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Both cover thumbnails & cover art and design & graphics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Placeit | VistaCreate | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $7.47 | From $120 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Billing | Annual only | Annual only |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web, iOS, Android |
| Covers | Thumbnails & Cover Art, Design & Graphics, Merch & Print on Demand | Thumbnails & Cover Art, Design & Graphics, Stock Footage & Assets |
| Works with | YouTube, Twitch | Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Mockups, logos and thumbnails from templates
Placeit is the fastest way to see your design on a shirt, a mug or a phone, which is what a merch listing needs before anything has been printed. Logos, gaming overlays and thumbnail templates come with the same subscription. Everything is a template, so two creators who both use it end up looking related.
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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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