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Both cover design & graphics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Blender | Desygner | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | From $12.50 |
| Pricing model | Free | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | macOS, Windows, Linux | Web, iOS, Android |
| Covers | Motion Graphics & Animation, Design & Graphics, Video Editing | Design & Graphics, Social Media Management, Thumbnails & Cover Art |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
3D, motion and compositing, free forever
Blender models, animates, simulates, renders, composites and cuts video, and the Blender Foundation gives all of it away under the GPL with no tier above it. For motion graphics it is the free answer to a monthly subscription, and the ceiling is the artist rather than the licence. The learning curve is what it costs instead, and that is a real price.
Our note
The honest comparison is not against a cheaper subscription but against time: Blender costs nothing and asks for weeks. If motion graphics is a recurring part of the work that trade is worth making, and if it comes up twice a year it is not.
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A design suite that stays free for three seats
Desygner does templates, a background remover, auto-resizing and a social scheduler, and gives all of it away on a plan that covers three people in a workspace. The whole pricing page is written as an argument against paying Canva, which tells you who it is chasing and also that the free tier is the product rather than a lure. Paid plans exist for larger teams and are sold per user by the year.
Our note
The free tier is the product here, and it is a genuinely unusual one: three seats with the background remover and the scheduler included. The rest of the pricing page is an argument against paying Canva, which is worth reading with that in mind rather than as a comparison somebody neutral wrote.
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