DALL-E 2
OpenAI’s second generation image model now offered through the API with pay as you go pricing per image and fast generation for square or portrait outputs.
Pricing Pay as you go, From $0.016 per image
Category image
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
AutoDraw
Free web drawing tool from Google Creative Lab that pairs quick doodles with AI suggestions and artist made icons so anyone can sketch recognizable visuals in seconds.
Pricing Free
Category image
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in DALL-E 2
text-to-imageinpaintingapiideationprototyping
Shared
None
Only in AutoDraw
drawingsketchiconsgooglecreative-lab
Key Features
DALL-E 2
- • Text to image generation via API endpoints
- • Inpainting and variations for quick edits
- • Fast square and portrait sizes for common uses
- • Lower per image cost than newer models
- • Good for thumbnails and concepts at volume
- • Clear content policy and safety guidance
AutoDraw
- • Smart Suggestions: See AI guesses while you doodle and snap to clean icons from a growing artist library
- • Fast Mockups: Block out simple storyboards and wireframes in minutes using shapes text and quick symbol swaps
- • Touch Friendly: Works on phones and tablets with a responsive canvas
- • Zero Setup: Runs in the browser with no account installs
- • Vector Crispness: Suggested drawings render cleanly and scale well
- • Export Simplicity: Download PNG or copy directly to clipboard
Use Cases
DALL-E 2
- → Generate concept art for features or campaigns
- → Create thumbnails and blog visuals at scale
- → Offer a prompt to image feature inside an app
- → Inpaint quick edits without a full editor
- → Produce mood boards for client ideation
- → Generate backgrounds for UI experiments
AutoDraw
- → Classroom Sketching: Create vocabulary cards and visual prompts
- → Pitch Storyboards: Rough a product flow and snap shapes to readable icons
- → Deck Placeholders: Add clean symbols to slides
- → UX Whiteboarding: Replace stick figures with consistent icons
- → Quick Explainers: Draw simple diagrams for help docs
- → Blog Illustrations: Add lightweight icon art
Perfect For
DALL-E 2
product designers growth teams indie hackers educators agencies and developers who need cost effective prompt to image generation through the API
AutoDraw
Teachers, creators, marketers, product folks, and students who need quick clean visuals for lessons decks explainers and brainstorming without opening a heavy design app
Capabilities
DALL-E 2
Intermediate Turn natural language into visuals quickly for ideation and simple assets with predictable per image pricing.
Intermediate Update regions or explore variants without rebuilding the entire concept from scratch.
Professional Embed image generation into products or internal tools with control over size cost and rate limits.
Basic Use size and quality matrices to forecast spend and scale generation responsibly for campaigns.
AutoDraw
AI Matches Basic
Simple Tools Basic
Instant Outputs Basic
Visual Literacy Basic
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