Stable Diffusion vs Leonardo AI vs ChatGPT Images vs Runway

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

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Stable Diffusion
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Leonardo AI
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ChatGPT Images
Competitor 3
Runway
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Stable Diffusion
stability.ai
Open source AI art you can run on your own computer
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Competitor Leonardo AI
leonardo.ai
Production-ready AI art with controls professionals need
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Competitor ChatGPT Images
openai.com
Because generation is native to the 4o multimodal model rather than a separate add-on, it draws on the model's world knowledge and the conversation history.
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Competitor Runway
runwayml.com
Runway is an AI company with three platforms built on the same world models.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
348.1Kvisits/mo
8Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
5.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 14.8%
▼ 9.9%
▲ 3.6%
▼ 8.0%
6-month growth
-47.3%
-29.4%
+0.3%
-9.2%
Global rank web
#124,212
#4,015
#212
#6,941
Avg. last 3 months
417.1K
8.9M
197.3M
6.1M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
31%
58%
34%
Pages / visit
2.3
10.4
3.0
7.5
Visit duration
1m 04s
7m 15s
2m 31s
5m 30s
Traffic sources
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 33%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 10%
Stable DiffusionLeonardo AIChatGPT ImagesRunway
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MStable 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 · 348.1KLeonardo AI · 9.1MLeonardo AI · 10MLeonardo AI · 11.2MLeonardo AI · 9.3MLeonardo AI · 11.3MLeonardo AI · 10.7MLeonardo AI · 10.9MLeonardo AI · 9.9MLeonardo AI · 8.8MLeonardo AI · 8MChatGPT Images · 266.3MChatGPT Images · 225MChatGPT Images · 210.1MChatGPT Images · 191.2MChatGPT Images · 203.7MChatGPT Images · 195.7MChatGPT Images · 203.1MChatGPT Images · 190.4MChatGPT Images · 197.2MChatGPT Images · 204.3MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6M100K1M10M100M1BStable 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 · 348.1KLeonardo AI · 9.1MLeonardo AI · 10MLeonardo AI · 11.2MLeonardo AI · 9.3MLeonardo AI · 11.3MLeonardo AI · 10.7MLeonardo AI · 10.9MLeonardo AI · 9.9MLeonardo AI · 8.8MLeonardo AI · 8MChatGPT Images · 266.3MChatGPT Images · 225MChatGPT Images · 210.1MChatGPT Images · 191.2MChatGPT Images · 203.7MChatGPT Images · 195.7MChatGPT Images · 203.1MChatGPT Images · 190.4MChatGPT Images · 197.2MChatGPT Images · 204.3MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.9MRunway · 5.7MRunway · 5MRunway · 6.2MRunway · 6.7MRunway · 8.2MRunway · 6.5MRunway · 6.1MRunway · 5.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$2per month · free tier available
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$15per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
ImagesText
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ImagesTextVideo
Output
Images
ImagesVideo
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AudioImagesVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Audio & MusicDevelopment & CodeImage EditingImage Generation+6 more
Design & CreativeImage EditingImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Design & CreativeImage EditingImage GenerationAI Comic Generator+3 more
Development & CodeImage EditingImage GenerationVideo Creation+11 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Image generation
Image to image
Image editing
Video generation
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Character image generation
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Art generation
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Anime generation
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Image to video
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Animations
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Anime
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Anime image generation
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Anime images
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Image upscaling
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Images
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Lip sync
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Video editing
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Video upscaling
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Image enhancement
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Portrait generation
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Video enhancement
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