Leonardo.ai
An AI image and video generation platform owned by Canva. It offers a range of in-house and third-party models, custom model training on your own images, a canvas for editing and inpainting, and tools for consistent characters and styles.
● Use Cases
- →Game, product and concept art
- →Training a custom style on your brand imagery
- →Consistent characters across a campaign series
- →Upscaling and editing images on a canvas
- →Short animated clips from still images
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About Leonardo.ai
What is Leonardo.ai?
An AI image and video generation platform owned by Canva. It offers a range of in-house and third-party models, custom model training on your own images, a canvas for editing and inpainting, and tools for consistent characters and styles. Leonardo.ai is a specialised AI tool in the Image Assets category that applies machine learning to automate, enhance, or augment tasks in this domain.
Leonardo was founded in Sydney and is now part of Canva, but that does not mean your images are stored in Australia, so check its privacy policy for hosting locations before uploading anything sensitive. If you train a custom model on photos of staff or customers, get their consent first and treat those images as personal information under the Privacy Act 1988. Images made on the free plan are public by default, so use a paid plan for client work. Commercially used images should not imitate another brand's trade dress or a known artist's distinctive style.
How Australian Businesses Use Leonardo.ai
Australian businesses use Image Assets AI tools to reduce manual workload, improve output quality, and operate more efficiently. The specific applications vary by organisation but typically focus on the most time-intensive processes in this category.
Key Features
- ✓Custom model training on your own image sets
- ✓Canvas editor for inpainting, outpainting and sketch-to-image
- ✓Choice of Leonardo and third-party image and video models
- ✓Character and style references for consistent campaign imagery
- ✓Universal upscaler for enlarging and sharpening images
- ✓API for generating images in your own applications
Best For
- →Game studios and illustrators producing concept art
- →Brands training a custom style on their own imagery
- →Creators wanting a generous free allowance to experiment
Pros & Cons of Leonardo.ai
✓ Strengths
- +Generous daily free allowance for trying it out
- +Custom model training on your own images
- +Choice of several image and video models
- +Canvas editor for inpainting and extending images
⚠ Limitations
- –Token system is confusing to budget
- –Interface has many options and takes time to learn
- –Free-plan generations are public by default
- –Leonardo access is no longer bundled with Canva Business
Pricing
A free plan with a daily token allowance that does not roll over, plus paid individual, team and enterprise plans with larger monthly allowances, private generations and commercial rights, with API access sold separately. Canva Business stopped including a Leonardo plan for new subscribers from September 2026, and existing Canva Business access is being phased out in October 2026. Check leonardo.ai/pricing for details.
Details checked against the vendor's website in October 2026. Pricing changes often, so confirm current plans at leonardo.ai.
Data Residency & Privacy in Australia
Although Leonardo started in Sydney and belongs to Canva, it does not publish an Australian hosting option, so check its privacy policy for where images are stored. Free-plan generations are public by default, while paid plans allow private generation. Enterprise customers can ask about training exclusions, retention and a data processing agreement before uploading brand or staff imagery.
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Getting Started with Leonardo.ai in Australia
Leonardo.ai is available directly at leonardo.ai. Sign up for a trial or free tier to evaluate the tool for your specific use case. Identify one clear workflow to start with, measure results over 30 days, and expand from there. Reach out to the vendor's support team for onboarding guidance.
Outside help is most useful when the tool has to connect to existing systems, handle personal information, or be rolled out to a whole team. AI Lab Australia works with businesses across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide on that setup.
Alternatives to Leonardo.ai
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Frequently Asked Questions About Leonardo.ai
Is Leonardo.Ai an Australian company?
It was founded in Sydney in 2022 and acquired by Canva in 2024, so it sits within an Australian-headquartered group. That does not mean your data is stored locally, so check the privacy policy for hosting locations before uploading anything sensitive.
Is Leonardo still included with Canva?
Not for new customers. Canva Business stopped including a Leonardo plan for new subscribers from September 2026, and existing bundled access is being phased out during October 2026. You now need a separate Leonardo subscription for paid features and private generations.
Are Leonardo images private?
On the free plan, generations are public by default and can appear in the community feed. Paid plans let you keep images private, which is the setting to use for unreleased products, client work or anything featuring identifiable people.
Ready to Implement Leonardo.ai?
AI Lab Australia helps Australian businesses choose, set up and connect tools like Leonardo.ai to the systems they already run, with privacy and data handling sorted before rollout.