Table 1 Successful generative AI models.

From: A comparative analysis of text-to-image generative AI models in scientific contexts: a case study on nuclear power

Generative AI model

Developer

Pros

Cons

DALL-E 2

OpenAI

Inpainting and outpainting

Commercial rights ownership

API access

Costly credit system

Some low quality images

Paid API

Stable diffusion

CompVis group

Inpainting and outpainting

Commercial rights ownership

Negative prompt box

Costly credit system

No style and variation

Leonardo.Ai

Leonardo.Ai

Inpainting and outpainting

Several editing options

Leonardo.Ai owns image rights in the free plan

Poor technical results

Craiyon

Boris Dayma

Free text to image works well

Has free API High quality images

Watermark on free images

Advertisement supported

Commercial use is unclear

DreamStudio

Cristofer Adrian

Stable diffussion’s API

Cleaner interface and open-source

Costly credit system

Photosonic

Writesonic

Comercial rights ownership

Generates 2D and 3D images

API is paywalled

Poor quality images

No inpainting and outpainting

Jasper Art

Jasper.ai

Easy to use interface

No credit limit/free to use

Poor technical image results

Canva AI

Canva

Easy to use interface

No credit limit/free to use

Long image generation time

Poor technical results