vsLeLeonardo.AiThe Leonardo.Ai alternative that makes posts, not pictures.
Leonardo.Ai is a deep AI image and video studio, with a long list of models and a free daily allowance. What it hands you is a picture: the words are part of the pixels, and its own help center points you to Canva to add text and elements. Krumzi designs the whole post from one sentence, with real text in your fonts, your brand applied, and every element still editable.
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A picture is not a post.
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If you're making posts with it, one of these probably sounds familiar.
Leonardo.Ai is well liked: 4.7 on Trustpilot across about 1,580 reviews and 4.8 on the App Store from 11,000 ratings. The friction starts when a picture has to become this week's post. Here's what people actually run into.
You get a picture, not a design
Leonardo's own help pages describe editing by prompt, mask and inpainting. Its newest editors generate and edit in one step, in Leonardo's words, instead of manual masks and layers. The headline in a generated image isn't an object you can grab and nudge. You describe the change and get new images back.
Fixing a word means a new image
Text is generated into the image. To change a date or a price, you prompt an edit and the model redraws it. Leonardo's own design guide points you to specific models when your design has text, because legible type depends on which one you pick.
On brand means typing hex codes
Leonardo's own tips for staying on brand: put your exact hex codes in the prompt, reuse the same prompt structure, and upload a reference image. Trained styles help too. But your fonts and your logo aren't applied to the post for you.
Tokens go fast, sometimes on misses
Token cost changes with the model and the job, and partner models like Nano Banana and GPT Image always use tokens, even on plans with relaxed mode. Some reviewers on Trustpilot say tokens were taken for generations that failed or came back as errors.
Free has strings attached
The free plan gives 150 tokens a day, but private generations need a paid plan, free accounts get the Auto model only, and on the free tier Leonardo.Ai holds rights to your images and licenses them back to you. Paid plans fix all three.
The post gets finished somewhere else
Leonardo has an Edit in Canva button for adding text, elements, and backgrounds, one image at a time. That's a fair workflow, but it means two apps for every post: generate in one, design in the other.
To be fair: Leonardo.Ai is one of the most complete AI image studios around. Its own Lucid and Phoenix models sit next to partner models like Nano Banana and GPT Image, you can train your own styles, and it makes video and upscales too. If the image or the clip is your deliverable, it's a great pick. This page is for people whose deliverable is the post.
Why people pick Krumzi over Leonardo.Ai
A post has structure. Krumzi builds it.
A social post is a headline, a hierarchy, brand colors, a call to action, and imagery, arranged with intent. Leonardo gives you that as one flat render. Krumzi builds each element separately, decides the layout for your brief, and hands you a design where everything is still an object you can change.
You describe it. Krumzi designs it.
No model to pick, no token math, no second app to finish in. Type one sentence and a finished, on-brand design comes back in under 60 seconds. Not happy with it? Keep chatting. Bigger headline, darker background, use the orange from my logo. Changing one word never redraws the rest.
On brand by default. Not by prompt.
Let Brand Mind learn your style, and on Pro and up save your logo, colors, and fonts in a Brand Kit. Krumzi applies them to every design. Then ask for a square post, a story, a carousel, or a multi-page document, and make variations for next week without starting over.
Which one should you actually use?
Plenty of people should use both. Here's the honest split, including when Leonardo.Ai is the better call.
Switch to Krumzi if you...
- Your deliverable is a post, not a picture
- You need real text on the design that you can retype
- You're typing hex codes into prompts to stay on brand
- You generate in one app and finish every post in another
- You need carousels, multi-page documents, or video posts from one brief
- You post every week, for yourself or for clients, and want it to look like one brand
Stay with Leonardo.Ai if you...
- The image or the clip itself is your deliverable
- You like choosing between many image and video models
- You train your own styles or characters
- You make concept art, characters, or game assets
- A free daily allowance matters more to you than editable designs
What each one costs.
Leonardo.Ai sells image and video generation by the token, with a free daily allowance. Krumzi sells finished design work. Here's the honest math.
Free
$0/month
- 150 tokens a day, reset daily
- Auto model only, no partner models
- No private generations
- Leonardo.Ai holds rights, you get a license
Essential
$12/month
- 8,500 tokens a month
- Unused tokens roll over, up to 25,500
- Private generations and partner models
- Output is images and video clips
Premium
$30/month
- 25,000 tokens a month
- Relaxed-mode images on selected models
- Partner models still use tokens
- Higher prices in the iPhone app
KrumziStarter
$19/month
- 1,000 AI credits / month
- 1 brand
- AI Image Maker
- AI Carousel Maker
Pro
$39/month
- 2,500 AI credits / month
- 3 brands, each with its own Brand Kit
- Everything in Starter
- Unlimited Video Exports
Studio
$89/month
- 6,000 AI credits / month
- 10 brands, each with its own Brand Kit
- Everything in Pro
- Claude Opus access
Agency
$249/month
- 20,000 AI credits / month
- 25 brands, each with its own Brand Kit
- Everything in Studio
- Lowest price per credit
Leonardo.Ai plans and token counts from leonardo.ai in November 2026; dollar prices are monthly US web prices as tracked in September 2026, and the iPhone app charges more. Krumzi's prices come live from krumzi.com/pricing. Starter, Pro and Studio start with a 3-day free trial, card needed, with no charge until day 4. See full Krumzi pricing.
Keep the images. Gain the design.
You don't have to give up Leonardo.Ai. Its images drop straight into Krumzi designs. Your first one takes about a minute.
Bring your brand
Let Brand Mind learn your brand through a quick, tappable interview. It works even if you don't have a website. On Pro and up, add your logo, colors, and fonts to a Brand Kit.
Describe the post
Type one sentence. Krumzi designs the layout, typography, and composition from scratch, on your brand, in under 60 seconds. Upload a Leonardo image and use it in the design.
Edit and export anywhere
Every element is editable. Export PNG, JPG, PDF, or WebP in any platform size, or schedule it to Instagram and Facebook. Nothing locked in.
Switching from Leonardo.Ai, answered.
Yes, if the post is what you need. Leonardo.Ai generates images and video clips, and the post around them is still yours to build, often in a second app. Krumzi designs the whole post from one sentence: layout, typography, colors, imagery, and your brand, with every element still editable. If the image itself is your deliverable, Leonardo.Ai is a strong choice.
Leonardo.Ai makes pictures: the text, layout, and imagery come out as one flat image, and you change them by prompting a new version or masking an area. Krumzi makes designs: real text in real fonts, shapes, and images placed as separate objects. You can retype a headline or move a logo without touching anything else.
Yes, everything. Drag, resize, and restyle any element, change the text, swap images, and adjust colors by hand, or just tell Krumzi what to change in the chat. Every change Krumzi makes is saved as a version you can go back to.
Yes. Upload any image you made in Leonardo.Ai and use it in your design, or attach it to your brief for the AI to work from. Krumzi can also generate an image when a design needs one.
Brand Mind learns your style and steers every design to look and sound like you, on every plan. On Pro and up, save your logo, colors, and fonts in a Brand Kit and Krumzi applies them automatically. No hex codes to retype in every prompt.
Canva bought Leonardo.Ai in 2024, and it still runs as its own product at leonardo.ai with its own plans. Leonardo has an Edit in Canva button for adding text and elements to its images, and in 2026 Canva Business stopped including Leonardo's Essential plan.
Krumzi is a paid subscription, and Starter, Pro and Studio start with a 3-day free trial. You add a card, pay nothing today, and make your first posts with the plan you picked. Downloads carry a watermark until your plan starts on day 4, unless you cancel before then. If a free daily allowance of AI images is what you need, Leonardo.Ai's free plan honestly covers that.
No. Plenty of people keep Leonardo.Ai for imagery and concept work, and use Krumzi to design the posts around it. They solve different problems. Use whichever fits the job.
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Keep Leonardo.Ai for the images. Let Krumzi design the post around them. Describe it, and watch it design.