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PPicsart vs Stable Diffusion
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Picsart if…
- you work on iOS, Android, Windows
- you're in its core audience: content creators, social media managers
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Choose Stable Diffusion if…
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, researchers
Side by side
Feature Picsart Stable Diffusion
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$15/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes, unless you opt out
Data retentionKept until account deletion; some data up to 3 years afterKept as long as reasonably necessary, including while account is active
Security and complianceSOC 2—
Background removal—
Generative fill/erase—
Relighting—
Batch processing—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Windows, APIWeb, API, Self-hosted
CategoryPhoto EditingImage Generators
CompanyPicsArt, Inc.Stability AI Ltd
Based inUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
Founded2011—
Part of——
Key features
P Picsart
- Background and object removal
- AI Playground with 180+ image, video and audio models
- Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- Picsart Flow for repeatable multi-step workflows
- Aura agent that edits from plain-language instructions
- Bulk editing of up to 100 images
- Brand kits and ad variation tools
- CLI and MCP access from ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor
S Stable Diffusion
- Text-to-image with the Stable Diffusion 3.5 suite
- SD 3.5 Flash and Turbo variants for faster, cheaper generation
- SDXL 1.0 available from 0.9 credits per image
- Platform API with credit-based billing
- Self-hosted deployment under a license
- Custom model training on the Enterprise plan
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Picsart
FreeFree
Pro£7.83/mo billed yearly (site metadata lists $15/mo)
Ultra£44.83/mo per seat billed yearly
Stable Diffusion
Community LicenseFree
API credits$0.01 per credit
Enterprise LicenseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Picsart
- Free tier available
- Available on web, iOS, Android and Windows
- Access to 180+ AI generation models
- MCP and CLI integrations with AI coding and chat tools
- Pricing page shows only annual-billing prices, in local currency
- Team features such as seats and ad tools require the Ultra plan
- No free trial listed for paid plans
Stable Diffusion
- Free Community License for organizations under $1M annual revenue
- 25 free API credits for new accounts
- Choice of model sizes at different per-image costs
- Organizations above $1M annual revenue need a custom-priced Enterprise License
- API is pay-per-credit, with no flat monthly plan listed
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