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Stable Diffusion

Stable Diffusion

Stability AI's open-weight image models, available by API or self-hosted.

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About Stable Diffusion

Stable Diffusion is a family of image-generation models from Stability AI. You describe an image in text and the model produces it, and the models can also edit and extend images. Stability AI also offers video, 3D and audio models.

Stability AI makes its models available in several ways: through its API, through cloud platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure, and as self-hosted licences for organisations that need to keep data in their own environment. It also releases open-weight models for community use under its Community License, which Stability AI describes as free for individuals and organisations with under one million dollars in annual revenue. Larger organisations need a separate enterprise licence.

Stability AI says its current models are trained on licensed data. Check Stability AI's site for current API prices, which were not confirmed for this listing.

Our take

Good for
running image models on your own hardware and fine-tuning them.
Skip it if
you want a simple hosted app with no setup.
The catch
newer models are free for commercial use only below a revenue threshold set in Stability's licence, so check the licence before a business launch.

Checked . Plans and limits change, so confirm them on the vendor's site before you buy.

Key Features

Generate images from text prompts, and edit or extend existing images.
Open-weight models for community use under the Stability AI Community License.
A platform API for adding image, video, 3D and audio generation to your own products.
Self-hosted licensing for organisations that need to keep data in their own environment.
Available through cloud platforms including AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Stability AI says its current models are trained on licensed data.

Use Cases

Create marketing images, concept art and product mock-ups from a description.
Edit and extend images, for example to change a background or add elements.
Add image generation to an app or workflow through the API.
Run a model inside your own infrastructure when data must stay in-house.
Experiment with open-weight models for research or personal projects.

Industries

Media & EntertainmentSaaS & Technology