PixelLab
AI generator for pixel art game assets: characters, 4/8-direction rotations, text- and skeleton-based sprite animations, tilesets, maps and UI elements.
Visit official site ↗Free tier + paidCommercial use allowed
#6 in Concept art & 2D assetsranked on game-dev fit · how we rank
Can I use PixelLab in a commercial game?
Yes Yes. PixelLab's published terms allow commercial use on every plan.
What the terms say: Pricing page lists "Use generated images commercially" and says the user owns the rights to generations, except using them to train models. Terms also reference the Open RAIL-M license. Read the vendor's terms ↗ · Checked
Verdict: For 2D devs who need pixel-art sprites, rotations and animations; outputs are usable commercially on every plan, but its terms bar training other models on them.
- Best for
- Pixel-art characters, rotations, animations and tilesets
- Tasks
- Concept art & 2D assets
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
- Price & free tier
- Free plan Free trial tier, no credit card
Free trial tier (no credit card). Paid plans listed at $12/month (2,000 generations), $24/month (5,000) and $50/month (10,000). API and MCP calls use your plan's generations; separate USD API credits are only needed without a subscription or once the plan's generations run out (PixelLab, by email, 17 Oct 2026; the API's balance endpoint reports both).
Source: https://www.pixellab.ai/pricing - Export formats
- Not stated by vendor
- Commercial use & licence
- Commercial use allowed
Pricing page lists "Use generated images commercially" and says the user owns the rights to generations, except using them to train models. Terms also reference the Open RAIL-M license.
Source: https://www.pixellab.ai/termsofservice - Revenue share / caps
- Not stated by vendor
- API
- Available REST API; calls draw on subscription generations, or on USD credits without a plan
Source: https://api.pixellab.ai/v2/docs - MCP server
- Official MCP server Remote MCP server for coding assistants (bearer token)
Source: https://www.pixellab.ai/mcp - Last checked
We summarise what the vendor's own pages say on the date above. "Not stated by vendor" means we couldn't find that detail on the vendor's pages. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship anything.
