Leonardo AI
Leonardo AI is an AI image generator with a daily free allowance that publishers use to test cover concepts before paying for a tool.
At a glance
- Price
- Free tier, paid from $12/mo (Prices ex. tax. Essential $12/mo monthly or $10/mo billed yearly (8,500 fast tokens/mo); Premium $30/mo or $24/mo yearly (25,000); Ultimate $60/mo or $48/mo yearly (60,000). Team plans from $24/seat/mo. Free: 150 fast tokens/day, public creations.)
- Platforms
- Web
- Outputs KDP-ready files
- No
- Touches your KDP account
- No
- Categories
- AI Tools, Cover Design & Mockups
- Last checked
- 2026-11-09
Price history
- 2026-11-09: Added the paid starting price from Leonardo's pricing page: Essential $12/mo, or $10/mo billed yearly. Free plan confirmed at 150 fast tokens a day.
All changes across the directory: price and plan changes.
Summary
Leonardo AI gives free accounts 150 fast tokens a day, which is enough to test cover concepts. Free creations are public and limited to its automatic model choice; paid plans make creations private and open 80+ models. Like other image generators it produces images, not print-ready KDP covers, so you still need a layout step for spine, bleed and safe zones.
Alternatives
- Midjourney: Midjourney is a paid AI image generator that many publishers use for cover art and coloring page concepts, but it outputs images only.
- Ideogram: Ideogram is an AI image generator with typography tools, including editable text layers, useful for typographic book cover concepts.
- Recraft: Recraft is an AI image and vector generator with custom styles, useful for decorative journal interiors and coloring page art.
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