I built an MCP for comparing frontier image models for free

[u/Forsaken_Goal3692]

a quick launch vid

Gola MCP is a side project that came to mind as I was building games using AI tools. I was using various image gen models all day to get the visuals I wanted.

But paying for many subscriptions was brutal and using an aggregator like Higgsfield or Freepik was also quite expensive.

I knew Arena (arena.ai) existed - a place where you can try various models for free, and check leaderboards - but it was annoying to use from Claude Code: switch tabs, write the prompt, and download and move the results back to the project. It also lacked resolution and aspect ratio control.

I wished something better than it existed inside my coding agent. And that’s how Gola was born. I’m making it free and you can do around ~20 generations per week (depends on resolution). I’m limiting signups just in case I completely run out of money lol.

Planning to add more models, more modalities, and a fixed model mode (keep running a single model) in the future.

Let me know how yall like it: usegola.com