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DALL E 3
by OpenAI
CLOSEDHOSTEDDIGITAL ARTILLUSTRATIONGRAPHIC DESIGNFAST IMAGE GENERATION
RANKED #12 OF 101 IMAGES · OVERALL #65 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 6.3 · 8,965 VOICES ·
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An easy-to-use AI image maker from OpenAI for turning simple text prompts into creative visuals.
HAPPY8.2
248 mentions
SAD6.8
189 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 3,452 voices in this window
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. OpenAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
DALL E 3 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.3
FluxBlack Forest LabsTop open model matching DALL E 3 prompt adherence and visual realism across styles.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY❤️ CROWD FAVORITE37.5k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.9Flux.2 KleinBlack Forest LabsChoose when you need sub-second generation speed and fast iteration without high cost.⚡ FAST💸 COST EFFICIENT5.5k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People find DALL E 3 quick and well worth the price. However, users are frustrated by frequent safety refusals, system limits, and occasional visual glitches.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (8 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (7 mentions)
- Results can look off or glitchy (4 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
8 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
- How results lookA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- SpeedPEOPLE LOVE THIS
3 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
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Midjourney> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-03-22 · 2903 UPVOTESThree prompts to get ChatGPT to become an instant expert in anything.
Three prompts to get ChatGPT to become an instant expert in anything.
- REDDIT · 2023-09-25 · 1313 UPVOTESTaking Dall-E 3 Requests Part 2, Featuring Some of My Favorite Results So Far
Taking Dall-E 3 Requests Part 2, Featuring Some of My Favorite Results So Far
- REDDIT · 2023-09-24 · 1082 UPVOTESTaking Dall-E 3 requests
Taking Dall-E 3 requests
- REDDIT · 2023-09-20 · 968 UPVOTESDALL-E 3 Got announced. If actually works like intended - following specific details seem very promising.
DALL-E 3 Got announced. If actually works like intended - following specific details seem very promising.
- REDDIT · 2023-12-05 · 967 UPVOTESMicrosoft's free Copilot is getting GPT-4 Turbo, Code Interpreter, the new DALL·E 3 model, and more
Microsoft's free Copilot is getting GPT-4 Turbo, Code Interpreter, the new DALL·E 3 model, and more
- REDDIT · 2025-12-16 · 814 UPVOTESBREAKING: OpenAI releases "GPT-Image-1.5" (ChatGPT Images) & It instantly takes the #1 Spot on LMArena, beating Google's Nano Banana Pro.
BREAKING: OpenAI releases "GPT-Image-1.5" (ChatGPT Images) & It instantly takes the #1 Spot on LMArena, beating Google's Nano Banana Pro.
- REDDIT · 2026-04-28 · 808 UPVOTESDall E 3 vs Image 2.0
Dall E 3 vs Image 2.0
- REDDIT · 2024-02-23 · 537 UPVOTESLet's compare Stable Diffusion 3 and Dall-e 3
Let's compare Stable Diffusion 3 and Dall-e 3
- REDDIT · 2023-09-29 · 534 UPVOTESMicrosoft is rolling out Dall-e 3 to everyone - 100% by 8PM PST
Microsoft is rolling out Dall-e 3 to everyone - 100% by 8PM PST
- REDDIT · 2023-11-30 · 472 UPVOTESCoca Cola is already using GPT 5 and Dall-E 3
Coca Cola is already using GPT 5 and Dall-E 3
- REDDIT · 2024-12-04 · 454 UPVOTESComparing DALL-E 3 and 4 other text-to-image models: cost, speed, and photo-realism quality
Comparing DALL-E 3 and 4 other text-to-image models: cost, speed, and photo-realism quality
- REDDIT · 2023-09-30 · 413 UPVOTESDall-e 3 is incredible!
Dall-e 3 is incredible!