NovelAI

NovelAI is a paid AI tool for generating anime-style images and stories, aimed at artists, content creators, storytellers, and casual creators.

  • Free trial
  • Web app · Mobile
  • by Anlatan Inc.
  • Verified 16 Oct 2026

What NovelAI does

NovelAI is an AI anime image generator and AI story and text generator. It offers image generation, inpainting, Director Tools for adjusting poses, lighting, and clothing, and a built-in canvas for quick edits. Its story generation uses the GLM 4.6 model, and it can keep characters consistent across scenes through separately defined characters. It runs as a web app and on mobile, and it is offered on a paid basis with a free trial and self-serve signup.

Built for

  • artists, content creators, and storytellers
  • casual creators

Key features

  • Image generation of anime-style art, characters, and scenes
  • Inpainting to selectively modify specific areas of images
  • Director Tools for adjusting poses, lighting, and clothing
  • Built-in canvas for quick edits
  • Story generation with GLM 4.6 model
  • Character consistency across scenes via separately defined characters

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Offers a free trial, and signup is self-serve.
  • Includes inpainting to selectively modify specific areas of images.
  • Lets users define characters separately to help keep them consistent across scenes.
  • Available as a web app and on mobile.

Cons

  • Pricing is paid, and the facts provided do not list specific plans or prices.

Where NovelAI is listed

NovelAI is listed under AI tools for image generation in Design and images AI tools.

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