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Krea vs Luma Dream Machine

Krea: Creative AI suite with real-time generation and dozens of image and video models in one place. Luma Dream Machine: Luma's creative agent platform, with its own Ray video and Uni image models alongside third-party models.

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Updated October 16, 2026

Krea and Luma Dream Machine details as published on krea.ai and lumalabs.ai (and their official app store listings), checked October 16, 2026. Luren AI shown for reference.
	Krea	Luma Dream Machine	Luren AI
Platforms	Web, iOS	Web, iOS	iPhone and Android app
Mobile app	Yes	Yes	Yes, iPhone and Android
Free plan	Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required	Its homepage offers a free try; the current pricing page lists paid plans only.	Free to download and try
Pricing	Compute-unit subscriptions: Basic $9, Pro $35 and Max $105 a month, or $5, $21 and $63 a month billed yearly, plus Business plans for teams (as listed on its pricing page)	Plus $30, Pro $90 and Ultra $300 a month, or $300, $900 and $3,000 billed yearly, plus Team and Enterprise plans (as listed on its pricing page).	Pay per creation with coins, or a weekly or yearly Pro subscription
What you need to start	Nothing: text prompts; reference images optional	None: describe what you want, or upload images, video, audio or documents to work from.	One photo, or just a prompt; no training
AI models	Its own Krea 2 and Krea Realtime, plus partner models such as Nano Banana, Flux, Imagen and Ideogram for images and Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance, Runway, MiniMax, Wan and Gemini Omni for video	Luma's own Ray3.2, Ray3.14 and Uni-1, plus Seedance 2.5 and 2.0, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, MiniMax H3, Gemini Omni Flash, GPT Image 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, Seedream 5.0, Ideogram 4.5 and FLUX 3.	Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream, Qwen-Image 3.0, Grok Imagine; Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance
Images	Text-to-image with many models, real-time generation as you type or draw, and custom LoRA styles	Uni-1 and third-party image models, with reference images for consistent characters	300+ styles, your own prompt with a model picker, and an AI agent
Video	Text-to-video, image-to-video, motion transfer and video style transfer with Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and more	Ray3.2 with up to 16 keyframes per clip, plus Seedance, Kling, Veo and MiniMax; text-, image- and video-to-video	Image to video, text to video, UGC videos and 40+ AI dances
Editing	AI image editor, background remover, image upscaling (up to 22K on paid plans) and video upscaling	Modify Video changes the setting, wardrobe or product in existing footage up to 20 seconds at 1080p; reframe, relight and upscale	Restore, upscale, change clothes, backgrounds, pose and expression

Choose Krea if…

Designers comparing many models side by side
Fast visual exploration with real-time generation
Teams building repeatable AI workflows

Krea is a creative AI suite that brings many image and video models into one interface, from its own Krea 2 image model and real-time generation to Nano Banana, Flux, Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and Runway. It also offers an AI image editor, upscaling up to 22K on paid plans, LoRA training on your own images and node-based workflows, with free daily compute units to start.

Strengths

A very wide catalogue of image and video models in one place
Real-time generation that updates as you type or draw
LoRA training on your own characters, styles or products
Node workflows and an app builder for repeatable pipelines

Limits to know

Its pricing page lists all image models, video models and a commercial license on paid plans only; the free plan centres on real-time models
Pro unlocks every video model; Basic includes selected video models
Its mobile app is for iPhone and iPad; no Android app is linked from its site
Compute-unit costs vary widely between models, so allowances stretch differently
Its App Store listing is in English only

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Choose Luma Dream Machine if…

Creative and marketing teams producing campaigns in many formats
Cinematic video with keyframe-level direction
Brand-consistent visuals and product imagery

Luma, the company behind Dream Machine, now centres its product on Luma Agents: a creative agent that plans, generates and edits images, video and audio in parallel while keeping characters, products and brand elements consistent. It runs on Luma's own Ray3.2 video and Uni-1 image models alongside Seedance, Kling, Veo, MiniMax, GPT Image, Nano Banana and Seedream, on the web and in the Luma Dream Machine iPhone app.

Strengths

An agent that explores many creative directions in parallel and keeps brand, characters and products consistent
Its own Ray3.2 video model, with keyframe-level direction and HDR output
Many third-party image and video models in one subscription
Connects to Figma, Frame.io and Google Ads

Limits to know

The pricing page lists only paid plans, starting with Plus
Monthly credits reset each billing cycle
Its official mobile app, Luma Dream Machine, is listed for iPhone only
Its site positions it for creative professionals and enterprise teams

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Key differences

Krea is listed among ai image generators and ai video generators; Luma Dream Machine among ai video generators and ai image generators.
Free plans: Krea: Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required. Luma Dream Machine: Its homepage offers a free try; the current pricing page lists paid plans only.

A third option

Both kinds of model, in one phone app

Luren AI puts Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream, Veo 3.1 and Kling side by side on iPhone and Android, with 300+ ready-made styles, UGC ads, AI dances and an AI agent that makes the picture for you. Start from one photo, no training.

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FAQ

Krea vs Luma Dream Machine: questions

Is Krea better than Luma Dream Machine?

It depends on the job. Krea suits designers comparing many models side by side; fast visual exploration with real-time generation; teams building repeatable AI workflows. Luma Dream Machine suits creative and marketing teams producing campaigns in many formats; cinematic video with keyframe-level direction; brand-consistent visuals and product imagery.

Is Krea free?

Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required.

Is Luma Dream Machine free?

Its homepage offers a free try; the current pricing page lists paid plans only.

Which is better for video, Krea or Luma Dream Machine?

Krea: Text-to-video, image-to-video, motion transfer and video style transfer with Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and more. Luma Dream Machine: Ray3.2 with up to 16 keyframes per clip, plus Seedance, Kling, Veo and MiniMax; text-, image- and video-to-video.

Is there an alternative to Krea and Luma Dream Machine on my phone?

Luren AI is an iPhone and Android app with image models like Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.5 and Seedream, video models like Veo 3.1 and Kling, 300+ ready-made styles and an AI agent. It is free to download and try.

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Krea and Luma Dream Machine are trademarks of their owners. Luren AI is not affiliated with either. Details are as each company publishes them on its own site and store listings on the date above; plans and prices change, so check their sites before you buy.