Recraft
Hosted image-generation and design platform with raster/vector output, editing tools and an API.
Score calculation
(2 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 7) ÷ 6 = 3.2
6 of six dimensions rated. Unrated dimensions are excluded from the average.
Full scoring method ↗Setup details
Recraft proprietary image models through web/API; training disclosure in the California AB2013 statement applies to Recraft proprietary models offered to California users, not third-party models accessible through the platform.
What fits your needs
Hosted Recraft web app and API; account tier controls training, output ownership and commercial use.
Design assets
Creates raster and vector graphics from prompts and supports editing, layout and design-agent workflows.
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Team/API route
API and Group Workspace content are excluded from Recraft-model training under the current privacy policy.
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Tradeoffs to expect
Free-tier rights
Current terms limit Free Tier assets to personal use, assign them to Recraft and permit gallery display; paid-tier asset rights differ.
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Individual training setting
Individual-account inputs/outputs may be used to train Recraft models unless the account opts out; the new policy has separate effective dates for new and existing accounts.
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How to switch
Set training preference
Use profile settings to opt out of Recraft-model training; API and Group Workspace inputs follow the separate no-training route described in the policy.
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Review plan rights
Check Free Tier versus paid or Group terms before commercializing an asset; the Free Tier is personal-use only under current terms.
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Practical questions
Likeness and NCII
Terms prohibit non-consensual intimate imagery and require rights/consent when prompting identifiable people or creators; removal requests have a defined Take It Down channel.
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AI marking
Terms say Recraft may embed metadata/watermarks and provides visible label options; users must preserve system markings and meet applicable disclosure rules.
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Age
Current terms require users to be at least 18 years old.
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Recraft is a hosted image service; no product-scoped energy report, facility electricity mix or documented compute-saving control appears in the cited sources.
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The service’s web/API and third-party model routes are described, and terms note iterative features may consume variable credits. Credits are a billing unit, not an energy measurement; no facility mix or task-level workload footprint is disclosed.
1 + 1 reporting + 0 electricity + 0 controls = 2/10. This grades documented practices and transparency.
Serving region, model-specific energy, electricity sourcing and product-level physical resource controls remain unreported.
- Reporting1/3
- Recraft describes its service and API as hosted generation, but does not publish request-level energy accounting.
- Electricity sourcing0/3
- The reviewed product and legal pages do not map Recraft requests to a named serving facility or electricity mix.
- Resource controls0/3
- The service terms discuss variable iterative credit use but do not document a physical resource-control setting or measured reduction.
Water disclosure
Water reporting has not been assessed for this choice.
Recraft's California notice names broad data categories and says the training data mixes licensed, fair-use, public-domain and uncopyrightable material; no named source inventory or source-creator remedy is disclosed.
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The AB2013 statement covers Recraft proprietary image models offered in California and describes publicly available, third-party/user, and internally generated data in a training dataset of billions of images. Its privacy opt-out concerns Recraft users' submitted content; the reviewed materials do not show an opt-out or removal process for creators whose works are in training sources.
1 + 1 source transparency + 1 permission + 0 creator controls = 3/10, with the permission cap applied.
Named-source inventory, source-level permission basis, creator opt-out/removal/retraining path, and scope outside the California notice are not established by the reviewed sources.
- Source transparency1/3
- The California AB2013 statement lists publicly available, third-party/user-provided and internally generated data categories, including billions of images, but not named datasets.
- Documented permission1/4
- Recraft reports a mixture that includes licensed, public-domain and fair-use material, without a per-source permission ledger.
- Creator controls0/2
- The reviewed AB2013 and privacy disclosures specify controls for Recraft users' submitted content, not an opt-out, removal request, or retraining remedy for creators of source-training data works.
Recraft’s new policy says individual-account input may be used to train Recraft models by default, with an account opt-out; API and Group Workspace inputs are excluded.
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The privacy policy effective for new accounts from 20 October 2026 and existing accounts from 3 November 2026 distinguishes consumer and organizational routes: individual AI input/output can train proprietary models unless opted out; API and Group Workspace content is excluded. External providers for third-party image/video and chat/voice features are subject to zero-retention or equivalent no-training terms.
4/10 reflects a documented opt-out and a no-training API/Group route, balanced against individual-account training by default and account/gallery retention.
Policy effective date depends on account creation; inputs/assets remain in accounts until deletion, and Free Tier assets in the community gallery may remain visible afterward.
The web service is closed and plan-specific; free outputs have narrower rights than paid-subscription assets.
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Current terms say Free Tier assets are owned by Recraft and licensed for personal use only, while paid users own their generated assets subject to restrictions. The reviewed materials don’t show downloadable open weights or self-hosted deployment for the proprietary Recraft models.
2/10 reflects a managed proprietary service with limited tier-dependent output rights and no reviewed open-weight deployment path.
Terms and ownership differ between Free Tier, paid, workspace and API routes; feature and price availability may vary.
Recraft’s current privacy and terms explain account processing, model training settings, credits and content rights, but provide no workforce conditions or worker-remedy measures.
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The reviewed Recraft privacy notice, AB2013 training disclosure and service terms discuss user data and product operations; they do not report employee or contractor pay, conditions, representation or independent labour assurance. This narrow public-evidence gap is not a finding of mistreatment.
1 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 1/10. Documented worker protections; missing disclosure is an evidence gap.
Employee, contractor, annotation and moderation workforce conditions for Recraft remain unestablished in these public sources.
- Pay & conditions0/3
- Reviewed Recraft sources do not disclose worker pay, employment conditions or contractor protections.
- Worker voice & remedy0/3
- The cited Recraft materials do not identify worker-voice, grievance or remedy processes.
- Evidence & follow-through0/3
- No independent workforce assurance is published in the cited Recraft sources.
No military relationship or product-specific military safeguards are established in the reviewed Recraft sources.
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The official sources reviewed for Recraft describe its creative route, model access and user terms but don’t confirm defense work, a military customer, or binding operational restrictions. This product-level disclosure gap does not resolve unreviewed corporate or downstream relationships.
7 base + 0 safeguard adjustment = 7/10 (0 of 9 safeguard points; every 3 adds 1). No military relationship was established in the cited sources. This ranks above known defense ties without claiming a verified clean record.
Company-wide defense customers and downstream uses of Recraft were not exhaustively established.
- Use restrictions0/4
- Reviewed Recraft sources do not state a binding military-use restriction for this product route.
- Enforcement & oversight0/3
- No military-specific oversight or enforcement is documented in the cited Recraft sources.
- Relationship disclosure0/2
- The reviewed Recraft sources do not disclose a military relationship for this product or operator.
The cited Recraft product and policy materials don’t confirm a military contract, customer or deployment; that limited finding is not proof no such relationship exists.
Military rubric ↗The company is not named in the two reviewed official BNC campaign sources.
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This entry records only whether the named company appears in the BNC consumer guide or No Tech campaign. Not listed is a limited source check, not a finding of endorsement, compliance or absence of supplier and investment relationships.
The check does not cover every campaign, subsidiary, investor, supplier, local listing or future target change.