LooksAI
CivitAI is the largest community hub for Stable Diffusion and open-source AI models. It has a massive library of LoRA models for personal faces, but requires technical knowledge to use effectively.
LooksAI
$11/mo
Subscription · Web app
Where we win
CivitAI
Free
Freemium · Web app
Where they win
“Building” = actively in development
| Feature | LooksAI | CivitAI |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $11/mo | Free |
| Free plan or trial | No | Yes |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Freemium |
| Train on your real photos | Yes | Via LoRA |
| Consistent character | Yes | Via LoRA |
| High photorealism | Yes | Yes |
| High resolution output | Yes | Yes |
| 100+ photo packs & templates | Yes | No |
| Custom prompts | Yes | Yes |
| Batch generation | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| Background removal | Yes | No |
| Upscale photos | Yes | Yes |
| Add photo grain | No | No |
| Crop | Yes | No |
| 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 | Queued |
| API access | Building | Yes |
| Mobile app | Building | No |
| Web app | Yes | Yes |
The verdict
CivitAI is fantastic if you're willing to learn the technical side of AI image generation. LooksAI is for everyone else — upload your photos, pick a style, get great results without any AI knowledge required.
Train your personal AI model and see what great photos actually look like.