Deprecated Models
Deprecation of Ideogram 1.0 Models
Ideogram is retiring Ideogram 1.0 and Ideogram 1.0 Turbo. These models will be removed from NightCafe on July 7, 2026. This is an external change made by Ideogram and is beyond our control. We're sorry to see these models go.
Deprecation of Google Models
Google has deprecated Imagen 3.0, 3.0 Fast, 4.0, 4.0 Fast, 4.0 Ultra, and Veo 3.0 Fast. These models will be removed from NightCafe on June 30, 2026. Alternatives: Image: GPT Image 2, GPT Image 1.5, Flux.1, Ideogram V3 Video: Veo 3.1/3.1 Fast/3.1 ...
Deprecation of OpenAI Models - DALL-E 2 & 3
OpenAI is pulling the plug on DALL-E 2 & 3. On May 12, 2026, OpenAI will officially retire the model meaning NightCafe will no longer be able to offer it to our users. We did our best to convince OpenAI to keep DALL-E 3 around. We showed them some ...
Deprecation of Legacy Video Models (Luma, Runway Gen3 Alpha, SVD1.1, Wan 2.1,Seedance 1.0 Lite )
Luma LumaLabs - the team behind the Luma model on NightCafe (it's called DreamMachine 1.6 or Ray 1.6 elsewhere) have decided to deprecate the 1.6 model so it's unfortunately no longer available on NightCafe. Runway Gen3 Alpha, SVD 1.1 & Wan 2.1 We've ...
Deprecation of Stability AI Creative Upscaler
We recently started getting support requests about the Stability AI creative upscaler returning totally unrelated images. While investigating the issue we also discovered that Stability AI had recently increased the cost by 240% without giving us any ...
UPDATE: Image Prompting (IP Adapter)
Image Prompting (IP Adapter) is fully available again on NightCafe. For the current guide on how to use it — including choosing an image prompt, adjusting the weight and method, and getting the best results — see our up-to-date article: Image ...
UPDATE: Announcing the upcoming deprecation of Rundiffusion Juggernaut models on December 15
Update: We've found a partner with a commercial license for these models, and will continue to support the Juggernaut models on NightCafe. Juggernaut XL versions 9 and 11 are licensed for commercial use by their creator - Rundiffusion. On the 15th of ...
Announcing the upcoming deprecation of fine-tuned SDXL models and SDXL 0.9 & BETA
Some features on NightCafe are powered by Stability AI, the creators of Stable Diffusion. Stability AI have announced that they're deprecating the following features: Fine-tuning for SDXL will be deprecated on October 18 Stable Diffusion XL v0.9 & ...
Announcing the deprecation of some legacy models on November 14
Note: While some models are being deprecated, they're being replaced with better models at the same price. See "What's coming instead?" below. Which models are being deprecated? On the 14th of November we'll be retiring some older Stable Diffusion ...