Graphic design
Top PicMonkey competitors 8 competitors in PicMonkey's market
- Competitors listed
- 8
- Ranked on the scorecard
- 6
- PicMonkey's rank
- #5 of 8
- With a free plan
- 7
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
These are the 8 tools closest to PicMonkey in its own market: graphic design tools that list graphic design too, picked by shared categories and how close their entry price is to PicMonkey's (the rules are below).
6 of them are ranked on the graphic design tools scorecard; VistaCreate is the highest at 96/100 (#1 of 8 in the category).
PicMonkey itself is #5 of 8 with 83/100, so 3 competitors on this list rank above it.
PicMonkey's cheapest paid plan is $7.99 billed monthly (Basic). On the same billing basis, 0 of 5 competitors with a published price start lower and 5 start higher; entry plans are not like-for-like, so check the limits.
7 competitors have a free plan; PicMonkey does not.
PicMonkey vs its competitors: market position
| Rank | Tool | Score | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Public API | Integrations | Features verified | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5 | PicMonkeyThis tool | 83/100 | $7.99/mo | Not offered | No | – | – | 6 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #1 |  VistaCreate | 96/100 | $10/mo | Not offered | Yes, 1 user | – | – | 8 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #2 |  Snappa | 87/100 | $15/mo | $10/mo | Yes, 1 user | – | – | 5 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #4 |  Visme | 83/100 | Not offered | $12.25/user/mo | Yes | – | – | 6 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #6 |  Pika | 79/100 | $12/user/mo | $10/user/mo | Yes | – | – | 2 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #7 |  PostNitro | 70/100 | $15/mo | Not offered | Yes | Yes | – | 1 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| #8 |  Bannerbear | 46/100 | $49/mo | Not offered | No | Yes | 50 | 1 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Grafics | Not ranked | – | – | Yes | – | – | 1 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| – |  Kittl | Not ranked | Free | Free | Yes | – | – | 3 of 9 | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the page it was read from (hover for the check date).
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
How each competitor differs from PicMonkey
- VistaCreate · #1, 96/100
Online graphic design editor with templates, a stock library, brand kits, AI tools and scheduling for social media and print designs.
- Score: 96/100, #1 of 8 (PicMonkey: 83/100, #5)
- Entry price: $10 billed monthly (Pro), $2.01 more than PicMonkey's $7.99 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: yes (PicMonkey: no) source
- Matches PicMonkey: has all 6 features we verified for PicMonkey
10 of 14 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - Snappa · #2, 87/100
Browser-based graphic design tool with preset image sizes, templates and stock photos for making social media, ad and blog graphics.
- Score: 87/100, #2 of 8 (PicMonkey: 83/100, #5)
- Entry price: $15 billed monthly (Pro), $7.01 more than PicMonkey's $7.99 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: yes (PicMonkey: no) source
- Verified features: Background remover, Resize a design for each social format, Publish or schedule to social networks, Stock photo and element library, Team access
7 of 14 tracked details verified
- Visme · #4, 83/100
Design platform for building presentations, documents, charts, infographics and social graphics from templates, with AI design and brand tools.
- Score: 83/100, #4 of 8 (PicMonkey: 83/100, #5)
- Entry price: $12.25 per user per month billed annually; not compared with PicMonkey, which publishes no price on the same billing basis source
- Free plan: yes (PicMonkey: no) source
- Verified features: Brand kit, AI design generation, Publish or schedule to social networks, Stock photo and element library, Video and animation and 1 more
8 of 14 tracked details verified
- Pika · #6, 79/100
Online screenshot beautifier and mockup generator that places screenshots on backgrounds and device frames for export.
- Score: 79/100, #6 of 8 (PicMonkey: 83/100, #5)
- Entry price: $12 per user billed monthly (Team), $4.01 more than PicMonkey's $7.99 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: yes (PicMonkey: no) source
- Verified features: Brand kit, Team access
4 of 14 tracked details verified
- PostNitro · #7, 70/100
Design tool for carousel, image and short video posts that uses AI and a brand kit, then schedules or exports them, with API, MCP and CLI access.
- Score: 70/100, #7 of 8 (PicMonkey: 83/100, #5)
- Entry price: $15 billed monthly (Starter), $7.01 more than PicMonkey's $7.99 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Free plan: yes (PicMonkey: no) source
- Verified features: Team access, Public API
4 of 14 tracked details verified
- Bannerbear · #8, 46/100
API and template-based service that auto-generates images, PDFs, animations and videos from branded templates and connected data.
- Score: 46/100, #8 of 8 (PicMonkey: 83/100, #5)
- Entry price: $49 billed monthly (Automate), $41.01 more than PicMonkey's $7.99 (different pricing units: compare plan limits) source
- Verified features: Team access, Public API
4 of 14 tracked details verified
- Kittl
Online design platform with templates, mockups, text effects and AI image, vector and video generation for branding and print-on-demand products.
- Score: not ranked (55% coverage)
- Entry price: free; no paid plans published source
- Free plan: yes (PicMonkey: no) source
- Verified features: Brand kit, Background remover, Team access
4 of 14 tracked details verified
PicMonkey head to head
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page: they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists too. Explicit competitor links count as well.
- Closest first, at most 10: explicit competitors, then the same primary category, then more shared categories, then the smallest gap in entry price (per month, on a log scale), then more shared platforms, then name.
- Order on the page: tools ranked on the category scorecard by their category rank, then tools that are not ranked (no scorecard, or under 60% of the weight with verified data) in closeness order.
- Prices are compared only on the same billing basis (billed monthly with billed monthly, billed annually with billed annually). A feature counts as missing only when the vendor's page states it; a feature the vendor does not mention is not listed either way.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
The scorecard behind the ranks
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
Who are PicMonkey's main competitors?
By our scorecard, the highest-ranked of its closest competitors are VistaCreate (96/100), Snappa (87/100) and Visme (83/100).
Which PicMonkey competitor is cheapest?
Billed monthly, VistaCreate starts lowest at $10 a month (Pro). Entry plans differ in limits.
How does PicMonkey rank against its competitors?
PicMonkey is #5 of 8 ranked graphic design tools with 83/100.
Which PicMonkey competitors have a free plan?
VistaCreate, Snappa, Visme, Pika and PostNitro and 2 more.