PicMonkey review 83/100 on verified data

PicMonkey is a graphic design tool: Online photo editor and graphic design tool with templates, a background remover, brand kits, stock media and team collaboration features.

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Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

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Score (rank 5 of 8): 83/100
Coverage (5 of 7 criteria): 80%
From, per month: $7.99
Free plan: No

PicMonkeyFrom $7.99/moVisit

Paid plans start at $7.99 per month billed monthly on the Basic plan, and there is no free plan, but a 7-day free trial.

In our graphic design tools ranking PicMonkey scores 83/100, rank 5 of 8, based on 5 of 7 criteria (80% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

PicMonkey at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.

Pricing model: Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan: Basic: $7.99/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
Free plan: No source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial: 7 days source, Oct 14, 2026

PicMonkey plans

3 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

Basic
$7.99per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$7.99
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
Not stated
Published limits
- 1 storage gb
Pro
$12.99per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$12.99
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
Not stated
Published limits
- Unlimited storage gb
Business
$23per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$23
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
per user
Published limits
- Unlimited storage gb

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.

Full PicMonkey pricing and plan limits

How PicMonkey scores

The graphic design tools scorecard applied to PicMonkey's verified data: 83/100, rank 5 of 8, based on 5 of 7 criteria.

Score

83/100

Rank #5 of 8

Coverage 80%

5 of 7 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

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Entry price
100/100
Weight 31%$7.99/month billed monthly on Basic (scored on the monthly price) source
Free plan or trial
60/100
Weight 19%Free trial (7 days), no free plan source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 13%3 of 3 plans have a public price source
Verified features
100/100
Weight 19%6 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 source 1 source 2
API, integrations and export
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion
47/100
Weight 19%$23 per user per month on Business (team of 3, billed monthly) source
Template librarycategory criterion
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

PicMonkey features

6 of the 10 features we compare graphic design tools on, as PicMonkey publishes them.

Brand kit: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Background remover: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Resize a design for each social format: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Stock photo and element library: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Video and animation: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Team access: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

7 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

PicMonkey alternatives

The highest-scoring of 11 comparable tools.

Top PicMonkey alternatives
#	Tool	Score	Coverage	From, billed monthly	From, billed yearly	Free plan	Public API	Checked
1	VistaCreate	96/100	90%6 of 7 criteria	$10/mo	Not offered	Yes, 1 user	–	Oct 14, 2026
2	Snappa	87/100	90%6 of 7 criteria	$15/mo	$10/mo	Yes, 1 user	–	Oct 14, 2026
3	Recraft	86/100	65%4 of 7 criteria	Free	Free	Yes	Yes	Oct 14, 2026
4	Visme	83/100	90%6 of 7 criteria	Not offered	$12.25/user/mo	Yes	–	Oct 14, 2026
5	Pika	79/100	90%6 of 7 criteria	$12/user/mo	$10/user/mo	Yes	–	Oct 14, 2026

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does PicMonkey cost?

Paid plans start at $7.99 per month billed monthly on the Basic plan, according to PicMonkey's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does PicMonkey have a free plan?

No: PicMonkey has no free plan, but a 7-day free trial (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does PicMonkey score?

In our graphic design tools ranking PicMonkey scores 83/100, rank 5 of 8, based on 5 of 7 criteria (80% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best PicMonkey alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are VistaCreate (96/100), Snappa (87/100) and Recraft (86/100).

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