Fil vs Krea
Krea has its own image models, real-time generation and huge upscales. Fil wires many makers’ models together and takes the result further: an edited video, a 3D scene, a published site.
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The short answer
Of 12 lines, Fil is ahead on 4, Krea on 6, and they’re even on 1; 1 is something Fil has that Krea’s pages don’t list.
Pick Krea if
- You want Krea’s own models, real time or 22K upscales.
- You work in Photoshop, Premiere or Blender, or want $9 a month.
Pick Fil if
- You turn pictures into films, 3D scenes, slides and sites.
- Your team edits together live, on any plan.
Krea and Fil, line by line
Checked on 2026-10-26 against Krea’s own pages.
| What | Krea | Fil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9 alone, $200 for up to 50: Basic $9, Pro $35, Max $105 a month for one person; Business $200 for up to 50 members; up to 40% off yearly (home) (pricing) | $18 alone, from $30 a seat for teams: Starter $18 with 1,800 credits, Pro $30 a seat with 3,000 credits, Max $100 a seat with 10,000 credits; 20% off yearly ($14.40, $24 and $80 a month) |
| Free plan | 100 units a day: Seedance needs a paid plan; the commercial licence is named only for paid plans (pricing) | Up to 1,000 credits a month: free, from daily check-ins, with every model; Free work is public and not for commercial use |
| Own models | Yes: Krea 1, Krea 2 (open weights for Raw and Turbo), Krea 3 for editing, Krea Realtime (models) | None: Fil runs other makers’ models |
| Other models | Veo, Sora and Runway: 64+ models in all, with Luma and Topaz (home) | 58 models, no Veo or Sora: 13 image, 15 video, 4 3D, 16 code, 10 voice and music |
| Real time | Yes: it draws as you sketch, type or point a webcam (Realtime) | No: each run starts when you press Generate |
| Video editing | The Agent’s timeline: 8 tracks; no built-in captions or crossfades; a 1280×720 MP4 by default (post) | A full editor: transitions, keyframes, effects, captions timed to each word, B-roll; MP4 downloads up to 4K on every plan |
| Editing together | On Enterprise: live co-editing in Nodes; view sharing on other plans (post) | On every plan: live co-editing, comments and meetings on a canvas |
| 3D | Generate and download: OBJ, FBX, GLB, STL, PLY (3D) | Generate, rig and animate: then pose, light and stage it in a 3D editor |
| Upscaling | Up to 22K: for images, 8K for video (Enhancer) | Up to 4K: Upscale ×2 with Magnific |
| More usage | Packs valid for 90 days: priced after sign-in; Basic, Pro and Max units don’t roll over (pricing) | Packs that never expire: 2,000 credits for $20 or 10,000 for $100; unused monthly credits roll over a month |
| Websites and slides | Not mentioned on its pages | Yes: sites, React apps and pages, designed in a Figma-like editor and published; slides exported to PowerPoint or Keynote |
| Works with | Pro apps: plugins for Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Blender; an iOS app; REST API, MCP, CLI (plugins) (changelog) | The web and Fil for Mac: MCP for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, and a ChatGPT plugin |
Where Fil is different
Record it. Cut it by its words.
Make clips with Kling, Seedance, Wan and Grok Imagine, record any window, and cut it all in Fil’s video editor: pictures, words, music and voice on one timeline, downloaded up to 4K.
- Delete words from the transcript, and the cut follows
- Pauses and filler words gone in one go
- Captions you restyle, fix and export as SRT or WebVTT
Krea: The Agent’s timeline has no built-in captions or crossfades (post)
Everyone on one canvas, live.
Edit a canvas with others at once, comment on it and meet on it by camera, on every plan.
- See each other’s pointers and changes as they happen
- Comments on pictures, videos and pages
- Meetings on the canvas, free for up to 16 people
Krea: Live co-editing in Nodes is on Enterprise only (post)
A workflow does the whole job.
Pick one of over 40 workflows, say what you want, and Generate all makes every step in turn, from the brief to the finished piece: a brand, a story video, a landing page or a 3D character.
- Each with its skill, a guide and examples of every step
- It runs every step in order; stop or redo any of them
- Every step stays on the canvas, to change and run again
Krea: Nodes you publish as an app with a form, a link or an API (Nodes)
Where Krea is better
- Its own models. Krea 2 was built from scratch and Krea 3 is a fast editing model. Fil makes no models of its own. (post) (post)
- Real time. Krea draws as you sketch, type or point a webcam. Fil waits for you to press Generate. (Realtime)
- Huge upscales. Up to 22K for images, against Fil’s ×2 up to 4K. (Enhancer)
- Your own styles. Train LoRAs on up to 2,000 images on Max and Business. Fil has no training. (pricing)
- Inside your apps. Plugins for Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Resolve and Blender, and an iPhone app. Fil works in the browser and Fil for Mac. (plugins) (changelog)
- Price to start, and for big teams. Basic is $9 a month, and Business covers up to 50 members for $200. (home) (pricing)
- Models Fil doesn’t have, and a REST API. Krea has Veo, Sora, Runway and Luma, which Fil doesn’t, plus an API with webhooks. (home) (changelog)
Questions
Is Fil a good Krea alternative?
Yes, if you need more than images: Fil edits video, builds 3D scenes and publishes websites on the same canvas. If you want Krea’s own models, real-time drawing or 22K upscales, stay with Krea.
Which is cheaper, Fil or Krea?
Krea starts lower, at $9 a month, and its Business plan covers up to 50 members for $200. Fil starts at $18 and sells credits at what runs cost; its packs never expire, while Krea’s last 90 days.
Does Fil have Krea’s models?
No. Krea 1, 2 and 3 are Krea’s own. Fil has other leading models, such as Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream 5.0, FLUX 3, Kling 4.0 and Seedance 2.5.
Can Fil generate in real time like Krea?
No. Each Fil run starts when you press Generate, with its price shown first.
Can several people work in Fil at once?
Yes, on every plan: share a canvas to edit, and you see each other work live, comment and talk in a meeting on the canvas.
Can I use Fil today?
Fil is invite-only while it’s in beta. Sign in with Google and join the waitlist; invited friends of members get in sooner.
Sources
- krea.ai: Tools, plans and units, 64+ models, audience
- krea.ai/pricing: Yearly prices, Free plan, packs, rollover, seats, licence, LoRA training
- Model overview: Krea’s own and other models
- Realtime: Real-time generation
- Enhancer: Upscale limits
- Nodes: Node types, Node Apps
- 3D: Formats, models
- Editing video with Krea Agent: Post of 2026-09-18
- Multiplayer Nodes: Post of 2026-10-22
- Photoshop plugin: Post of 2026-10-20
- Changelog: iOS app, API, MCP, CLI
- Krea 2: Post of 2026-05-12
- Introducing Krea 3: Post of 2026-10-15