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DALL-E is shutting down. OpenAI notified API developers 2025-11-14, reminder posted 2026-04-09. Both DALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3 API endpoints sunset 2026-05-12. DALL-E 3 was already removed from the ChatGPT product in December 2025 (replaced by GPT Image). Developers must migrate to gpt-image-1 or another provider before May 12.

2026-04•OpenAI Community / Developer Deprecations page

During product life: content filter regularly blocked non-offensive prompts (especially involving people), sending legitimate commercial users to Midjourney or Flux

2026-03•Reddit r/ChatGPT

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if DALL-E (Discontinued) is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

8.9

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Leonardo AI

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Stable Diffusion

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Midjourney

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Ideogram

7.8

AI image generator that nails text rendering -- now with Custom Models (April 2026) for brand-trained generation on Pro / Team / Enterprise plans

About DALL-E (Discontinued)

Tier D (5.0/10). OpenAI's DALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3 -- DEPRECATED, API shuts down THIS TUESDAY (May 12, 2026 -- in 2 days). DALL-E 3 already removed from ChatGPT in December 2025. Migrate NOW to gpt-image-1.5 / gpt-image-1-mini (request shape differs -- not a drop-in swap). Tier-list alternatives: Nano Banana 2, Midjourney, FLUX.2 [klein], Ideogram

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