Graphic design
PicMonkey vs Visme compared on 14 fields
- PicMonkey score
- 83/100 (5 of 7 criteria)
- Visme score
- 83/100 (6 of 7 criteria)
- Fields won by PicMonkey
- 2 of 7
- Fields won by Visme
- 1 of 7
PicMonkey
Visme
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
PicMonkey and Visme are both graphic design tools. We compared them on 14 fields read from each vendor's own pages.
On the graphic design tools scorecard PicMonkey scores 83/100 (5 of 7 criteria) and Visme 83/100 (6 of 7 criteria) (ranks 5 and 4 in the category).
Of the 7 fields with a clear rule (lower price, higher count, yes over no), PicMonkey wins 2, Visme wins 1 and 4 are ties.
PicMonkey scores clearly higher on entry price and pricing transparency.
Visme scores clearly higher on free plan or trial and cost per user (team of 3).
Side by side
| Field | PicMonkey | Visme | Winner and basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan (billed monthly) | ✓ $7.99/month | $12.25/month | PicMonkey |
| Same plan, per month billed annually | – | $12.25/month | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Free plan | No | ✓ Yes | Visme |
| Free trial | ✓ Yes | No | PicMonkey |
| Trial length (days) | 7 | – | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Data export | – | Designs can be downloaded as JPG, PNG and PDF, and on higher plans as PPTX, HTML5, video and GIF | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Brand kit | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| AI design generation | – | Yes | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Background remover | Yes | – | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Resize a design for each social format | Yes | – | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Publish or schedule to social networks | – | Yes | No winner: needs a value on both sides |
| Stock photo and element library | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Video and animation | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Team access | Yes | Yes | Tie |
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
Sources: PicMonkey pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026; Visme pricing page, checked Oct 14, 2026. Each feature value links its own source on the tool's page.
Scorecard, criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | PicMonkey | Visme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | 100$7.99/month billed monthly on Basic (scored on the monthly price) | 64$12.25/month per seat billed annually on Starter; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | 60Free trial (7 days), no free plan | 100Free plan (Basic) |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | 1003 of 3 plans have a public price | 803 of 4 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") |
| Verified features | 15% | 1006 of 9 tracked features verified: brand kit, background remover, resize a design for each social format, stock photo and element library, video and animation, team access | 1006 of 9 tracked features verified: brand kit, ai design generation, publish or schedule to social networks, stock photo and element library, video and animation, team access |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | – | 100documented data export |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 15% | 47$23 per user per month on Business (team of 3, billed monthly) | 69$12.25 per user per month on Starter (team of 3, billed annually) |
| Total score | 100% | 83/100 (5 of 7 criteria) | 83/100 (6 of 7 criteria) |
PicMonkey plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $7.99 | Not stated | Not stated |
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| Pro | $12.99 | Not stated | Not stated |
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| Business | $23 | Not stated | per user |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
Visme plans
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | Free | per user | None stated |
| Starter | Not offered | $12.25 | per user |
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| Pro | Not offered | $24.75 | per user |
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| Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales | Not stated |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
How we picked
Every one of these graphic design tools is scored by the same 7 criteria (scorecard v1). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to graphic design tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.
| Criterion | Weight | Type | What we measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 25% | Core | Price per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other graphic design tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $7.99/month or less = 100, $66 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $5/month or less = 100, $59 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored. |
| Free plan or trial | 15% | Core | Whether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored. |
| Pricing transparency | 10% | Core | How much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored. |
| Verified features | 15% | Core | How many of the 9 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (brand kit, ai design generation, background remover, resize a design for each social format, publish or schedule to social networks, stock photo and element library, video and animation, team access, print ordering). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 5 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored. |
| API, integrations and export | 10% | Core | Whether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored. |
| Cost per user (team of 3) | 15% | Category | Monthly price per user for a team of 3, on the cheapest paid plan that is priced per seat or states room for at least 3 users.Log scale: $5 per user or less = 100, $88 or more = 0. Plans that do not state a user limit are not used. No such plan = not scored. |
| Template library | 10% | Category | Number of templates the vendor says it offers.Log scale: 10,000 or more = 100. No stated count = not scored. |
Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.
Questions, answered from the data
Is PicMonkey cheaper than Visme?
PicMonkey starts lower: $7.99 per month billed monthly on the Basic plan, against $12.25 per user per month billed yearly on the Starter plan for Visme. Check the unit: per-user and per-account prices scale differently.
Do PicMonkey and Visme have free plans?
Visme has a free plan; PicMonkey does not.
Which is better, PicMonkey or Visme?
They score the same on our scorecard, 83/100 (5 of 7 criteria).