Security Review

Is media.craiyon.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 88/100

Official CDN subdomain for Craiyon AI image generator; legitimate business, clean security profile, 4-year domain history.

media.craiyon.comScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 95·MT 85
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/91
All engines report clean
Domain Age
4 years old
Registered Jun 18, 2022
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 95% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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media.craiyon.com

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust85/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
media.craiyon.com is not a standalone website but the official content-delivery subdomain used by craiyon.com to serve AI-generated images across the web. The parent domain craiyon.com is a real, registered US company (Houston, TX; founded 2022 by Boris Dayma and Sajid Sharif) with over 3 years of operational history and a Tranco traffic rank around 50, indicating substantial legitimate use. Our antivirus network flagged zero threats across 91 engines, the hosting IP has zero abuse reports, and SSL is valid. Independent trust aggregators rate the parent domain at 80/100 (high trust). Web research found no scam reports or phishing indicators for this subdomain; instead, all references treat it as part of the legitimate Craiyon service. Minor complaints on consumer-review sites focus on paid-subscription customer support and accidental charges — typical friction points for freemium SaaS, not fraud indicators.
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Page Content

media.craiyon.com is a content-delivery subdomain that hosts AI-generated images (typically .webp files) produced by the Craiyon image generator. It does not present a user-facing interface; instead, it serves as a CDN endpoint referenced by craiyon.com and embedded across the web and social media.

Infrastructure

Hosted on IP 104.20.25.7 with zero abuse reports. SSL certificate is valid (issued by Google Trust Services) with 44 days remaining. Domain age is 1452 days (~4 years), consistent with Craiyon's founding in 2021 as DALL·E mini. Registrar is Cloudflare, Inc., with privacy protection disabled.

Domain History

The parent domain craiyon.com has been operational for over 3 years and maintains a Tranco rank of approximately 50, reflecting substantial global traffic. The company was acquired by SoftwareONE in 2025, further validating its legitimacy as an established business asset.

Web Reputation

Independent trust aggregators rate craiyon.com at 80/100 (high trust). No scam reports, phishing indicators, or malware detections found for media.craiyon.com. Positive reviews describe Craiyon as a useful free AI image generator. Minor complaints on consumer-review sites relate to paid-subscription support and billing issues, not fraud or security breaches.

Positive Signals
5
  • Zero malware detections across 91 antivirus engines; clean browser blocklists.
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services; 1452-day domain age aligns with established business history.
  • Parent company (Craiyon) is a registered US entity (Houston, TX) founded 2022, acquired by SoftwareONE in 2025.
  • Independent trust aggregators rate parent domain at 80/100 (high trust); no scam reports found.
  • Hosting IP has zero abuse reports and zero-risk reputation score.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe, legitimate subdomain. You can trust images served from media.craiyon.com as part of the official Craiyon service. If you encounter billing or support issues with Craiyon's paid tier, contact their support team directly through craiyon.com.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for media.craiyon.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
4.0 yrs
Registered Jun 2022
Business registration
Active · United States
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Independent review aggregators
80/100 · high trust
Average across 1 independent review aggregator.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
2 complaints · 2 positive
Web ratings
Scores pulled directly from third-party trust & review sites
ScamAdviser
80/100
High trustopen
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • media.craiyon.com is the official CDN subdomain used by craiyon.com to host AI-generated images (e.g., *.webp files referenced across the web, PDFs, and social media).
  • Craiyon.com (parent domain) has existed for over 3 years, receives high traffic (Tranco rank ~50), has a valid SSL, and is rated "Very Likely Safe" / legit by Scamadviser.
  • Trustpilot shows ~3.5/5 from ~8 reviews; complaints focus on poor customer support for paid subscriptions and accidental charges, with one user describing the experience as "feels kind of scammy".
  • No direct scam, phishing, or malware reports found specifically for media.craiyon.com; all search results treat it as part of the legitimate AI art tool.
  • Company is a real US entity (Houston) founded in 2022; rebranded from DALL·E mini; positive reviews highlight it as a useful free AI image generator despite quality limitations.
  • Domain age of 1452 days (~4 years) aligns with the established history of craiyon.com (started 2021 as DALL·E mini).
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Scamadviseropen

    "In summary, It seems that craiyon.com is legit and safe to use and not a scam website."

  • Fritz.aiopen

    "Craiyon is a good free AI image generator and a mediocre paid one. Its unlimited free tier, nine-image batches, and no-signup interface make it genuinely useful."

Business registration
Status: active · United States

Company based in Houston, TX; founded 2022 by Boris Dayma and Sajid Sharif; formerly DALL·E mini; acquired by SoftwareONE in 2025

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for media.craiyon.com and found no scam reports, phishing indicators, or malware complaints. The domain is recognized as the official image-hosting subdomain for Craiyon, a legitimate AI image generator. Independent review sites rate the parent domain (craiyon.com) as high-trust (80/100). Minor complaints on consumer-review platforms relate to paid-subscription customer support and accidental billing charges — typical friction points for freemium SaaS products, not fraud indicators. The company is a real US entity (Houston, TX) founded in 2022 and acquired by SoftwareONE in 2025.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 91 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 91 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless91Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age4 years old
RegistrarCloudflare, Inc.
RegisteredJun 18, 2022
ExpiresJun 18, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1
ExpiresJul 25, 2026 (44d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on media.craiyon.com and not a lookalike like m-edia.craiyon.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on media.craiyon.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • media.craiyon.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 88/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. media.craiyon.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 44 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • media.craiyon.com is 4.0 years old, registered on 6/18/2022 through Cloudflare, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report media.craiyon.com as clean.
  • No. media.craiyon.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • media.craiyon.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for media.craiyon.com: ScamAdviser: 80/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·media.craiyon.com
SAFE

media.craiyon.com is the official image-hosting subdomain for Craiyon, a legitimate AI image generator founded in 2022 and based in Houston, Texas. The domain is clean across all security scans, has valid SSL, and is part of an established business with positive independent reviews.

This is a safe, legitimate subdomain. You can trust images served from media.craiyon.com as part of the official Craiyon service. If you encounter billing or support issues with Craiyon's paid tier, contact their support team directly through craiyon.com.

AV engines
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MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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