Krea 3 vs Krea 2 Large
Krea 3 is the model Krea released on 15 October 2026 and made the default in its app; Krea 2 Large is the larger hosted Krea 2 model. Both ran the same twelve prompts through fal: Krea 2 Large on 18 September at its fixed ratios, Krea 3 on 22 October at 2K.
Anvisha Pai, Co-founder & CEO, Voyager
Which to use
Krea 3 for almost everything. It follows the prompt where Krea 2 Large interprets it: our market is a photograph rather than an illustration, the infographic's headings are spelled right where Large wrote 'Rinse the frfter', the poster is a typographic layout rather than a portrait with a small title, and the dripper has a handle on a base. It can also edit, which Krea 2 cannot on fal, and its edit left the shot alone. Both scrambled the chart's axis while printing the right values. Krea 3 costs more and was not faster: $0.075 to $0.10 for a 2K image at $0.025 a megapixel, against a flat $0.06 for Large, read on 22 October and 18 September 2026, and 24 to 55 seconds against 25 to 47. Stay on Krea 2 for style references, moodboards and LoRAs, which Krea 3 does not support yet. One run per prompt is a fair first look, not a ranking.
Side by side, measured
| Krea 3 | Krea 2 Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Krea | Krea |
| Released | 2026-10-15 | Date not verified |
| Price | $0.025 per megapixel of output, plus each reference via fal | $0.06 per image without style references via fal |
| Seconds per image | 24 to 55 | 25 to 47 |
| 12 pictures cost | $1.10 | $0.60 |
| Sizes | Any size up to 4,220,160 pixels, rounded to multiples of 16, or auto at about 2048 square | Eight aspect ratios; the 3:4 fixtures use 2:3 and the wide fixture uses 2 |
Seconds and cost are from our own runs of the same 12 prompts through each model.
The same 12 prompts, Krea 3 against Krea 2 Large
One try each, nothing re-rolled or retouched, generated by us. Krea 3 is on the left, Krea 2 Large on the right. Every prompt has its own page with the whole roster.
Text in an image
Every model on this prompt →Krea 2 Large made a portrait poster with the title in a thin strip at the top; Krea 3 set the title large over a sun-and-waves graphic. Both spelled every line.
›What we asked for
A concert poster that reads 'MODA SUMMER SESSIONS' in large bold type, with the subtitle 'Friday 12 June, 8pm, Roundhouse' and a smaller line 'Tickets at the door'. Risograph style, two colours, tangerine and navy, grainy ink texture.
Product on white
Every model on this prompt →
›What we asked for
Studio product photograph of a matte black ceramic pour-over coffee dripper on a seamless white background, soft top light, subtle contact shadow, centred, catalogue style.
Face and hands
Every model on this prompt →
›What we asked for
Close-up portrait of a woman in her 40s with short grey hair, laughing, holding a red ceramic mug with both hands, natural window light, 85mm lens, shallow depth of field.
Logo mark
Every model on this prompt →
›What we asked for
A flat vector logo mark for a bicycle repair shop called 'Spoke & Chain': a single-colour icon combining a chain link and a wheel spoke, with the wordmark below in a geometric sans-serif, black on white.
Busy scene
Every model on this prompt →Krea 3 made the photograph that was asked for, a dense aerial market with a busker and a dog. Krea 2 Large drew an illustration.
›What we asked for
A crowded Saturday farmers market seen from slightly above: at least twelve stalls with striped awnings, shoppers carrying tote bags, a dog on a leash, crates of oranges, a musician with a guitar, bunting overhead, late morning light.
Specific art style
Every model on this prompt →
›What we asked for
A lighthouse on a rocky cliff during a storm, in the style of a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print, with visible wood grain texture, flat colour areas and a bokashi gradient sky.
Both printed every value correctly on a nonsensical axis: Krea 3's reads 0, 100, 200, 200, 0, Krea 2 Large's repeats and scrambles numbers.
›What we asked for
A clean bar chart titled 'Monthly active users' showing six months, January through June, with the values 120, 150, 180, 170, 220 and 260, labelled axes, white background, one accent colour, no 3D effects.
Wide aspect ratio
Every model on this prompt →
›What we asked for
Website hero banner: a wide panorama of a sunlit modern co-working space with plants, the left third of the frame kept as clear wall space for text, warm neutral palette.
Infographic with steps
Every model on this prompt →Krea 3 spelled all four steps and added explanations under each. Krea 2 Large kept it sparse but misspelled 'filter' as 'frfter'.
›What we asked for
An infographic card titled 'How to brew pour-over' with four numbered steps in this order: 1. Rinse the filter, 2. Bloom for 30 seconds, 3. Pour in slow circles, 4. Wait 3 minutes. A simple icon beside each step, muted palette, clean sans-serif type.
Food photography
Every model on this prompt →
›What we asked for
Overhead photograph of a margherita pizza on a wooden board, fresh basil leaves, one slice pulled out with the cheese stretching, restaurant menu photography, natural light.
Hard composition
Every model on this prompt →
›What we asked for
A glass of water on a wooden table with exactly three ice cubes in it, a yellow pencil resting across the rim of the glass, a blue book to the left of the glass and a red apple to the right, photographed from table height.
Edit an existing image
Every model on this prompt →Krea 3 made the dripper green with a brass handle and kept the shot. Krea 2 has no edit endpoint on fal, so the prompt could not run.
›What we asked for
Change the coffee dripper to a deep forest green and add a small brass handle on its right side. Keep the background, lighting and composition exactly as they are.
Frequently asked questions
Is Krea 3 better than Krea 2?
On our twelve prompts it followed instructions more closely, made better photographs and could edit. Krea 2 keeps style references and LoRAs, which Krea recommends it for.
Which is cheaper?
Krea 2 Large is a flat $0.06 an image on fal without style references. Krea 3 is $0.025 a megapixel, so about $0.025 at 1024 square and $0.10 at 2048 square.
Were both run the same way?
Same prompts, one attempt each, through fal. Krea 2 Large takes fixed ratios, so its 3:4 and 21:9 images are 2:3 and 2.35:1; Krea 3 ran at our 2K sizes. Krea 2 Large's food request failed at the connection and returned nothing.
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