Good for designers who steer images by reference and moodboard; the open weights cost $1,000 a month for commercial use.
Kenning's take
What it does
Krea 2 is an image generation model that Krea built from scratch, with a focus on visual style rather than long prompts. Users steer it with a style reference image or a moodboard of several images, and Krea says outputs take about 15 seconds or less. It runs in the Krea app on every plan, including Free with daily limits, and its Raw and Turbo checkpoints were later released on Hugging Face under community and paid licences.
- Style references and moodboards
- Outputs in about 15 seconds or less
- 12B dense DiT backbone in the open release
- Krea 2 Raw checkpoint for fine-tuning and LoRA training
- Krea 2 Turbo 8-step distilled checkpoint
Who it suits. Designers and creative teams who want images in a specific look, and developers who want open image weights to fine-tune.
Key facts
- Category
- AI models
- Part of
- Krea
- Made by
- Krea
- Released
- 12 May 2026
- How to get it
- in the Krea web app and iOS app on all plans (Free has daily limits), and as open weights on Hugging Face with a paid licence for commercial use
- Works on
- Web, iOS, self-hosted
- Free plan
- Krea Free plan includes Krea 2 with daily limits (Medium 11, Large 5, Turbo 50 a day)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | month |
| Basic | $9 | month |
| Pro | $35 | month |
| Max | $105 | month |
| Business | $200 | month |
| Open-weights Maker licence (per model) | $1000 | month |
FAQ
When was Krea 2 released?
Krea announced Krea 2 on 12 May 2026. Its open-source page was published on 23 June 2026.
Is Krea 2 free?
It is on Krea's Free plan with daily limits. The open weights are on Hugging Face, and commercial use needs a licence, from $1,000 a month per model.
What makes Krea 2 different?
It is built for style control, so users guide it with reference images and moodboards rather than long prompts.
Facts from the maker's own pages and the sources listed. Checked 2026-10-11.
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