Krea 3: what it does, what it costs and where to use it
By GetStepSnap · Checked against Krea's own pages on October 19, 2026
- Is it free?
- You can try it on Krea's free plan: 100 compute units a day, Krea 3 included.
- What does it cost?
- $0.03 an image at 1K and $0.06 at 2K, at Krea's list price.
- Where can I use it?
- On krea.ai, Krea's API, and fal, Replicate, OpenRouter and other partners.
- Can it run on my PC?
- No. Krea hasn't released Krea 3's weights.
Krea 3 is Krea's new image editing model, out since October 15, 2026. You give it a photo, or up to six reference images, plus a sentence about what to change, and Krea says most edits come back in under 8 seconds at 2K. The pitch is that it leaves alone what you didn't ask it to touch: the label on a bottle, the face of the person in the shot.
It's a closed model. There are no weights to download, so you use it through Krea's site and app, Krea's API, or one of the partners that serve it: fal, Hedra, Together AI, Nous Research, OpenRouter and Replicate.
What Krea 3 does
- Edits from a sentence. Put a product in a new scene, swap a sofa, change a material or a color, and keep the rest of the picture as it was.
- Keeps products and people the same. Krea built it so a label stays sharp and a face stays the same person from one image to the next, which is what catalog and campaign work needs.
- Up to six reference images. A room plus three pieces of furniture, or four characters in a new pose, in one edit.
- Native 2K. 1K costs half as much.
- Pictures from a prompt, too. Krea's model page lists text to image, but Krea pitches it as an editing model first.
What it costs
Krea lists Krea 3 at $0.03 an image at 1K and $0.06 at 2K. Its partners set their own prices. On Krea's own site you pay in compute units: the free plan gives 100 a day with Krea 3 included and no credit card, and the paid plans add more units and the commercial license, which Krea's plans list from Basic up. Krea doesn't say how many Krea 3 edits a day of free units covers.
Krea's launch post compares it with two well-known editing models:
| Model | Time per edit | Price per image |
|---|---|---|
| Krea 3 (2K) | Under 8 seconds | $0.06 |
| Nano Banana Pro | 33 seconds | $0.135 |
| GPT Image 2 | 90 seconds | $0.22 |
Krea's numbers, not ours: median time for edit jobs on Krea from September 24 to October 1, 2026, queue included, and list prices per image without reference images. We haven't tested Krea 3.
Can you run Krea 3 on your own computer?
No. Krea hasn't released Krea 3's weights. What it does license for self-hosting is its earlier Krea 2 family, from $1,000 a month per model with a cap of 10,000 images a month. If you want a new image model you can download and run at home, look at Qwen Image 2.1, whose free weights come with a research-only license, or FLUX 3 Image Klein.
Edit your own photo here instead
Krea 3 isn't on GetStepSnap. For the same kind of job, changing a photo with one sentence, we run Nano Banana 2.1 and GPT Image 2.5, and FLUX 3 for pictures from text. No subscription: packs cost $4.90 for 20 credits or $9.90 for 70, paid once.
Try Nano Banana 2.1Questions
Is Krea 3 free?
You can try it free on Krea's free plan, which gives 100 compute units a day and includes Krea 3, with no credit card. Krea doesn't say how many Krea 3 edits that covers, and its plans list the commercial license from Basic up.
How much does Krea 3 cost?
Krea lists $0.03 an image at 1K and $0.06 at 2K. Its API partners, such as fal and Replicate, set their own prices, and Krea's pricing page lists a Krea 3 Ultra for its Max plan and above.
Is Krea 3 open source?
No. Krea hasn't published Krea 3's weights, so you can't download it or run it on your own computer. Krea does license its earlier Krea 2 models for self-hosting, from $1,000 a month per model.
When did Krea 3 come out?
Krea released it on October 15, 2026. Its model page still calls it Krea 3 Beta.
How many reference images can Krea 3 use?
Up to six per edit, according to Krea. Its launch post shows a room photo and three pieces of furniture combined into one edit.
Is Krea 3 better than Nano Banana Pro?
Faster and cheaper for edits, by Krea's own numbers: under 8 seconds and $0.06 at 2K, against 33 seconds and $0.135 for Nano Banana Pro on Krea's platform. Krea measured that, not us, and we haven't tested Krea 3 ourselves.
Can I use Krea 3 on GetStepSnap?
No. For editing your own photo with a sentence, our Nano Banana 2.1 and GPT Image 2.5 tools do the same kind of job, with credits bought once and no subscription.
Sources, checked October 19, 2026: Introducing Krea 3 (Krea's blog, October 15, 2026), Krea 3 Beta model page, Krea pricing, Krea model licensing.
