FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026|No. 18904
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Krea 3 Image Model Promises Faster, Cheaper AI Editing

The new Krea 3 image editing model claims significant improvements in speed and cost-effectiveness compared to existing AI solutions.

Krea 3 is an AI model designed for efficient and precise image editing at scale.
Krea 3 is an AI model designed for efficient and precise image editing at scale. · Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash
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Krea 3: Frontier Image Editing Model 4× faster than Nano Banana Pro

Try Krea 3 See what it can do

Krea 3: 10× Faster, 3× Cheaper

Compared to GPT Image 2 🍌 Nano Banana Pro

Krea 3 is an image editing model built for production. It changes only what you ask, finishes an edit in under 8 seconds, and costs $0.06 per image.

Price per image

  • Krea 3: $0.046
  • Grok Imagine 2.0: $0.046
  • Nano Banana 2: $0.401
  • Seedream 5.0 Pro: $0.569
  • Nano Banana Pro: $0.853
  • GPT Image 2: $1.168
  • Ideogram 4.5: $1.168

Seconds per edit

  • Krea 3: < 8s
  • Grok Imagine 2.0: 96.5s
  • Nano Banana 2: 167.5s
  • Seedream 5.0 Pro: 340.1s
  • Nano Banana Pro: 147.2s
  • GPT Image 2: 599.0s
  • Ideogram 4.5: 253.8s

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One model, Every brief

E-commerce Marketing Architecture Product Fashion Gaming Film Photography Consumer

Create a starter-kit bundle hero on the blue set from image 1, with its dripper and mugs plus the gift box from image 2 holding two tins from image 3.

Re-skin the roadside billboard in image 1 for a pasta brand, replacing the peach with the twirling tagliatelle from image 2.

Turn the textured illustration in image 1 into a photograph from the same viewpoint, keeping the pavilion, pool, terrace and planting as drawn.

Turn the red grocery bag in image 1 into a Halo Bagels bag using the logo in image 2.

In the street-style photo in image 1, replace the pink bag with the tan leather top-handle bag from image 2, carried by the handles in her hand.

Convert the four pixel-art characters in image 1 into stylised 3D characters in the render style of image 2, keeping each one's design and colours.

Create a close insert on the desk in image 1: the actor from image 2 (blond hair, stubble, brown roll-neck) leans into frame and lifts the red rotary phone's receiver to his ear with his left hand.

Combine the two people into one candid photograph set in the vintage living room of image 3.

Create one fisheye selfie from above, framed like image 1, of the man from image 1 holding the dachshund from image 2 in his arms.

Krea 3 Change to a copper dripper

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Edit one region, Keep everything else

Draw a box and say what changes. Krea 3 redraws inside it and leaves the rest of the image as it was.

Three Krea 3 edits of one image, made with regional editing. Changed pixels are measured against the original.

Prompt in #FFC12E, Get that exact color

Name a hex code and Krea 3 matches it on the product, and only on the product. Pick a swatch.

Original photo Make it #7EC8F2 #FFC12E #D9C3A3 #2F5D46 #B9A3E8

Original Sky blue Sunflower Sand Forest Lilac

Plush

911

Desk fan

Dress

Kitchen island

Glass stand

Lip gloss

Sofa

Tunnel

Prompt

Seat the woman from IMG_5547.jpg at a candlelit Art Deco bar in the knit sweater from Sweater.jpg, with the silver bag from Bag.png on the counter.

Up to eight references, One image

Point at people, products, places and styles by number. Krea 3 puts them in one picture.

A new scene, The same character

Change the styling, setting, and mood while keeping the face familiar. Explore character consistency across a sequence of edits.

Native 2K

1:1 2736 × 1536 px · native

Every detail holds

Krea 3 renders 2K natively. Move the loupe over this 2K output to see its real pixels.

Same edits, Less waiting

One image. Twelve identical prompts. Watch Krea 3, Nano Banana Pro, and GPT Image 2.5 work through the same edits side by side, then speed up playback to see the difference.

Krea 3

< 8 sec

~ $0.06/ edit

Editing: A cobalt-blue backdrop

🍌Nano Banana Pro

~ 26.8 sec

~ $0.135/ edit

Editing: A cobalt-blue backdrop

GPT Image 2.5

~ 39.9 sec

~ $0.21/ edit

Editing: A cobalt-blue backdrop

Real 5× 10×

Pre-generated outputs, not a live benchmark. Krea 3 uses an illustrative playback time of 8s per edit. Nano Banana Pro uses 26.8s and GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst uses 39.9s: the median request-to-result time of each model's 12-image batch, including queue time. Each edit starts from the same original image. Each model loops continuously at its own pace. Costs are approximate USD list prices for 2K edits, excluding promotions. GPT Image 2.5 pricing is a draft estimate pending validation.

Made for designers: Posters, packs, brands, covers

Swap the product, the photo or the brand and keep the layout and type. Hold any piece to see what it started from.

All Posters Type Packaging Branding Editorial Ads & social

Type Night Shift poster, re-titled

Type Maison Olive, foil-stamped

Type Boulangerie sign, re-lettered

Type Ardent specimen, letterpressed

Type The Quiet Year, in Japanese

Posters Voyage road-trip banner

Packaging Petit Verger dessert boxes

Editorial Mirage magazine cover

Ads & social Snap hot-dog poster

Posters Porto Luce travel poster

Branding Dog Days Radio box

Ads & social Berry Cheesecake story

Posters Brooklyn city poster

Packaging Tea Kite box stack

Editorial The Cat Issue cover

Ads & social Lunch O'Clock food ad

Posters Casa Alta studio poster

Branding nudo coffee cup carrier

Ads & social Snack Night story

Posters Greetings from Lisbon postcard

Ads & social Ombra tea print ad

Posters Goose, Dog, Cat series

Posters Pasta Night event poster

Send a photo, then a voice note. Krea 3 answers with the edit before you finish your next thought.

Just say it: Edits as fast as you talk

“Make it golden hour.” “Give him a little party hat.” “Make it snow outside the window.” “Add balloons on the sofa.” “Write Happy Birthday Max on it.”

251 launch presets, All made with Krea 3

Try Krea 3

E-commerce Packshot to café lifestyle Product Product shot on water Fashion Sweater from a street editorial to a product flat Marketing Blank shopfront branded from the packaging Product Dieline to stacked shelf shot Architecture Daylight facade to blue hour Marketing Shopfront rebranded for a coffee brand Architecture Entrance drawing to photograph Games Icon to 3D prop presentation Photography Day street corner to rainy night E-commerce View-it-in-your-room furniture placement Fashion Full outfit try-on from separates Photography Clear a crowd, keep the hero Architecture Stripped room to finished bedroom Marketing Print ad extended into a three-ad series Marketing Brand flat lay extended with new items Product Marker sketch to photoreal hero Marketing Poster type reset in a diner style Marketing Sandwich poster to hot-dog poster with drip lettering Marketing Swiss poster in four colourways Photography Two portraits combined into one candid scene Marketing Campaign placed on a rooftop billboard Personal Add three friends to a boat selfie Architecture Furnished plan to photoreal cutaway Marketing Giant-product campaign swap Games Courtyard blockout to painted key art with a character Architecture Clay villa to winter blue hour Fashion Sketched coat realised in velvet on the street Fashion Three separately shot models on one bench Personal Mirror-selfie remake with a new look E-commerce Hanger shot to invisible mannequin with visible lining Product Board re-skin with a new concept Architecture Arched building render to street photograph Marketing Four kiosks filled with a four-poster series Product Dieline folded into a box mockup Personal Camera roll to an illustrated city poster Architecture Raw kitchen to finished stainless kitchen Fashion Illustration to look on a seated model Personal Me as a 3D cartoon character sheet Product Line extension: new flavour box Fashion Pose change that preserves the outfit Marketing Shopfront and carrier bag in one system Games Knight sketch to in-game 3D character Marketing Story template reused for a new brand and product E-commerce Bathroom shelf staging for a hero bottle Architecture Collage render to photograph with people Games Top-down fortress blockout to illustrated map tile Architecture Timber room to steel and blue plaster Photography Match a three-frame series to one grade Product Two-vase family in three matched views Product Camera concept hero shot Film Timber set dressed as a dressing room with the actor Fashion Overhead crosswalk editorial in a red coat Fashion Swap bag and shoes in a street-style shot Marketing One tote, one print, three locations Fashion Eyewear and hat restyle Film Dress a noir desk with hero props Photography High-end portrait retouch with real skin Product Paper bag rebrand Marketing Next carousel slide for a new destination E-commerce Car-seat snapshot to honest resale listing Marketing Monthly post rolled to October with new produce

New possibilities, Same starting point

Day to night, Blockout, Sketch, Re-skin, New sky, Green screen

Relight the low-angle gas-station plate in image 1 for night, keeping the camera, the action and both people.

Turn the white arena blockout in image 1 into boss-arena key art from the same camera, keeping the central pit, the broken columns and the stepped platforms.

Turn the coloured-pencil terrace in image 1 into a photograph from the same viewpoint, keeping the railing, chairs, awning and plants where they are drawn.

Re-skin the roadside billboard in image 1 for the coffee range in image 2.

Replace the clear sky behind the dancing couple, the white house and the wind-bent tree in image 1 with the fiery orange-gold storm clouds of image 2.

Composite the backlot plate in image 1, replacing the green-screen wall with a continuation of the street built from the boulevard in image 2.

Krea 3 Try this edit in Krea 3

Only what you asked, Not one pixel more

“Change only her coat to cobalt blue.” Orange marks every pixel each model changed. Drag to compare.

🍌Nano Banana Pro GPT Image 2.5

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🍌Nano Banana Pro 0.123456789%

*Precision is the share of pixels outside the edit area left unchanged. One attempt per model, 2K, same image and prompt; Krea 3 in Precise mode. Outputs are compared at quarter resolution after the best alignment, so a different output size does not count as a change.

Krea 3, inside your tools, Photoshop to Blender

What would Krea 3 change in your image workflow?

Tell us what you edit and how much. We compare quality, speed and cost on one workload.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Krea 3?

Krea 3 is Krea's new image editing model. It is built for production: product-consistent scene changes, object removal and variants at volume.

Is Krea 3 just a smaller model?

No. Krea 3 is a new model trained for editing. It is not a distilled copy of a larger model. It spends its compute on the region you change, not on the whole image.

How is Krea 3 so fast and inexpensive?

Most edits change a small part of the image. Krea 3 finds that region first and renders only what changes.

Are these prices temporary or subsidized?

No. The launch price is the list price. We expect it to go down, not up.

What is Krea 3 good at?

Best at product scene changes, object removal and photo cleanup.

Can I self-host Krea 3?

Yes, on enterprise plans. Krea 3 runs on your own GPUs in your cloud. Talk to us about license terms and hardware sizing.

How do I test it on my own images?

Send us one workload. We run it next to what you use today and share the outputs, acceptance rate and cost.

How do I get started?

Call Krea 3 through the Krea API, or try it in the Krea app today. For volume pricing, evaluate your workload with our team.

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