Leonardo AI alternative: open AI image generation models on your own GPU
Leonardo AI is a hosted service for AI image generation. If you would rather not pay per generation or per month, you can run open models that do the same job on a GPU you rent by the second.
Open models you can use instead
stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.02.6B · 8 GBQwen-Image-2.1-GGUF7.1B · 7 GBQwen-Image-2.1-Turbo-GGUF7.1B · 7 GBRealVisXL_V5.02.6B · 8 GBFlux-2-Klein-4B4B · 11 GBstable-diffusion-v1-5860M · 4 GBanimagine-xl-4.02.6B · 8 GBZ-Image-Turbo-GGUF6.2B · 6 GB
All AI image generation modelsGPUs that fit these models today
| GPU | Memory | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| GTX 1070 | 8 GB | $0.14 |
| GTX 1070 Ti | 8 GB | $0.16 |
| GTX 1080 | 8 GB | $0.16 |
| Q RTX 4000 | 8 GB | $0.16 |
| RTX 3060 | 12 GB | $0.16 |
Live starting prices from our catalog. You pay per second while the machine runs.
Why switch
- No per-generation credits or monthly plan: you pay only while the GPU runs.
- Choose the model, settings and resolution yourself, with no queue.
- Your prompts and files stay on your own machine.
Questions
- Is there an open alternative to Leonardo AI?
- Yes. Open AI image generation models are free to use under their licenses; you only pay for the GPU time while they run, from $0.13 per hour.
- Do I need a subscription?
- No. You pay only for the time your machine runs, from your USD balance. Stop it whenever you are done.
Try it on your own GPU in minutes
Pick a GPU, open Jupyter or SSH and run any open model. You pay per second and can stop anytime; no subscription, no setup fee.
- Per-second billing in USD
- PyTorch and CUDA ready in minutes
- Rent from ChatGPT or Claude too
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