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Image · Generation · 2 graded

Best image generation AI tools and models

By Example EditorPublished Updated

Image generation tools turn a text prompt into pictures; this category grades them on prompt adherence, quality, text, consistency, speed, price and licensing.

Our pick, by what you need

One answer per kind of user, and who should look elsewhere.

Most people should start with Example Studio; pick Example Draft when speed matters more than text rendering.

Choose it when

  • marketers
  • indie artists

Not for

  • anyone who needs reliable long text inside images

Tested on version suite v1.

How the total is weighted

Public and recomputable: the total is the weighted mean of the dimension scores below.

DimensionWeight
Quality25%
Prompt adherence25%
Price15%
Speed10%
Consistency10%
Text rendering10%
Licensing5%

The ranking

Every tool and model we have graded for image generation, best total first.

  1. Example Studio

    Tool

    Example Studio is a text-to-image tool that turns a short prompt into print-ready illustrations and product shots in under 20 seconds.

    Best for:
    marketers who need product shots fast; indie game artists
    Biggest weakness:
    Hands and overlapping fingers

    Tested

    Score

    7.3/ 10

  2. Example Draft

    Tool

    Example Draft is a text-to-image tool that turns a short prompt into print-ready illustrations and product shots in under 20 seconds.

    Best for:
    marketers who need product shots fast; indie game artists
    Biggest weakness:
    Hands and overlapping fingers

    Tested

    Score

    7.0/ 10

Common questions

Answer first, then why, an example, the limits and what to do next.

How do you grade image generators?

Every tool runs the same 20-prompt suite; we score seven dimensions from 0 to 10 and weight them as shown on this page.

Do vendors pay for placement?

Vendors do not pay for placement: rankings come only from the suite scores, and sponsored listings are labeled.

How often is this updated?

Each tool is re-run when its model version changes; the date next to each score is the last run.

Sources

Sources

  1. GenGrades methodology (gengrades.com), accessed
  2. Image generation suite v1 prompts (gengrades.com), accessed

Changelog

Changelog

  1. Category opened with suite v1 weights.