Why I built 100 niche AI image tools instead of one generic generator

I got tired of generic AI image platforms that give you a blank prompt box and say "describe what you want." Most people don't know how to prompt. They want an action figure, not a 200-word description of what a collectible toy looks like.

So I flipped the model at Crevisto: instead of one generic tool, I built 100 specific ones. The Action Figure Generator knows what a collectible toy looks like. The LinkedIn Avatar tool knows what a professional headshot looks like. You don't craft the perfect prompt — the tool already knows what you want.

The niche-first thesis

Going niche-first works. People search for specific things — "action figure generator," "ghibli style photo," "linkedin headshot AI" — not "AI image generator." Each of the 100 tools on Crevisto targets a specific use case with a specific prompt template tuned for that output.

Key decisions

Credit packs, not subscriptions. Users come for one tool and may leave. Subscriptions create friction for one-off use cases. Credits never expire.

CLI-first. There's a Go CLI for developers who want to generate from the terminal. Install with curl -fsSL https://crevisto.com/install.sh | bash and run crevisto generate action-figure --photo selfie.jpg.

BYOK. Bring your own OpenRouter API key for unlimited generations — you pay OpenRouter directly, no markup. This is the BYOK approach I wrote about on the Crevisto blog.

What's in the catalog

Viral tools (Action Figure, AI Baby, Ghibli Style, Gender Swap), photo editing (Background Remover, Upscaler, Photo Restoration), professional (LinkedIn Avatar, Logo Maker, Product Studio), and creative (Renaissance Portrait, Comic Book Style, Magazine Cover). Try it with 5 free credits — no subscription, no credit card.