Face consistency is where most ai image generators completely fall apart and nobody seems to rank tools based on this specific capability even though it’s the thing that actually matters for commercial use. Foxy ai and rendernet both use reference photo training where you upload images and the tool learns a specific face. Foxy ai needs about 3 reference shots, starts at $14/month, handles images and short video, very streamlined interface. Rendernet has facelock and controlnet for more granular pose control, free tier with 10 daily credits, paid from $9/month, more options but steeper learning curve. Leonardo ai has character consistency features and lora training on paid plans (from $10/month, 150 free tokens daily). Phoenix model is beautiful but leans stylized rather than photorealistic, and lora training is limited to once monthly on the basic plan which makes experimentation frustrating. Stable diffusion locally with dreambooth or lora is the quality ceiling if you have a gpu with 12gb+ vram and don’t mind the technical setup. Zero ongoing costs, maximum control, but definitely not plug and play. Midjourney is still untouched for aesthetic quality on individual images but it generates each one independently so the face changes every time. The --cref flag helps a little but drifts fast with pose changes. Amazing creative tool, not built for this job. If the need is “same person across many photos,” trained model tools win by a wide margin over general purpose generators. submitted by /u/ParkingDog3011
Originally posted by u/ParkingDog3011 on r/ArtificialInteligence