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Both cover design & graphics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Desygner | Marq | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $12.50 | From $10 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | None | 7 days |
| API | Yes | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
| Covers | Design & Graphics, Social Media Management, Thumbnails & Cover Art | Design & Graphics |
| 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 | 1 |
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.
Only on this side
Brand templates with the logo locked down
Marq exists for the problem where somebody outside the design team has to make a flyer and must not be able to move the logo. Templates lock whichever parts carry the brand and leave the rest editable, so a franchise or a chapter can localise a poster without redrawing it. The product came out of Lucidpress and kept that job when it changed name.
Our note
This is bought for the lock rather than for the drawing, and if nobody is going to misuse your logo you do not need it. The former name, Lucidpress, is still what half the internet's tutorials call it.
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