PixelLab vs Retro Diffusion: pixel art pricing and licence

Side-by-side from each vendor's own pricing and terms pages, checked 2026-10-15. Prices shown exactly as displayed (promos and billing period noted).

The licence question first

PixelLab: free tier: commercial use allowed. Paid: commercial use allowed (Commercial use; 'The user owns the rights to the generations with the exception of using them to train models'). Details
Retro Diffusion: free tier: commercial use allowed. Paid: commercial use allowed (Same: outputs owned by the generator). Details

	PixelLab	Retro Diffusion
Free tier	Free trial: 40 fast generations, then 5 daily slower generations (store up to 20); images up to 200x200	Free starting balance for new accounts ('enough for dozens of generations with RD Fast'), no card required
Paid price (as shown)	Tier 1 $12/mo (2,000 gens); Tier 2 $24/mo (5,000); Tier 3 $50/mo (10,000)	Pay per generation from prepaid balance: RD Pro $0.18/image; RD Plus $0.06/image; RD Fast $0.03/image; animations from $0.07/clip
Credits / cost per asset	Some tools use more than one generation per image	$0.03-$0.18 per image depending on model; animations from $0.07 per clip
Licence: free tier	Commercial use allowed on free tier ('Use generated images commercially***')	Terms: outputs (including from free usage) are owned by the person who generated them
Licence: paid	Commercial use; 'The user owns the rights to the generations with the exception of using them to train models'	Same: outputs owned by the generator
Export / engines	Aseprite workflow and Pixelorama-based editor mentioned; engine export not stated	Low-poly 3D export for Godot, Unity, Unreal, Blender, Blockbench, Minecraft; SpriteFusion tileset export
API / MCP	API access and MCP 'AI Agent Toolkit' (Claude Code, Cursor) listed on free tier	HTTP API and hosted MCP server (homepage)
Affiliate	not stated	not stated