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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Leonardo.AI
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users retain ownership of prompts. Leonardo's ToS grants Leonardo a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, and display user prompts and generated images.
OUTPUT
Users own outputs generated on paid plans. Free plan outputs are licensed under Creative Commons and restricted for commercial use.
TRAINING
Leonardo may use community-generated images and prompts to train and fine-tune its AI models, particularly images shared to the community feed.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use requires a paid subscription. Paid plan outputs can be used commercially subject to content policy restrictions.
162 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
Microsoft Designer
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Microsoft does not claim ownership of user inputs to AI services.
OUTPUT
Output IP left to user determination. Same Microsoft Services Agreement applies.
TRAINING
Consumer product. Inputs may be stored and processed by Microsoft for safety monitoring.
COMMERCIAL
Personal and non-commercial use designated in Microsoft Services Agreement for consumer AI services.
473 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Leonardo.AI carries highly permissive license terms; Microsoft Designer carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: LEONARDO.AI NOT RECOMMENDED · MICROSOFT DESIGNER NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | LEONARDO.AI | MICROSOFT DESIGNER |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Leonardo.AI
MEDHIGH
Users retain ownership of prompts. Leonardo's ToS grants Leonardo a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, and display user prompts and generated images.
“**8.8** If you (if you are an individual) or any of your personnel have any Moral Rights in any material provided, used or prepared in connection with these Terms, you agree to (and will procure that your personnel) consent to our use or infringement of those Moral Rights.”
Microsoft Designer
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Microsoft does not claim ownership of user inputs to AI services.
“To the extent necessary to provide the Services to you and others, to protect you and the Services, and to improve Microsoft products and services, you grant to Microsoft a worldwide and royalty-free intellectual property license to use Your Content, for example, to make copies o…”
The license grant explicitly includes 'improve Microsoft products and services,' which can encompass model training or fine-tuning on user content/inputs/outputs. The license is worldwide, royalty-free, and broadly scoped.
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Leonardo.AI
MEDHIGH
Users own outputs generated on paid plans. Free plan outputs are licensed under Creative Commons and restricted for commercial use.
“**8.9** Due to the nature of our technology, and artificial intelligence in general, outputs may not be unique, and other users may receive similar Outputs from the Services. Your ownership above does not extend to other users’ Outputs.”
Microsoft Designer
HIGH
Output IP left to user determination. Same Microsoft Services Agreement applies.
No citation available
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
Leonardo.AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Leonardo may use community-generated images and prompts to train and fine-tune its AI models, particularly images shared to the community feed.
“For Service improvement (including analytics and machine learning):** We may analyse your Content and related data in your account to improve the Service, and to train our algorithms, models, and AI products and services using machine learning to develop, improve and provide our…”
By default, user content is used for model training. Opt-out requires a paid subscription and use of the private generation mode — free-tier users have no opt-out.
Microsoft Designer
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Consumer product. Inputs may be stored and processed by Microsoft for safety monitoring.
“ Microsoft will only use your Microsoft Copilot conversations to monitor performance, troubleshoot problems, diagnose bugs, prevent abuse, and to provide and improve Microsoft Copilot. In certain markets, we use conversation data to train the generative AI models in Copilot, unle…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Leonardo.AI
LOW⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Commercial use requires a paid subscription. Paid plan outputs can be used commercially subject to content policy restrictions.
“**(f)** Use our Platform in any way that involves service bureau use, outsourcing, renting, reselling, sublicensing, concurrent use of a single user login, or time-sharing;”
Microsoft Designer
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Personal and non-commercial use designated in Microsoft Services Agreement for consumer AI services.
“ ii. Bing Maps. You may not use Bird’s eye imagery of the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia or Japan for governmental use without our separate written approval.”
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Leonardo.AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“We will retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service or for as long as we have a valid purpose to do so. In particular, we may retain your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve…”
Retention is tied to open-ended criteria including 'valid purpose' and 'enforce our agreements'. Backup copies may be retained indefinitely until deletion is technically possible, with no stated maximum retention period.
Microsoft Designer
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ Bing experience improvement program for Bing Desktop and Bing Toolbar . If you are using Bing Desktop or Bing Toolbar and choose to participate in the Bing Experience Improvement Program, we also collect additional data about how you use these specific Bing apps, such as the add…”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Leonardo.AI
LOWHIGH
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“**4.1** Once you have created your Account, you may choose a Subscription. The Subscriptions we offer will be set out on our Platform, including details of each Subscription’s features and limitations, Subscription Fees and Subscription Periods.”
Microsoft Designer
HIGH
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