Fooocus

Should probably mention this as a root comment, but various local image gen models like fooocus [1] run on basically any remotely modern hardware, have phenomenal output quality, and cost basically nothing. I think companies trying to sell image gen at this point are just banking on ignorance. [1] - https://github.com/lllyasviel/Fooocus

Sure, for a balance between usability and power I'd recommend fooocus. [1] AmuseAI [2] is an alternative that is extremely plug-and-play which can be especially handy with AMD hardware, but is a bit less powerful and also censored by default. ComfyUI [3] is an advanced tool for rich customization and what not. However it's anything but comfy if you're not already quite knowledgeable in this domain - I would not recommend it for a first tool. [1] - https://github.com/lllyasviel/Fooocus [2] - https://github.com/saddam213/AmuseAI [3] - https://github.com/comfy-org/comfyui