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Both cover thumbnails & cover art. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Pixelcut | VistaCreate | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $10 | From $120 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Annual only |
| Free trial | None | 14 days |
| API | Yes | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
| Covers | Thumbnails & Cover Art, AI Image Generation, Photo Editing | Thumbnails & Cover Art, Design & Graphics, Stock Footage & Assets |
| Works with | YouTube, Instagram | Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Thumbnails and product shots from a phone
Pixelcut does background removal, upscaling and text-behind-subject on a phone, which covers a thumbnail between filming and uploading. The free tier exports without a watermark, which is unusual and is most of the reason to try it. Anybody working on a desktop with a real editor open will outgrow it.
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Templates and a brand kit for $120 a year
VistaCreate, which was Crello, is a template editor for social posts, thumbnails and short animations, owned by the same company as Vistaprint. The free plan designs and exports; the paid one adds the brand kit, background removal and the full object library. It bills once a year and nothing on the page offers a monthly option, which makes the real question whether a year of it beats a month of something else.
Our note
Annual billing with no monthly escape is the thing to weigh. At $120 a year it undercuts most of this category on price, and it asks for the whole year before you know whether the templates suit your work, which is what the fourteen days are for.
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