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Both cover design & graphics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Looka | Marq | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $20 | From $10 |
| Pricing model | One-time purchase | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | One-time purchase | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | 7 days |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Design & Graphics | 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 logo and brand kit from a few answers
Looka generates logo options from a business name and a handful of style choices, then sells you the files. Buying the brand kit rather than the logo alone gets business cards, social templates, letterheads and invoices built from the same mark. The one-time packages are the cheaper road if the logo is genuinely all you need. Full ownership is stated either way.
Our note
Take the $65 one-time package rather than the subscription unless you actually want the templates, because vector files are the part you will still need in two years. The generated marks are competent and rarely surprising, which is the honest trade at this price.
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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