Krea opens Krea 3 beta: 2K image editing in under 8 seconds

Startup Krea has opened the beta for its Krea 3 image editing model: native 2K resolution edits take less than 8 seconds according to Krea's own measurements, with pricing at $0.03 per 1K image and $0.06 per 2K image.

Compiled by Sergey KostenchukPublished 2026-10-16Updated 2026-10-16

2026-10-16 Multimodal

🎨 Krea opens Krea 3 beta: 2K image editing in under 8 seconds

Native 2K resolution edits take less than 8 seconds — the median of Krea's own measurements from September 24 to October 1, 2026, including queue time. The model preserves products, characters, and text between edits and accepts up to 6 references. Pricing: $0.03 for 1K, $0.06 for 2K.

🌍 According to Krea, competitors take 27–90 seconds and $0.135–0.22 per edit. The claimed 8 seconds and $0.06 for 2K is a hypothesis: the measurement methodology has not been disclosed. If confirmed, 100,000 edits per month would cost $6,000 instead of $13,500–22,000.

👤 You can try it right away: the beta is open and available on the Free tier (about 5 images per day), and fal has a krea/v3/edit sandbox (1K/2K, seed). Tip from the announcement: start your prompt with what should remain unchanged, and specify what is where on the input images — the edit will be more accurate. Source 1: https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3 Source 2: https://fal.ai/models/krea/v3/edit

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