Leonardo.Ai (by Canva) · Image generation
Text and counts perform well with watermark-free exports using free credits; login is required, free results are public, and privacy and deletion require an upgrade.
US-West (California, AS2914)
No native export attached; page screenshot evidence only
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
Web individual and default three-seat team plans; excludes API · 2026-10-20
10 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
The app payment panel confirms personal annual prices of $120/$288/$576, differing from earlier rounded monthly equivalents on the marketing site. Public plans permit paid users to buy top-ups without quoting pack prices or per-removal token cost. Unlimited relaxed generation does not establish unlimited removal.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Self-serve cancellation in account settings
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗
Official app annual payment selection ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-16
Apprentice ~$10/mo (billed annually) or $12/mo (monthly, 8,500 Fast Tokens/mo + Private Mode & Deletion)
150 daily free tokens + Apprentice / Artisan / Maestro paid tiers
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 1024×1024 (Unwatermarked JPEG, 147.5KB, 100% pixel retention)
- Watermark
- Zero watermark (clean 1024×1024 export)
- Free allowance
- 150 free daily tokens reset every day; default Auto (GPT Image 2 · Low) costs 8 tokens per 1024×1024 image (~18 free images/day)
- Account requirements
- Free Canva / Apple / Google / Microsoft / Email login
- Maximum specification record
- 1024×1024 (Unwatermarked JPEG · Default Auto Routes to GPT Image 2)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- One-click "Edit in Canva", "Magic Layers", Remove Background, Upscale, Image-to-Video, and Production API
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Default Auto model routes to GPT Image 2 and achieves 64.0/65 constraint adherence (#5 overall at 87.6 pts)—just note that free-tier images are public and cannot be deleted without upgrading.
- Fixture
- anchor_t2i_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 19.8 s
- End-to-end reference
- 20.24 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
No native export is attached. Screenshots show the visible page, but do not independently establish export properties or file validity.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Prompts for free login before generating; Private Mode and Delete buttons display green Premium diamond badges
- Interaction
- One-click download delivers a clean 1024×1024 unwatermarked JPEG (03_download.png); however, free users are restricted to 1 image per batch (2/3/4 are locked as "Premium option") and cannot delete their own public generations ("Upgrade to Premium to delete image" trash-can lock).
- Entity record
- Leonardo Interactive Pty Ltd (Subsidiary of Canva)
- Origin
- Sydney, Australia (Canva Group)
- Domain history record
- 2022–present
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud multi-model router (Auto routes to GPT Image 2, alongside Phoenix / Ideogram 4.5 / Nano Banana; ~19.8s inference)
- Retention statement
- Privacy caveat: Free-tier outputs are public by default, and both "Make Image Private" and "Delete image" require a paid Premium upgrade
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_t2i_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Page screenshot evidence only
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · Official app annual payment selection (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 87.6/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_t2i_v1
Honesty & reputation · 82/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 28 / 35 | Landing page (01_landing.png) CTA "Generate AI image" leads to app.leonardo.ai and prompts for free sign-in (01_pass1_login_modal.png); free Google login grants 150 daily tokens, and default Auto model (routing to GPT Image 2 · Low) costs only 8 tokens per 1024×1024 generation (~18 free images/day). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 24 / 30 | One-click download delivers a clean 1024×1024 unwatermarked JPEG (03_download.png); however, free users are restricted to 1 image per batch (2/3/4 are locked as "Premium option") and cannot delete their own public generations ("Upgrade to Premium to delete image" trash-can lock). | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Operated by Leonardo Interactive Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia, founded 2022; acquired by Canva in July 2024), one of the largest native AI creative platforms. | Evidence C → |
| Engineering & privacy | 11 / 15 | Automatically assigns an anonymous handle (e.g., PixBuilder4344) to protect user email privacy and integrates "Edit in Canva", but penalizes free-tier user control by locking image deletion and Private Mode behind paid plans. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 90/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 64 / 65 | Text Rendering (25/25: Exact single-line "REALTEST 2026" printed across the dark wooden sign with 100% spelling accuracy (25/25)) · Count & Color Binding (20/20: Strictly 3 red apples on the left + 2 blue ceramic mugs on the right on a dark oak table, zero color bleeding (20/20)) · 5-Finger Hand & Structure (19/20: Vintage brass robotic right hand wraps around the left edge of the wooden sign showing 4 articulated brass fingers in front (thumb supporting from behind) (19.0/20)) | Evidence B → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Export & Max deliverable spec: 1024×1024 (Unwatermarked JPEG · Default Auto Routes to GPT Image 2) | Evidence B → |
| Processing speed | 6 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 19.8s (API mode: async_poll; end-to-end 20.24s shown for reference only, never penalized) | Evidence B → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-10-16
Initial real-machine evaluation using Mode B 5-constraint anchor_t2i_v1 and Pass 2 Google OAuth verification.