# ArtCraft vs Google Imagen

> ArtCraft scores 22.8 (F) to Google Imagen's 6.8 (F) for image generation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Google Imagen shut down on 2026-08-17. 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 & trust. Both do image generation.

- ArtCraft: grade F, 22.8/100, rank #1118 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/artcraft.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/artcraft.json
- Google Imagen: grade F, 6.8/100, rank retired, not ranked. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-imagen.json
- Best design workspace and canvas APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design/index.md
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- Best image generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/image-generation/index.md
- All 105 image comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/image-generation/index.md

## Which one, for what

### ArtCraft (F)

Good for: ArtCraft is a visual workspace for AI images and video.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 30 against 0
- Agent ergonomics, 15 against 0
- Security & auth, 10 against 0
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 30 against 5

Also in its favour:
- 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

Watch for: No external-agent API verified

### Google Imagen (F)

Good for: Nothing new. It shut down on 2026-08-17.

Ahead on:
- Transparency & trust, 60 against 25

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: Discontinued. Calls to imagen model names fail on both the Gemini API and Vertex AI


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | ArtCraft | Google Imagen | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 0 | ArtCraft +30 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 25 | 25 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 0 | ArtCraft +15 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 10 | 0 | ArtCraft +10 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | ArtCraft +30 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 30 | 5 | ArtCraft +25 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 60 | Google Imagen +35 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **22.8 · F** | **6.8 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | ArtCraft | Google Imagen |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Model API |
| Vendor | Storyteller | Google |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 for repository code; hosted generation and model services have separate terms. | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-26 | 2025-08-14 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-04-28 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 33k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | 1/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**ArtCraft.** Public source under permissive licences. No external-agent API verified.

**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.

## Before you call either

### ArtCraft

1. Use the interactive application unless an official automation interface is confirmed.
2. Check the model service terms before sending private reference media.

### Google Imagen

1. 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
2. Read images from the response content parts, not from `generated_images`
3. Don't budget from the Vertex Imagen price rows, they describe a retired product
4. If the job needs a mask-based inpaint, use another vendor's fill endpoint, since Gemini image editing is prompt-based

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, ArtCraft or Google Imagen?

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 & trust.

### Can an agent call ArtCraft and Google Imagen without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for ArtCraft. Google Imagen has a hosted endpoint at https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-google-imagen.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/artcraft-vs-google-imagen.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "artcraft", "b": "google-imagen"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare artcraft google-imagen`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/artcraft.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-imagen.json

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