{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-10-25T23:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"krea-3","name":"Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)","org":"Krea","family":"Krea","released":"2026-10-15","status":"current","type":"image-gen","modality_in":["text","image"],"modality_out":["image"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":{"per_image_1k":0.03,"per_image_2k":0.06,"per_1k_reference_image":0.02,"per_2k_reference_image":0.07,"high_mode_surcharge":0.02,"ultra_mode_surcharge":0.2,"unit":"USD per output image (Krea API); Ultra is 2K only, so Ultra with no references = $0.26","source":"https://www.krea.ai/docs/developers/krea-3/overview"},"price_line":"$0.03 per 1K image","access":[{"provider":"Krea API","model_id":"krea-3","endpoint":"https://api.krea.ai/generate/image/krea/krea-3","docs":"https://www.krea.ai/docs/developers/krea-3/overview"},{"provider":"OpenRouter","model_id":"krea/k3-edit"},{"provider":"Web app","url":"https://www.krea.ai/krea-3"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Ultra thinking mode","detail":"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.","first":false,"discovered":"later","source":"https://www.krea.ai/docs/developers/krea-3/overview"},{"name":"Pixel-exact regional edits","detail":"regional_edit: true regenerates only the parts that must change and leaves the rest pixel-exact, so edits can be chained without quality loss.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://www.krea.ai/docs/developers/krea-3/overview"},{"name":"Bounding boxes with per-region notes","detail":"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.","first":false,"discovered":"later","source":"https://www.krea.ai/docs/changelog"},{"name":"Self-hosting on enterprise plans","detail":"Krea says Krea 3 can run on the customer's own GPUs in their cloud under enterprise terms.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://www.krea.ai/krea-3"}],"entry":"2026-10-15-krea-3-image-editing-model","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. OpenRouter listing (provider Krea) showed no prices when checked. fal and others resell it (ids not verified). Open weights and LoRA fine-tuning only 'being considered' (founder, HN).","verified":"2026-10-25","body_md":"Krea's own image-editing model (also does text-to-image), native 2K, priced per image; Ultra mode trades minutes of latency for quality.\n\n```bash\ncurl https://api.krea.ai/generate/image/krea/krea-3 -H \"Authorization: Bearer $KREA_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"prompt\":\"Place the product on a clean studio background\",\"image_urls\":[\"IMAGE_URL\"],\"thinking_mode\":\"fast\",\"resolution\":\"2K\"}'\n# returns job_id; poll GET https://api.krea.ai/jobs/{job_id} until status is completed, image in result.urls[0]\n```\n\nSources:\n- https://www.krea.ai/docs/developers/krea-3/overview\n- https://www.krea.ai/docs/changelog\n- https://www.krea.ai/krea-3\n- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50105648","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/","standing":{"kind":"image generation","newer_count":0,"newer":[],"before":null,"after":null,"weights":"closed","licence":"proprietary","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Closed weights; access is hosted only."}}