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      "name": "ArtCraft",
      "vendor": "Storyteller",
      "vendorUrl": "https://getartcraft.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "design",
      "summary": "ArtCraft is a visual workspace for AI images and video. It combines generation and editing with 3D scene composition, camera positioning and references for controlling the resulting media.",
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      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/artcraft.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/artcraft.min.md",
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      "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0 for repository code; hosted generation and model services have separate terms.",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "Desktop and web application for interactive creation. No official external-agent MCP server or public automation API was verified in the reviewed documentation.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Local software can use your own compute or third-party subscriptions. Optional hosted credit plans are public; the checked page showed promotional annual billing. Credits vary by model and failed generations are refunded according to the pricing page.",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No machine payment protocol established in the reviewed project documentation.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/storytold/artcraft#readme",
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        "image.generate",
        "video.generate",
        "image.edit"
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        "design",
        "platform",
        "freemium",
        "access-unverified",
        "not-for-agents"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-26",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 22.8,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1118,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1171,
        "categoryRank": 11,
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          "maintenance": 30,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 30,
          "schema": 25,
          "security": 10,
          "transparency": 25
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-19"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Public source under permissive licences. No external-agent API verified.",
        "bestFor": "ArtCraft is a visual workspace for AI images and video.",
        "strengths": [
          "Public source under permissive licences",
          "Visual scene controls for generation",
          "Published hosted credit allowances and failed-generation refunds"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No external-agent API verified",
          "Hosted generation can send media to external providers",
          "Promotional prices are conditional on billing term"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use the interactive application unless an official automation interface is confirmed.",
          "Check the model service terms before sending private reference media."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 2,
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          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
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            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 22.8
          }
        ],
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          "ergonomics": 15,
          "maintenance": 30,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 30,
          "schema": 25,
          "security": 10,
          "transparency": 35
        },
        "provenanceScore": 15
      },
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/artcraft"
      },
      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "getartcraft.com",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/storytold/artcraft/main/LICENSE-APACHE",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/storytold/artcraft/releases",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-19",
        "notes": [
          "Assessment covers the named repository. No ownership claim or domain registration was verified."
        ],
        "score": 15
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/artcraft.json"
    },
    "answer": "ArtCraft scores 22.8 (F) on agent readiness against Google Imagen's 6.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Google Imagen leads on transparency \u0026 trust.",
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      "slug": "google-imagen",
      "name": "Google Imagen",
      "vendor": "Google",
      "vendorUrl": "https://ai.google.dev",
      "kind": "model",
      "category": "image-generation",
      "summary": "Discontinued Google image generation models, formerly available through the Gemini API and Vertex AI.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen.md",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-imagen.json",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "google-genai"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@google/genai"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Gemini API used an `x-goog-api-key` key. Vertex AI used Google Cloud IAM with OAuth access tokens.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Per image before shutdown. Imagen 4 Fast $0.02, Imagen 4 $0.04, Imagen 4 Ultra $0.06, Imagen 4 upscaling $0.06. The Vertex AI pricing page, now the Agent Platform pricing page, still lists these rates, but the models are discontinued (https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/generative-ai/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No machine payment. Access needed a Google Cloud or AI Studio billing account.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/imagen",
      "capabilities": [
        "image.generate",
        "image.edit",
        "image.upscale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "retired",
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "watermark"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2025-08-14",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 6.8,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 0,
        "ranked": false,
        "notRankedWhy": "Shut down 2026-08-17, so out of the ranking",
        "rankOf": 1171,
        "categoryRank": 14,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 0,
          "maintenance": 5,
          "payments": 0,
          "reliability": 0,
          "schema": 25,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "high",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": -3,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "Since 2026-06-30 the Vertex AI generative AI pricing page has listed Imagen 4, Imagen 4 Fast and Imagen 4 Ultra at $0.02 to $0.06 an image with no discontinuation note. Seen on 2026-10-01 at https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/pricing and again on 2026-10-17, when that address redirected to https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/generative-ai/pricing. -3, the low end, because the model pages and release notes do carry the date."
        ],
        "verdict": "Shutdown dates were published in the Gemini API changelog and the Vertex AI release notes, with replacements named. Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI.",
        "strengths": [
          "Shutdown dates were published in the Gemini API changelog and the Vertex AI release notes, with replacements named",
          "The Gemini API Imagen page now states the shutdown and the three migration changes",
          "Imagen 4 outputs carried a SynthID watermark, and Vertex lists C2PA content credentials on all three Imagen 4 models"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI",
          "Notice was 63 days on the Gemini API and 98 days on Vertex AI, for a model GA since August 2025",
          "Mask-based editing from imagen-3.0-capability-001 has no Google replacement",
          "The Vertex AI pricing page still lists Imagen 4 rates with no discontinuation note"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Replace `client.models.generate_images` with `client.models.generate_content` and the `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` model, the replacement Google's deprecations table names",
          "Read images from the response content parts, not from `generated_images`",
          "Don't budget from the Vertex Imagen price rows, they describe a retired product",
          "If the job needs a mask-based inpaint, use another vendor's fill endpoint, since Gemini image editing is prompt-based"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 1,
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          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "high",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 6.8
          }
        ],
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          "ergonomics": 0,
          "maintenance": 5,
          "payments": 0,
          "reliability": 0,
          "schema": 25,
          "security": 0,
          "transparency": 30
        },
        "provenanceScore": 89
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/imagen-4.0-generate-001:predict\" \\\n  -H \"x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY\" -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"instances\":[{\"prompt\":\"A robot holding a red skateboard\"}],\"parameters\":{\"sampleCount\":1}}'   # retired, kept for reference"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.generate",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/google-imagen"
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        "gemini-api"
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        "gemini-api",
        "gemini-embedding",
        "vertex-ai-tuning",
        "google-model-armor",
        "google-veo",
        "google-lyria",
        "google-speech-to-text",
        "gemini-live",
        "google-adk",
        "google-secret-manager",
        "google-cloud-document-ai",
        "google-weather-api",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp",
        "google-maps-platform",
        "google-cloud-translation",
        "google-calendar-api",
        "firebase-cloud-messaging",
        "google-drive-api",
        "gemini-enterprise",
        "gemini-cli",
        "google-search-console",
        "google-ads-api",
        "google-forms",
        "google-sheets-api",
        "gmail-api",
        "google-people-api"
      ],
      "area": "content",
      "retired": "2026-08-17",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Imagen 4 Fast",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "retired, last listed price"
        },
        {
          "item": "Imagen 4",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.04,
          "note": "retired, last listed price"
        },
        {
          "item": "Imagen 4 Ultra",
          "unit": "image",
          "usd": 0.06,
          "note": "retired, last listed price"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Google LLC",
        "domain": "google.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15",
        "domainNote": "The endpoint is on googleapis.com, Google's API domain. google.com was registered in 1997.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms",
        "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://aistudio.google.com/status",
        "changelog": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 89
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen.json"
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      {
        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Model API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Storyteller",
        "b": "Google",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "None",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Pay per use",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "MIT OR Apache-2.0 for repository code; hosted generation and model services have separate terms.",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-09-26",
        "b": "2025-08-14",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "no date given",
        "b": "2026-04-28",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "2026-10-01",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "33k stars",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Popularity"
      },
      {
        "a": "2/5 (4)",
        "b": "1/5 (2)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "answer": "ArtCraft scores 22.8 (F) on agent readiness against Google Imagen's 6.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Google Imagen leads on transparency \u0026 trust.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ArtCraft or Google Imagen?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for ArtCraft. Google Imagen has a hosted endpoint at https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta.",
        "question": "Can an agent call ArtCraft and Google Imagen without installing anything?"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 30 against 0",
          "Agent ergonomics, 15 against 0",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 10 against 0",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 30 against 5"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Still running. Google Imagen has shut down",
          "No key needed to call it",
          "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.0 against 1.0 out of 5",
          "No incidents deducted, where Google Imagen loses 3 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "ArtCraft is a visual workspace for AI images and video.",
        "slug": "artcraft",
        "watchFor": "No external-agent API verified"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 25"
        ],
        "also": [
          "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install"
        ],
        "goodFor": "Nothing new. It shut down on 2026-08-17.",
        "slug": "google-imagen",
        "watchFor": "Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI"
      }
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      "name": "Image generation"
    },
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-artcraft.json",
        "title": "Adobe Firefly API vs ArtCraft",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-artcraft"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-google-imagen.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-firefly-vs-google-imagen"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-black-forest-labs.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs Black Forest Labs FLUX API",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-bria.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs Bria API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-bria"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-fal-image.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs fal image models",
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-ideogram.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs Ideogram API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-ideogram"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-iris-3b.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs Iris-3B",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-iris-3b"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-leonardo-ai.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs Leonardo.Ai API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-leonardo-ai"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-melius.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs Melius",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-melius"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-openai-image-api.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs OpenAI Image API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-openai-image-api"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-qwen-image-2-1.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-recraft.json",
        "title": "ArtCraft vs Recraft API",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-replicate-image.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-stability-ai-image.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-stability-ai-image"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-google-imagen.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/black-forest-labs-vs-google-imagen"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bria-vs-google-imagen.json",
        "title": "Bria API vs Google Imagen",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bria-vs-google-imagen"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-google-imagen.json",
        "title": "fal image models vs Google Imagen",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-image-vs-google-imagen"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-ideogram.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs Ideogram API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-ideogram"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-iris-3b.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs Iris-3B",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-iris-3b"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-leonardo-ai.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs Leonardo.Ai API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-leonardo-ai"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-openai-image-api.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs OpenAI Image API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-openai-image-api"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-qwen-image-2-1.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs Qwen-Image 2.1 (Model Studio)",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-qwen-image-2-1"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-recraft.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs Recraft API",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-recraft"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-replicate-image.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs Replicate image models",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-replicate-image"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark.json",
        "title": "Google Imagen vs Seedream on BytePlus ModelArk",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-imagen-vs-seedream-on-byteplus-modelark"
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      {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-imagen.json\n- Best design workspace and canvas APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design/index.md\n- All 66 design comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design/index.md\n- Best image generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/image-generation/index.md\n- All 105 image comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/image-generation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ArtCraft (F)\n\nGood for: ArtCraft is a visual workspace for AI images and video.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 30 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 15 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 10 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 30 against 5\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Still running. Google Imagen has shut down\n- No key needed to call it\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.0 against 1.0 out of 5\n- No incidents deducted, where Google Imagen loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No external-agent API verified\n\n### Google Imagen (F)\n\nGood for: Nothing new. It shut down on 2026-08-17.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 25\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ArtCraft | Google Imagen | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 0 | ArtCraft +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 25 | 25 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 0 | ArtCraft +15 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 10 | 0 | ArtCraft +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | ArtCraft +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 30 | 5 | ArtCraft +25 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 60 | Google Imagen +35 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **22.8 · F** | **6.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ArtCraft | Google Imagen |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Model API |\n| Vendor | Storyteller | Google |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta` |\n| Transports |  | HTTP |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 for repository code; hosted generation and model services have separate terms. | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-26 | 2025-08-14 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-04-28 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 33k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ArtCraft.** Public source under permissive licences. No external-agent API verified.\n\n**Google Imagen.** Shutdown dates were published in the Gemini API changelog and the Vertex AI release notes, with replacements named. Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ArtCraft\n\n1. Use the interactive application unless an official automation interface is confirmed.\n2. Check the model service terms before sending private reference media.\n\n### Google Imagen\n\n1. Replace `client.models.generate_images` with `client.models.generate_content` and the `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` model, the replacement Google's deprecations table names\n2. Read images from the response content parts, not from `generated_images`\n3. Don't budget from the Vertex Imagen price rows, they describe a retired product\n4. 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