Stable DiffusionStrong

Stability AI

Open-weight diffusion model family, self-hostable or used via Stability AI's hosted Platform API.

Free to self-host; hosted API from $0.03/image

Open sourceAPILocalNo sign-up

BREAF's verdict

Why BREAF recommends (or doesn't) Stable Diffusion, the full guide, and the sources it was checked against are Premium.

Details

Free tier

Model weights free to self-host under $1M revenue; 25 free API credits on signup

Commercial use

Included in every plan

Platforms

web, windows, linux, mac

License

Stability AI Community License (free under $1M annual revenue)

First released

2022-08-22

API docs

Available

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