Layer
AI Gaming ToolsFreemium
AI creative operating system for game studios: train custom models and generate 2D, 3D, video and audio assets at production scale.
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Promethean AI
AI Gaming ToolsFreemium
AI assistant for environment artists that builds and set dresses 3D worlds from natural language inside your existing editor.
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Pricing
Pricing Comparison
Layer
Free$0
Limited Creative Units for evaluation, core generation features
Pro$From $30/mo
Custom model training, expanded Creative Units, multi modal generation
Studio$Usage based
No seat fees, full team access, node workflows and top ups as needed
Enterprise$Custom
SSO, SOC 2 documentation, role based access, audit trails and volume pricing
Promethean AI
Early Access$0
Free for non commercial use with limited functionality
Indie$30/mo
AI asset braintrust, browser design requests, AI world building, shared palettes, up to 100,000 assets
Professional$90/mo
Everything in Indie plus unlimited assets, scripting API and AI feedback agent
Enterprise$Custom
Custom model training on proprietary libraries, automated deployment and dedicated support
Features
Feature Comparison
Layer
Custom Model TrainingStyle ConsistencyLive 2D Canvas300+ Model LibraryText To ImageImage To Image3D Asset GenerationVideo GenerationAudio GenerationNode Based WorkflowsGame Specific TemplatesBatch ProductionMarketing Asset CreationUnity PluginModel Agnostic ArchitectureSOC 2 ComplianceSingle Sign OnRole Based Access Controls
Promethean AI
Natural Language World BuildingSemantic Asset UnderstandingAI Asset BraintrustAutomated Set DressingShared PalettesExisting Library ReuseUnreal Engine IntegrationUnity Integration3ds Max IntegrationMaya IntegrationBlender IntegrationNo Asset Upload RequiredCustom Model TrainingPython Scripting APIAI Feedback AgentBrowser Design RequestsTeam Collaboration BoardsAsset Metadata Reasoning
Fit
Best For & Not For
Layer
✅ Best For
✅Game studios that want one platform covering 2D, 3D, video and audio instead of paying for four separate subscriptions
✅Art teams where every contributor needs full tool access, since removing seat fees means nobody is locked out by budget
✅Live service studios producing constant seasonal content that must stay visually consistent with the base game
✅Marketing and UA teams generating store images and ad variants that have to match the actual in-game art
✅Enterprises with procurement requirements, given SOC 2 Type II, SSO, role based access and full audit trails
❌ Not For
❌Solo hobbyists who only need occasional images, where a simpler consumer image generator is cheaper and faster to learn
❌Teams wanting an in-engine coding assistant, since Layer produces assets rather than writing gameplay code
❌Studios needing predictable flat monthly billing, because usage based Creative Units make spend vary with output volume
❌Anyone expecting production clean 3D topology straight out of generation without a manual cleanup pass
❌Non game creative teams, as the templates, workflows and terminology are all built around game production
Promethean AI
✅ Best For
✅Environment artists who spend most of their week on set dressing rather than the creative decisions they were hired for
✅Studios sitting on large existing asset libraries that are underused because nobody remembers what is in them
✅Art directors who need outsourcing partners to hit the intended look without a fifty page style document
✅Teams with strict IP requirements, since assets never leave the studio and nothing is uploaded to train a shared model
✅Film, animation and architectural visualisation teams building dense interior sets on compressed schedules
❌ Not For
❌Solo developers with no asset library, because the system reasons about assets you already own rather than generating new ones
❌Teams looking for text to image or text to 3D generation, which is a fundamentally different category of tool
❌Studios wanting a purely browser based workflow, as the core product runs alongside a desktop 3D editor
❌Small projects that cannot justify professional tier pricing, since the free version is limited to non commercial use
❌Developers needing NPC behaviour or dialogue, as Promethean handles environments rather than characters
Availability
Platform & Accessibility
Layer
web-basedapi
Promethean AI
desktopweb-basedapi
Use & Audience
Tasks & Who It's For
Integrations
Integrations
Layer
Development
UnityUnreal EngineGodot
Design
BlenderPhotoshopIllustratorAutodesk Maya
Webhooks & API
REST API
Promethean AI
Development
Unreal EngineUnity
Design
Autodesk MayaAutodesk 3ds MaxBlender
Webhooks & API
Python API
Use Cases
Real-world Use Cases
Layer
1
Farah, an art lead at a live service studio, trains a Layer model on two years of approved skins and her seasonal drop ships with zero style revision rounds.2
Kenji, a technical artist, builds a node workflow that turns one character sheet into icon, banner and store image variants automatically every time a new hero is approved.3
Ravi, a studio producer, moves his eight person art team onto Layer and stops rationing licences because the pricing no longer charges per seat.Promethean AI
1
Lena, an environment artist, describes a rundown motel room and Promethean set dresses it from the studio library in four minutes, work she had scheduled a full day for.2
Hiroshi, an art director, builds a shared palette for an outsourcing partner in Manila and cuts his revision rounds on the next batch of interiors from four to one.3
Camila, a level designer, greyboxes twelve interior spaces in a week because set dressing stopped being the bottleneck between blockout and review.Keep Exploring
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