Recraft V3 overview
Recraft V3 by RecraftAI
Unlike many general-purpose image models, Recraft is optimized for structured design tasks rather than purely artistic outputs.
Recraft V3 specs
- Model ID
recraft-v3- Developer
- RecraftAI
- Input
- Text
- Output
- Image
- Endpoint
POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations
What Is Recraft V3?
Recraft V3, codenamed red_panda, is a 20-billion parameter text-to-image model released in October 2024. Built from the ground up for professional design workflows, it's the first AI image generator that actually thinks in design language rather than just interpreting text prompts.
Since its launch, Recraft V3 held the #1 position on the Artificial Analysis Text-to-Image Leaderboard on Hugging Face for over five consecutive months, outperforming Midjourney v6.1 (1093 ELO), FLUX 1.1 Pro (1143 ELO), and OpenAI's DALL-E 3 HD (984 ELO) with an ELO rating of 1172 and a 72% overall win rate.
Long-Form Text in Images
Every other AI image model struggles to render even a few words correctly. Recraft V3 is the only model in the world that can generate images containing full sentences, multi-line copy, headlines, and paragraph text, clean, readable, and properly typeset. Build ad banners, posters, product packaging, and social graphics without touching Photoshop.
Precise Element Positioning
Stop wrestling with vague prompts and hoping the model figures out your layout. Recraft V3 lets you specify exact positions and sizes for text elements within the image. Place a headline at the top, a product name across the center, and a call-to-action at the bottom and get exactly that.
Native SVG Vector Art Generation
Midjourney, DALL-E, and most other models only produce raster images. Recraft V3 generates true scalable vector graphics (SVG) natively, from clean icon sets and minimal pictograms all the way to intricate illustrations. Perfect for logos, app icons, brand assets, and anything that needs to scale from a favicon to a billboard.
Style Consistency Without Fine-Tuning
Upload a few reference images and Recraft V3 locks in your brand's visual style, color palette, composition feel, artistic tone, and maintains it across every generation. No model retraining, no LoRA workflows, no expensive fine-tuning jobs
Anatomically Accurate Humans
Fingers, hands, limbs, AI anatomy has always been a punchline. Recraft V3 was specifically trained on anatomical accuracy metrics, producing correctly proportioned bodies, natural hand poses, and spatially coherent scenes. Professional lifestyle photography and product mockups that actually look real.
Use cases
- Brand-aligned Asset Creation: Logos, icons, marketing visuals with precise text and style
- Vector Graphic Design: Scalable, editable artwork for print, web, and product design
- Mockups & UI Components: Product and interface visuals with brand consistency
- Inpainting & Refinement: Edit or enhance existing images for creatives and designers
- Raster-to-Vector Conversion: Turn pixel art into clean vector graphics
Recraft V3 API pricing
| Usage | Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Image generation | $0.04 | per generation |
The final price depends on request parameters such as resolution or duration.
Prices from the AI/ML API price list, checked on Nov 4, 2026.
Recraft V3 vs other image models: prices
AI/ML API rates for 5 models, per generation.
| Model | Per generation |
|---|---|
 Recraft V3 | $0.04 |
 Flux pro 1.1 | $0.04 |
| Flux.1 Kontext | $0.04 |
| Flux Kontext Pro | $0.04 |
 Nano Banana Edit | $0.04 |
How to use the Recraft V3 API
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1Get your API key
Create API keyexport AIMLAPI_KEY="8f2b4c7d9a1e6b3f…"2Make your first request
curl 'https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"model": "recraft-v3",
"prompt": "A ginger cat asleep on a stack of exactly three hardcover books in a rainy bookshop window at dusk. Gold lettering on the glass reads OPEN LATE. Warm lamp light inside, raindrops and blurred neon reflections outside, 35mm film photo."
}'import os
import requests
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['AIMLAPI_KEY']}",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
"model": "recraft-v3",
"prompt": "A ginger cat asleep on a stack of exactly three hardcover books in a rainy bookshop window at dusk. Gold lettering on the glass reads OPEN LATE. Warm lamp light inside, raindrops and blurred neon reflections outside, 35mm film photo."
}
response = requests.post("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations", headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=120)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())const response = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"model": "recraft-v3",
"prompt": "A ginger cat asleep on a stack of exactly three hardcover books in a rainy bookshop window at dusk. Gold lettering on the glass reads OPEN LATE. Warm lamp light inside, raindrops and blurred neon reflections outside, 35mm film photo."
}),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());Models similar to Recraft V3
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Recraft V3 FAQ
What inputs and outputs does Recraft V3 support?
Recraft V3 takes image, text as input and returns image.
How much does Recraft V3 cost?
Recraft V3 costs $0.04 per generation on AI/ML API, billed as you go with no subscription.
How is Recraft V3 billed?
Recraft V3 is billed per generation, a fixed charge per output rather than by prompt length.
Can Recraft V3 take an existing image as input?
Yes, Recraft V3 accepts image input as well as a text prompt.
Who created Recraft V3?
Recraft V3 was built by RecraftAI.
How do I call Recraft V3 on AI/ML API?
Send a request to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations with recraft-v3 as the model id.
Is Recraft V3 available through a single API key?
Yes. Recraft V3 is served through AI/ML API, so the same key and endpoint format used for other models applies.
Is Recraft V3 a multimodal language model?
No. Recraft V3 is an image generation model that converts text into images, not a general-purpose multimodal LLM.
What kind of image outputs can Recraft V3 produce?
Recraft V3 generates images from text prompts and can produce vector-style graphics.
What is the Recraft V3 model ID?
Use recraft-v3 as the model parameter. Requests go to https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/images/generations with your AI/ML API key.