Top 5 free Stable Diffusion generation websites in 2023
AI art has exploded in the recent months thanks to the proliferation of several AI image generation programs, the most popular of which are undoubtedly Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and DALL-E 2.
Amongst them, Stable Diffusion stands apart as the only AI image generation model which is fully open source. This has led to numerous services and apps being built on top of the platform, the most popular of which are undoubtedly web platforms that allow users to perform text-to-image and image-to-image generation using Stable Diffusion.
While these Stable Diffusion-based AI image generation websites essentially perform the same basic function of transforming prompts and images into ”AI art”, they aren’t all the same in terms of the models and settings they allow their users’ to select and tinker with.
If you’re someone who doesn’t have a top-end PC to run Automatic1111 but wants to play around with AI image generation, here are the top 5 free Stable Diffusion generation websites in 2023:
RenderNet
RenderNet is an app, accessible on both web and mobile, which provides a simpler UI for Stable Diffusion’s rather complex settings. The RenderNet ‘Studio’ offers over 30 of the most popular SD models, including the latest SDXL modelsr, which are trained to create unique images. Users can enter a prompt, negative prompt, and play with the most impactful settings, which are the sampler, steps, AI guidance, and seed. Also, it creates high-res images by default, so you don’t have to pay to upscale your creations!
Additionally, in RenderNet’s ‘Avatar’ section, users can upload a photo of a person and transform them into a unique work of art using one of the 17 styles on offer.
Night Cafe
Night Cafe is both an SD image generation site and an AI community where users can share their creations and interact with each other. Night Cafe’s generator offers a wide range of powerful customization options, including ‘styles’ which can be selected to align the user’s prompt with a specific art style. The only drawback is that it has a limited selection of base models, out of which only the older SD models are eligible for unlimited free generations. If you want to use the newer (and better) SDXL models, you’ll need to buy credits.
DreamStudio
DreamStudio is a AI image generation website made by Stability.ai: the creators of Stable Diffusion itself. It isn’t completely free because it works on a credit system, but you do get a bunch of credits on signing up and it doesn’t cost too many credits to generate an image. The downside of DreamStudio is that it only offers SD base models and doesn’t let you choose a sampling method.
Sinkin AI
Sinkin AI is a website that hosts Stable Diffusion models and pays their creators per use. Naturally, it isn’t entirely free but is pretty generous in offering credits to users who sign up on the platform. Sinkin.ai is also easy to use and allows users to fine-tune their image generation parameters, but can at times take a long while to generate an image.
Mage.space
Mage Space is another free SD image generation site which is easy to use but locks fine-tuned models, LoRAs, and advanced settings behind a paid membership. However, their free plan allows for unlimited image generations using SD base models and unlimited upscales as well.
That brings us to the end of the list! If you’re looking to explore the world of AI image generation using Stable Diffusion, these free websites are an excellent place to start without breaking the bank for a high-end PC.
