82.9Excellent
Prompt-to-video inside Workspace, powered by Veo and Lyria.
Image & VideoFreemiumEmerging
From Free (any Google account) / from $6 per user per month (Workspace)
Stable Diffusion
Excellentby Stability AI · founded 2022 · updated Sep 2026
Stable Diffusion is the open-weight image generation family that spawned an entire ecosystem: ComfyUI, LoRA fine-tunes, ControlNet and thousands of community models. It remains the default choice when you need image generation you fully control.
Image & VideoOpen SourceMatureFrom Free (self-hosted) / API from $0.01 per image
82.2TIP Score
The score, taken apart
Fixed weights, sources attached, the formula
Capability(30%)82
Value for Money(15%)92
Security & Compliance(15%)80
Integrations & Ecosystem(15%)88
Maturity & Reliability(10%)84
Momentum(15%)68
Best for
- ◆Self-hosted pipelines
- ◆Fine-tuned custom styles
- ◆Cost-sensitive high-volume generation
Key integrations
ComfyUIAutomatic1111Hugging FaceControlNetLoRA ecosystem
Strengths
- ＋Full control: self-host, fine-tune and modify freely
- ＋Enormous community model and workflow ecosystem
- ＋Zero marginal cost at scale on your own hardware
Limitations
- －Out-of-the-box quality trails closed frontier models
- －Requires GPU infrastructure and technical skill
- －Stability AI's commercial licensing has shifted several times
Evidence behind this score
Each score is built from the claims below. This is a snapshot, so check the current terms with the vendor before you commit to anything.
3 of 4 claims below are past their re-check window. Pricing, availability and security details move fast, so confirm those with the vendor.
| Claim | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| SD 3.5 released under community license with open weights· re-check | Stability AI announcements | Oct 2024 |
| ComfyUI ecosystem provides node-based production workflows· re-check | Community documentation | May 2025 |
| Runs locally on consumer GPUs from ~8GB VRAM· re-check | Model requirements docs | Feb 2025 |
| SD 3.0 API deprecated and auto-upgraded existing users to SD 3.5 at no extra cost; credit-based API pricing runs $0.01/credit with images costing 2.5-6.5 credits depending on tier. Community License stays free for commercial use under $1M revenue (Enterprise License required above that), and Stable Audio 3.0 shipped as a partly open-weight model family under CEO Prem Akkaraju following an $80M investment | Stability AI pricing docs; company coverage ↗ | Sep 2026 |
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