NovelAI vs Stable Diffusion vs Story AI by DreamGen

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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NovelAI
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Competitor 1
Stable Diffusion
Competitor 2
Story AI by DreamGen
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool NovelAI
novelai.net
AI storytelling with creative control
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Competitor Stable Diffusion
stability.ai
Open source AI art you can run on your own computer
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Competitor Story AI by DreamGen
dreamgen.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.8Mvisits/mo
348.1Kvisits/mo
1.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.3%
▼ 14.8%
▲ 17.0%
6-month growth
-10.3%
-47.3%
+5.4%
Global rank web
#7,428
#124,212
#42,968
Avg. last 3 months
4.3M
417.1K
964.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
44%
30%
Pages / visit
18.9
2.3
8.1
Visit duration
10m 24s
1m 04s
9m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 33%
● Direct 96% · ● Referral 4%
NovelAIStable DiffusionStory AI by DreamGen
01.3M2.7M4M5.4MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 4.5MNovelAI · 5MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 5.4MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 3.9MNovelAI · 4.2MNovelAI · 4.8MStable Diffusion · 600.6KStable Diffusion · 682.3KStable Diffusion · 655.9KStable Diffusion · 628KStable Diffusion · 660.2KStable Diffusion · 504.8KStable Diffusion · 473KStable Diffusion · 494.5KStable Diffusion · 408.7KStable Diffusion · 348.1KStory AI by DreamGen · 858.8KStory AI by DreamGen · 923.3KStory AI by DreamGen · 962.2KStory AI by DreamGen · 714.7KStory AI by DreamGen · 1MStory AI by DreamGen · 1.2MStory AI by DreamGen · 836.5KStory AI by DreamGen · 882.9KStory AI by DreamGen · 926KStory AI by DreamGen · 1.1M100K1M10MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 4.5MNovelAI · 5MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 5.4MNovelAI · 4.3MNovelAI · 4MNovelAI · 3.9MNovelAI · 4.2MNovelAI · 4.8MStable Diffusion · 600.6KStable Diffusion · 682.3KStable Diffusion · 655.9KStable Diffusion · 628KStable Diffusion · 660.2KStable Diffusion · 504.8KStable Diffusion · 473KStable Diffusion · 494.5KStable Diffusion · 408.7KStable Diffusion · 348.1KStory AI by DreamGen · 858.8KStory AI by DreamGen · 923.3KStory AI by DreamGen · 962.2KStory AI by DreamGen · 714.7KStory AI by DreamGen · 1MStory AI by DreamGen · 1.2MStory AI by DreamGen · 836.5KStory AI by DreamGen · 882.9KStory AI by DreamGen · 926KStory AI by DreamGen · 1.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
Free
$6.26per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Base Subscription $10/moOn-Demand Anlas Custom
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Starter $6.26/moAdvanced $15.48/moPro $33.81/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
ImagesText
Text
Output
ImagesText
Images
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsImage GenerationWriting & ContentAI Anime Generator+3 more
Audio & MusicDevelopment & CodeImage EditingImage Generation+6 more
Chatbots & CompanionsWriting & ContentAI Book WritingAI Character+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
12
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6
Image generation
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Anime generation
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Character image generation
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Writing
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Book writing
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Characters
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Anime image generation
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Art generation
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Stories
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Anime
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Anime images
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Artistic writing
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Image to image
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Role playing
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Storytelling
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Anime characters
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Anime stories
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Image editing
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Portrait generation
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Video generation
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