Design comparison
Aibase vs Layergrab
Indie creators who want one credit-based workspace for AI images and short AI video without juggling multiple subscriptions · Designers, ecommerce sellers and social-media editors who need to pull one element off a flat image - a product, a poster's text, a sticker - as a clean transparent layer without opening desktop software. The Chrome extension (right-click any image on the web) is the fastest version of the job. Not a fit for anyone who needs a named company and a refund policy before paying, or for bulk API automation (no developer API is offered).
| Decision point | AIBase | LayerGrab |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Indie creators who want one credit-based workspace for AI images and short AI video without juggling multiple subscriptions | Designers, ecommerce sellers and social-media editors who need to pull one element off a flat image - a product, a poster's text, a sticker - as a clean transparent layer without opening desktop software. The Chrome extension (right-click any image on the web) is the fastest version of the job. Not a fit for anyone who needs a named company and a refund policy before paying, or for bulk API automation (no developer API is offered). |
| Category | Creative | Creative |
| Price | Free trial credits + paid plans ($29.9/mo Basic, $49.9/mo Pro, $99.9/mo Ultimate; yearly 20–40% off; pay-as-you-go credit packs available) | Freemium. Subscriptions: Basic $12/month for 1,200 credits (~120 layers), Premium $36/month for 3,600 credits (~450 layers), yearly billing saves 31%. One-time credit packs: $20 for 1,800 credits, $60 for 6,600 credits (pack credits expire - see their FAQ). Each image-to-layers split costs 10 credits on Basic, 8 on Premium. Verified 2026-11-02 on /pricing. |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.0/5 | 3.8/5 |
Scores are editorial product assessments of job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost. They are not lab benchmarks, and no tool here has a published hands-on result. How we score.
Evidence status
Official /en/pricing lists Free trial credits, plus monthly Basic $29.9/mo (was $39.9), Pro $49.9/mo (was $69.9), and Ultimate $99.9/mo (was $120) with 800, 1,400, and 2,800 credits per month respectively. Yearly billing is 20–40% off (Basic yearly ~$180; Pro yearly equivalent ~$29.9 × 12 × 0.6 ≈ $215; Ultimate $99.9 × 12 with 40% off ≈ $720, saving $238.8 on the Pro tier). Pay-as-you-go credit packs available. Per the public Credits Cost Table, text-to-image runs 12–46 credits (~$0.05–$0.18) and 5-second video runs 150–380 credits (~$0.60–$1.52). Nano Banana 2, GPT Image 2, Seedream 5.0 Lite, Seedance 1.5 Pro, and Veo 3.1 Fast run on monthly; Veo 3.1 Pro, Seedance 2.0, and HappyHorse 1.0 require yearly or credit packs.
Official sources checked 2026-09-18Open verification questions
- Credits-as-cost model makes monthly spend harder to forecast than flat-rate plans; users should run a real task before subscribing.
- Veo 3.1 Pro and Seedance 2.0 are gated to yearly plans / credit packs — Basic and Pro monthly cannot access them.
- Because AIBase routes to third-party models, each model's provider's terms and safety layers apply on top of AIBase's own.
- No explicit SOC 2 / security claims located on the public site.
- Affiliate program live: 30% recurring for the first year, PayPal NET-15 payouts.
Submitted via the site form by the vendor on 2026-08-28; editorial entry written independently. AIBase explicitly states it is 'an independent platform … not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official product of' the underlying model providers (Nano Banana, GPT Image, Seedream, Seedance, Veo, Wan, HappyHorse). Terms of Service §4 (User Content and Generated Content): 'You may use Generated Content for lawful personal or commercial purposes' subject to compliance; user grants AIBase a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host/process content as needed to operate. Outputs are not guaranteed unique, copyrightable, or free of third-party rights. Acceptable Use Policy and Privacy Policy both live and dated. Free trial credits available; ongoing work is credit-based paid.
Subscriptions: Basic $12/mo for 1,200 credits (~120 layers), Premium $36/mo for 3,600 credits (~450 layers), yearly saves 31%. One-time packs: $20/1,800 credits, $60/6,600 credits (pack credits expire per FAQ). 10 credits/layer on Basic, 8 on Premium. Checked 2026-11-02 on https://layergrab.com/pricing (worked cost examples on-page).
Official sources checked 2026-11-02Submitted via form 2026-10-31 05:55 UTC (contact BlaiseZiemehudfv@hotmail.com; site publishes contact@layergrab.com mailto, MX = Cloudflare Email Routing). Editorial entry written independently from live pages. Chrome Web Store extension verified live (cfkdlnfbbdbihhpbmciigdpbbpeinapa). Privacy names Google sign-in + Chrome Limited Use; uploads 'not sold, not used to train our own models'; the AI model partner is unnamed ('our processing partner'). No entity/jurisdiction/refund page/contact page. Registered 2026-09-27 (Cloudflare registrar); NS eric/reza - not the s07811005141 cluster pair (damon/violet); img2layers.org was unreachable for a text-similarity check, so no cluster claim is made.
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