Stable Diffusion vs Recraft vs Seedream vs ChatGPT Images

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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Recraft
Competitor 2
Seedream
Competitor 3
ChatGPT Images
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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 Recraft
recraft.ai
AI images built for designers
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Competitor Seedream
seed.bytedance.com
Seedream 4.0 is an image creation model from ByteDance Seed that merges image generation and image editing in one architecture.
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
348.1Kvisits/mo
1.6Mvisits/mo
698.5Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 14.8%
▼ 5.1%
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6-month growth
-47.3%
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Global rank web
#124,212
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Avg. last 3 months
417.1K
1.6M
742.3K
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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58%
Pages / visit
2.3
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Visit duration
1m 04s
2m 23s
1m 29s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 33%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 25%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
Stable DiffusionRecraftSeedreamChatGPT Images
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 · 348.1KRecraft · 2.1MRecraft · 2MRecraft · 2MRecraft · 1.9MRecraft · 2MRecraft · 1.8MRecraft · 1.7MRecraft · 1.6MRecraft · 1.7MRecraft · 1.6MSeedream · 647.8KSeedream · 606.3KSeedream · 566.1KSeedream · 3.2MSeedream · 1.8MSeedream · 1.3MSeedream · 879.9KSeedream · 648.6KSeedream · 698.5KChatGPT 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 · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BStable 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 · 348.1KRecraft · 2.1MRecraft · 2MRecraft · 2MRecraft · 1.9MRecraft · 2MRecraft · 1.8MRecraft · 1.7MRecraft · 1.6MRecraft · 1.7MRecraft · 1.6MSeedream · 647.8KSeedream · 606.3KSeedream · 566.1KSeedream · 3.2MSeedream · 1.8MSeedream · 1.3MSeedream · 879.9KSeedream · 648.6KSeedream · 698.5KChatGPT 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 · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
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Output
Images
Images
Images
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Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Audio & MusicDevelopment & CodeImage EditingImage Generation+6 more
Design & CreativeImage GenerationAI Graphic DesignAI Icon Generator+4 more
Image EditingImage GenerationAI Image GeneratorImage to Image
Design & CreativeImage EditingImage GenerationAI Comic Generator+3 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Image generation
Image editing
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Image to image
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Art generation
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Character image generation
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Vector graphics
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4K image generation
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Anime generation
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Background removal
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Graphic design
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Icons
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Image conversion
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Image removal
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Image upscaling
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Images
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Logo idea generation
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Logo ideas
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Vector design
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Image coloring
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Portrait generation
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Product mockups
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Video generation
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.