Krea 2 Medium
May 2026
Krea 2 MediumCompare inon
Krea 2 Medium measured on 3 of 5 Image Generation & Editing benchmarks3
BenchmarkByScoreRank
Multimodal2
Text rendering1
No benchmark matches
Rankingat medium effort?
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23Qwen Image 25121,125.424Krea 2 Medium1,124.225HiDream O1 Image1,116.2Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperMuse Imageunstatedwins 70%-67%$0.01
OpenQwen Image 2.1unstatedwins 64%-33%$0.02
CheaperGrok Imagine Imageunstatedwins 57%-33%$0.02
CheaperFLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpenwins 53%-20%$0.024HCheaperHiDream O1 ImageunstatedOpensame-67%$0.01Reference images: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Muse Imageunstatedwins 70%-67%$0.01Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 64%-33%$0.02Grok Imagine Imageunstatedwins 57%-33%$0.02FLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpenwins 53%-20%$0.024HHiDream O1 ImageunstatedOpensame-67%$0.01Reference images: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Muse Imageunstatedwins 70%-67%$0.01Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 64%-33%$0.02Grok Imagine Imageunstatedwins 57%-33%$0.02FLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpenwins 53%-20%$0.024
Nano Banana 2.1unstatedwins 76%+12%$0.034ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen Image 2.1unstatedOpenwins 64%-33%$0.02
Ideogram 4.0unstatedOpenwins 61%+233%$0.10Edits photos: not verified+1
Cosmos3-Super-Text2Image (agentic)unstatedOpenwins 56%——Reference images: not verified
HunyuanImage 3.0unstatedOpenwins 54%+167%$0.08Reference images: not verifiedFLUX.2 [dev]unstatedOpenwins 53%-20%$0.024ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Krea 2 Largeunstatedsame+100%$0.06Krea 2 Medium TurboOpenn/a—$0.015All Krea models →Benchmarks
in Image Generation & EditingArena Text-to-Image · overall1,124.2#24
FAQ
How much does Krea 2 Medium cost?›
$0.03 per image.
Is Krea 2 Medium free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.03 per image.
How good is Krea 2 Medium, and what is it best at?›
#40 of 93 in Image Generation & Editing.
Is Krea 2 Medium better than Qwen Image 2512?›
On Arena Text-to-Image · overall, Krea 2 Medium scores 1,124.2 vs 1,125.4 — about the same.
When was Krea 2 Medium released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-05-26. It is the current version in its line.
Is Krea 2 Medium open source?›
No, Krea 2 Medium is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Qwen Image 2.1.
What is Krea 2 Medium?›
Krea 2 Medium is a closed image generation & editing model from Krea, released May 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Krea 2 Medium?›
Muse Image (cheaper), Qwen Image 2.1 (open weights).