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Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)

Krea’s own image-editing model (also does text-to-image), native 2K, priced per image; Ultra mode trades minutes of latency for quality.

Model idkrea-3

Price$0.03 per 1K image

Checked25 October 2026

Where it stands

No newer image generation model in our registry yet.

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Weights
Closed weights; access is hosted only.

How to call it

3 ways to use Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes), with the model id each provider expects.

Providers, model ids, endpoints and docs for Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)
ProviderModel idEndpointDocs
Krea API krea-3 https://api.krea.ai/generate/image/krea/krea-3 krea.ai
OpenRouter krea/k3-edit
Web app krea.ai

Pricing

Prices for Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)
Per 1K image$0.03
Per 2K image$0.06
Per 1k reference image$0.02
Per 2k reference image$0.07
High mode surcharge$0.02
Ultra mode surcharge$0.20

As published: “USD per output image (Krea API); Ultra is 2K only, so Ultra with no references = $0.26”.

Source: krea.ai, checked 25 October 2026.

Specs

Input
Text and images
Output
Images
Context window
Not published
Max output
Not published
Open weights
No
Licence
Proprietary
Released
15 October 2026
Status
Current
Type
Image generation

What stands out

What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.

  • Ultra thinking mode

    Found after launch

    thinking_mode ‘ultra’ generates several candidates, reviews them against the prompt and references and returns the best at 2K; needs at least one input image and a Max plan; jobs can take up to ~10 minutes.

    Source: krea.ai

  • Pixel-exact regional edits

    regional_edit: true regenerates only the parts that must change and leaves the rest pixel-exact, so edits can be chained without quality loss.

    Source: krea.ai

  • Bounding boxes with per-region notes

    Found after launch

    Up to 24 regions (0-1 coordinates) on any reference image, each with its own @label and note prompt; up to 8 reference images per request.

    Source: krea.ai

  • Self-hosting on enterprise plans

    Krea says Krea 3 can run on the customer’s own GPUs in their cloud under enterprise terms.

    Source: krea.ai

Notes

‘Krea 3 Ultra’ is not a separate model id: it is the ultra thinking_mode of the same krea-3 endpoint (Krea docs), so one file covers all modes. Not on Artificial Analysis’s main text-to-image board (read 2026-10-25); on the AA image-editing leaderboard (https://artificialanalysis.ai/image/leaderboard/editing) Krea 3 (Ultra) is tied 3-6, Elo 1151, $270 per 1k images, and Krea 3 (Fast) tied 7-16, Elo 1126, $70 per 1k. Krea’s page cites #4 on Arena’s Multi-Image Edit board (score 1,435). Timeline: early-access API and app beta 2026-10-15; default image model in the app and Ultra on Max plans 2026-10-16; API public 2026-10-19; Ultra in the API and ‘out of beta’ 2026-10-20 (Krea changelog). Old mode names instant/medium/max are rejected after 2026-10-30. Zero Data Retention supported except ultra with images. Open weights and LoRA fine-tuning only ‘being considered’ (founder, HN).

curl https://api.krea.ai/generate/image/krea/krea-3 -H "Authorization: Bearer $KREA_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"prompt":"Place the product on a clean studio background","image_urls":["IMAGE_URL"],"thinking_mode":"fast","resolution":"2K"}'
# returns job_id; poll GET https://api.krea.ai/jobs/{job_id} until status is completed, image in result.urls[0]

Sources:

Not yet checked against an official source: OpenRouter listing (provider Krea) showed no prices when checked. fal and others resell it (ids not verified).