free plan
Whether there is a tier you can keep using rather than a
trial that expires.
The order
Fit first, then a free plan, then alphabetical. There is
no score, no weighting we decline to publish, and nothing on this site a company can buy.
Questions
What is the best ai for advertising?
There is no single answer, which is why this page lists 8 rather than one: ChatGPT, Canva Magic Studio, HeyGen, Copy.ai, Claude, Midjourney, Ideogram, Leonardo.ai. 7 of them are built for this kind of work rather than able to do it. Start with a free one.
Which of these have a free plan?
7 of the 8: ChatGPT, Canva Magic Studio, HeyGen, Copy.ai, Claude, Ideogram, Leonardo.ai. Free means a real free tier you can keep using, not a trial that expires.
How was this list chosen?
By hand, from the 750 products this site tracks, and it is checked against the catalogue on every build — a product renamed or removed breaks the build rather than quietly disappearing from here. Nothing on this site can be paid for: no listing, no position, no wording.
