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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.
| PosterMyWall | VistaCreate | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $13 | From $120 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | 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, Social Media Management | Thumbnails & Cover Art, Design & Graphics, Stock Footage & Assets |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Posters, flyers and video posts from templates
PosterMyWall makes the printed and posted things around an event: the flyer, the social graphic, the video teaser, the reminder email. It is aimed at somebody promoting something real rather than at a design team, and the free plan exports a watermark-free basic image without a subscription. Scheduling posts and sending the emails are on the same account.
Our note
The pay-per-download option on the free plan is the part worth knowing about, because it makes PosterMyWall the cheapest way to get one good flyer out the door. Canva is the better daily driver; this is better for events.
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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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