LooksAI
Canva is the world's most popular design platform and has added AI image generation across its suite. It's great for design and marketing, but personal photo training and portrait consistency are not features it was built for.
LooksAI
$11/mo
Subscription · Web app
Where we win
Canva
$13/mo
Subscription · Web app
Where they win
“Building” = actively in development
| Feature | LooksAI | Canva |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $11/mo | $13/mo |
| Free plan or trial | No | Yes |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Train on your real photos | Yes | No |
| Consistent character | Yes | No |
| High photorealism | Yes | Medium |
| High resolution output | Yes | Yes |
| 100+ photo packs & templates | Yes | No |
| Custom prompts | Yes | Yes |
| Batch generation | Yes | No |
| Batch remix | Building | No |
| Batch video generation | Building | No |
| Video from photo | Yes | Yes |
| Text to video | Building | Yes |
| Talking head videos | Building | No |
| Motion capture videos | No | No |
| img2img / Remix | Yes | Yes |
| Magic edit (inpainting) | Yes | Yes |
| Zoom out / extend | Yes | Yes |
| Background removal | Yes | Yes |
| Upscale photos | Yes | Yes |
| Add photo grain | No | No |
| Crop | Yes | Yes |
| 3D model generation | No | No |
| Try on clothes | Yes | No |
| UGC product placement | Building | No |
| Create AI influencers | Building | No |
| No queue / fast generation | Yes | Yes |
| API access | Building | No |
| Mobile app | Building | Yes |
| Web app | Yes | Yes |
The verdict
Canva is the go-to for design and marketing. For personal AI portraits where you need your face to be consistent and photorealistic, LooksAI is purpose-built and significantly more capable.
Train your personal AI model and see what great photos actually look like.