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Civitai

The community hub for Stable Diffusion models and LoRAs

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.5
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The Brief

What Civitai does

Civitai is where the Stable Diffusion community shares fine-tuned models, LoRAs, textual inversions, and generated art. Home to 100,000+ community models for every style imaginable. Run them in browser or download for local use.

How Civitai compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Civitai does. 4 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Civitai. Civitai offers a web app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app. Civitai was founded in 2022; the alternatives were founded between 2022 and 2023. Civitai is based in San Francisco, United States; none of the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters is in the United States. They are in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

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How Civitai compares in Image

Civitai has moderate opportunity and sits in the middle third of 472 live Image tools on FalcoScan. Across Image, the average opportunity score is 49.2 and the average saturation score 52.4. FalcoScan rates Civitai's own market position as open. 67 of the 472 operating Image tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.

Civitai compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
CivitaiFounded 2022 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesNoWebHot
Tensor Art FluxFounded 2022 · Hong KongModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWebHot
ControlNetFounded 2023 · Remote-firstLowOpenFree—YesNoDesktopStable
Stable DiffusionFounded 2022 · London, United KingdomLowCrowdedFree—YesYesWeb, API, DesktopStable
Automatic1111Founded 2022 · Remote-firstLowContestedFree—YesYesWeb, DesktopStable
ComfyUIFounded 2022 · Remote-firstModerateContestedFree—YesYesWeb, DesktopHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Civitai exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Model SharingLoRA Training
Industry Verticals
CreativeAI
Tagged

Civitai shows up when builders search for these

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Tensor Art Flux

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ControlNet

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Automatic1111

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★ 4.6Opportunity Low
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ComfyUI

Node-based Stable Diffusion workflow builder for power users

★ 4.6Opportunity Moderate
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Img2Img

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Questions

Civitai: common questions

Is Civitai free?

Civitai has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Civitai?

The closest alternatives to Civitai that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Tensor Art Flux, ControlNet, Stable Diffusion, Automatic1111, and ComfyUI.

Is Civitai still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Civitai as operating at civitai.com.

Where is Civitai based?

Civitai is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Civitai have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Civitai.

Who is Civitai for?

Civitai is built for artists and developers.

How do I sign in to Civitai?

Sign in on Civitai's own website, civitai.com. FalcoScan reviews Civitai but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Civitai directly.

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