When Leonardo AI Is Still Worth Using
Leonardo has genuine strengths for specific workflows:
- Game asset creation — Leonardo is specifically optimized for game art, with models trained on game-style assets. For indie game developers, it remains one of the best tools.
- Character consistency — Leonardo's character reference features maintain visual consistency across multiple images of the same character — useful for games, comics, and sequential art.
- Canvas editing — Leonardo's canvas editor offers inpainting and outpainting tools that are useful for extending or editing existing images.
Leonardo AI Alternatives Overview
- Wurt.app — Best for creative freedom, video generation, NSFW support, and simple pricing
- Midjourney — Best overall artistic quality, Discord-based subscription
- DALL-E 3 — Best text accuracy, requires ChatGPT Plus
- Adobe Firefly — Best for commercial licensing safety, Adobe ecosystem
- NightCafe — Good community platform, multiple model access