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Information updated Nov 13, 2026

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Recraft Review

AI image and editable SVG vector generator built around consistent brand styles

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  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • API
  • Browser extension
Freemium · $12.00/mo
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Our verdict

Recraft suits designers, marketing teams and print-on-demand sellers who need SVG logos, icons and illustrations plus on-brand imagery from one tool. The trade-off: private images and commercial rights require a paid plan, credits do not roll over, the refund policy is narrow and support draws poor reviews on Trustpilot.

Best for: Designers who need editable SVG vectors (logos, icons, illustrations) rather than raster images to trace

Skip it if: Anyone hoping to use the free tier for business work: Free images are public and not licensed for commercial use

Pros

  • Generates native SVG vectors with structured layers and clean geometry, ready to open in professional design tools
  • Custom styles from 1–10 reference images with no training step keep brand visuals consistent
  • One workspace for Recraft's own models plus external ones such as Nano Banana, GPT Image, Flux, Kling and Veo

Cons

  • Free plan: images are public, owned by Recraft, not for commercial use, and content is used for training with no opt-out
  • Narrow refunds (under 30 credits used, or none since payment); many Trustpilot reviews report refused refunds and automated replies
All pros and cons · Who is it for?

More pros

  • Paid plans grant full ownership and commercial rights, which remain after cancellation
  • Strong ratings on G2 (4.7/5, 456 reviews) and US Google Play (4.7/5), with ease of use often praised

More cons

  • Subscription credits do not roll over and per-action costs vary by model, making spend hard to predict; the API is billed separately
  • Interface in only 6 languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Russian); the mobile app is English-only

Best for

  • Marketing teams that want every visual to follow one brand style built from a few reference images
  • Developers who need a per-image priced API for image and vector generation

Skip it if

  • People who mainly need video, or who want a lenient refund policy while trying a paid plan

Experience & key features

What Recraft is

Recraft is an AI image creation and editing platform aimed at designers, founded by Anna Veronika Dorogush, who previously worked on machine learning at Yandex, Google and Microsoft; the company was founded in 2022 and launched publicly in May 2023. TechCrunch describes it as San Francisco-based, with more than 4 million users by May 2025. Recraft builds its own models: V3, tested anonymously as "red_panda", topped the Artificial Analysis image leaderboard in late 2024. Its main differentiator is generating editable SVG vectors straight from a prompt rather than raster images only.

Key features

Recraft Studio runs in the browser, with iOS and Android apps that sync projects, styles and credits. Users choose between Agentic mode, where an assistant tunes settings through conversation, and Manual mode with full control over model, style and aspect ratio.

  • Native vectors
    The V4 family includes Vector and Vector Pro models that output layered SVG files; a vector editor added in July 2026 allows edits inside Studio.
  • Brand styles
    Build a style from 1–10 reference images without training and share it with teammates; custom colour palettes and product mockups are included.
  • External models and video
    Besides Recraft's models, Studio offers Nano Banana, GPT Image, Seedream and Flux; video with Kling, Veo and Grok is for paid subscribers.
  • API and MCP
    A per-image priced REST API plus an MCP server so Claude, Cursor and other AI agents can call Recraft.

Pricing and value

The Free plan is fine for trying things out, but images are public, owned by Recraft and not licensed for commercial use. Basic costs $12/month, or $10/month billed yearly ($120/year), for 1,000 credits. Pro starts at $20/month ($16/month yearly) for 2,000 credits and goes up to $160/month for 16,000. Teams starts at $22 per seat per month ($18 yearly) with a two-seat minimum. On the US App Store the monthly Basic plan is sold at $11.99. Subscription credits reset each cycle while top-ups never expire. The API is billed separately, from $0.007 per image. Note the refund policy: requests are considered only within 30 days of payment and with almost no credits used.

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Who it is for, versus alternatives

Recraft is strongest when the deliverable is a logo, icon set, sticker, flat illustration or a series of images that must share one style. Midjourney and Ideogram remain familiar picks for artistic images or in-image text, Adobe Firefly fits Creative Cloud users, and Canva leans on ready-made templates. The caveat is trust: G2 rates it 4.7/5 while Trustpilot sits at 2.2/5, largely over refunds, credits charged for failed results and automated support replies. Test the Free plan thoroughly before paying for a year.

Screenshots

Recraft iPhone app screenshot (1 of 5) from the US App Store listing
Recraft iPhone app screenshot (1 of 5) from the US App Store listing
Recraft iPhone app screenshot (2 of 5) from the US App Store listing
Recraft iPhone app screenshot (2 of 5) from the US App Store listing
Recraft iPad screenshot (1 of 5) from the US App Store listing
Recraft iPad screenshot (1 of 5) from the US App Store listing

Plans & pricing

Prices last verified Nov 13, 2026

Free

Personal

Free

Limited credits; up to 3 image uploads per day; up to 2 images per prompt. Images are public, owned by Recraft and not licensed for commercial use. No credit top-ups.

Basic

Personal

$12/mo

$10/mo billed yearly

1,000 credits per month (no rollover); private images with full ownership and commercial rights; top-ups available. Annual billing: $120 per year.

Pro 2,000

Personal

$20/mo

$16/mo billed yearly

2,000 credits per month; paid-plan features such as external models, video generation, up to 10 concurrent jobs and 4 images per prompt.

Pro 4,000

Personal

$40/mo

$32/mo billed yearly

4,000 credits per month, same features as Pro 2,000.

Pro 8,000

Personal

$80/mo

$64/mo billed yearly

8,000 credits per month, same features as Pro 2,000.

Pro 16,000

Personal

$160/mo

$128/mo billed yearly

16,000 credits per month, same features as Pro 2,000.

Teams 2,000

Business

$22/mo/user

$18/mo billed yearly

Per seat, minimum 2 seats; each member gets 2,000 credits per month (not shareable), top-ups are shared. Shared styles, central admin, SSO, premium 24/7 support; content excluded from training by default. Higher tiers of 4,000, 8,000 and 16,000 credits cost more.

API

API

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Prepaid pay-as-you-go: $1 = 1,000 API units, no expiry, non-refundable. From $0.007 per image (V4.1 Flash); V4.1 costs $0.035 per raster and $0.08 per vector image. Billed separately from subscription credits.

Free plan limits
The Free plan has limited credits, up to 3 uploads per day and up to 2 images per prompt. Free users can use the full Recraft V4 family (Standard, Pro, Vector, Vector Pro), but images are always public, owned by Recraft and not licensed for commercial use. Video generation is for paid subscribers only.
Free trial
No free trial
Cancellation & refunds

Refunds are at Recraft's discretion: the latest payment must be within 30 days and either no credits used since that payment or fewer than 30 credits used since the account was created. No refunds after an account is deleted. API unit packages are non-cancellable and non-refundable except where the law requires. Cancelled plans stay active until the end of the billing period.

Privacy

The privacy policy (last modified 20 October 2026) lists what Recraft collects: name, email, limited billing details (card data stays with the payment processor), uploads and generated assets, prompts, chat content, voice input (transcribed, audio not kept), IP address, device identifiers, approximate location and usage activity; the website may record sessions if analytics cookies are accepted. Recraft says it does not sell personal data for money, but if users accept marketing cookies it shares activity, hashed email and purchase details with advertising partners, with Meta named as a joint controller. Content may train Recraft's own models: the docs say Free users cannot opt out, individual paid users can, and Teams and API content are excluded; external model providers are contractually barred from training on user data. Free-plan images are public, owned by Recraft and may stay in the community gallery after account deletion. Deleting an account removes personal data from Recraft's systems promptly, though backups and providers may take longer, while the docs page simply says personal data is permanently removed. The App Store label says identifiers and usage data may be used to track users across other companies' apps and websites. By contrast, the Google Play Data safety section says no data is shared with third parties, which is hard to square with the advertising-partner sharing described in the policy. Recraft reports SOC 2 Type 2 certification (January 2026) and encryption in transit and at rest.

Official pricing page

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Controversies & incidents

Issues documented by the press, regulators, courts or the vendor itself. Every item is sourced; unproven claims are labelled as allegations. Last researched: Nov 13, 2026

  • Low impactAllegedBilling ·

    Users report refused refunds and credits lost on failed generations

    Since mid-2026 many Trustpilot reviews say Recraft refused refunds once more than 30 credits were used, including on annual plans, and charged credits for failed results. No authority has found wrongdoing.

    Read the full account

    Recraft's Trustpilot page (unclaimed by the company) scores 2.2/5 from 43 reviews, 79% of them one-star. Reviews from June to October 2026 describe refunds refused after minutes or hours of use, including on prepaid annual plans; credits charged when the AI ignored instructions or produced nothing usable; one reviewer says charges were attempted after cancelling; and automated support replies. These are unverified individual accounts, but they match Recraft's published policy, which only considers refunds within 30 days of payment and when fewer than 30 credits have been used. G2 reviewers also mention the credit system as limiting. AppDuo found no lawsuit, regulator action or reputable press report on the issue.

    Vendor response

    Recraft has not replied publicly on Trustpilot. Its pricing page states refunds are discretionary, subject to the 30-day and under-30-credit conditions, and asks users to contact [email protected] before deleting their account.

    Sources:Trustpilot reviews of RecraftRecraft pricing page (refund FAQ)G2 reviews of Recraft

Frequently asked questions

Can I sell images made on Recraft's free plan?

No. Free-plan images are owned by Recraft, public in the community gallery and not licensed for commercial use. Full ownership and commercial rights require a paid plan, and they remain after cancellation.

Does Recraft give refunds?

Only at Recraft's discretion: the latest payment must be within 30 days and either no credits used since then or fewer than 30 credits used in total. API packages are non-refundable. Email [email protected] before deleting your account.

Does Recraft train its AI on my images?

By default yes, for Free and individual paid accounts. Individual paid users can turn off "Help improve Recraft" in settings; Free users cannot; Teams are excluded by default. API data is not used for training.

Is Recraft available in Vietnamese?

No. The web interface comes in 6 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian and Russian; the iOS app is English-only. Documentation is mainly in English.

Is the API included in a subscription?

No. The API is billed separately with prepaid units ($1 = 1,000 units), from $0.007 per image with V4.1 Flash; subscription credits cannot be used for API calls.

Review evidence & sources27

Scores

Ease of use
7.8
Why this score

Ease of use is the most cited strength on G2; Agentic mode lets people generate by conversation while Manual mode exposes every setting. On the downside the web interface has only 6 languages, the mobile app is English-only, and some App Store reviews call the iPad version awkward.

Features
8.8
Why this score

Few tools generate native SVG like the V4 family; add reference-based custom styles, a vector editor, mockups, background removal, upscaling, video through external models, an API and an MCP server. It stops short of 9 because some web tools are desktop-first and G2 reviewers still report needing several attempts to get the intended result.

Value for money
7.2
Why this score

Basic is $12/month ($10/month billed yearly) for 1,000 credits; Pro is a flat one cent per credit from 2,000 to 16,000 credits. The Free plan is generous on models but excludes commercial use, credits do not roll over, the API is billed separately, and the narrow refund policy raises the risk of trying a paid plan.

Performance
7.3
Why this score

Recraft V3 topped the Artificial Analysis leaderboard in 2024 with a median generation time of about 7 seconds, and Recraft quotes about 1.3 seconds per image for V4.1 Flash. Several recent Trustpilot reviews, however, describe off-brief results and failed generations that still consumed credits.

Support
5.8
Why this score

Email, an in-app widget, Discord and detailed docs are available; paid users are promised a reply within 24 hours and Teams get priority 24/7 support. Yet Trustpilot sits at 2.2/5 (43 reviews, 79% one-star), mostly complaints about automated replies and refused refunds.

Privacy & security
6.2
Why this score

Pluses: API and Teams content is excluded from training, external model providers are barred from training, encryption and SOC 2 Type 2 are in place, and accounts can be deleted. Minuses: Free and individual paid content trains models by default (no opt-out on Free), Free images are public and can outlive account deletion, data goes to advertising partners such as Meta when marketing cookies are accepted, and the App Store label lists tracking while the Google Play label claims no third-party sharing.

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Specs & compatibility
Developer
Recraft, Inc.
Headquarters
United States
Launched
2023
Category
AIProductivity

Capabilities

  • AI features
  • Public API
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Templates
  • Integrations
  • Mobile app

Platforms

  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • API
  • Browser extension

Interface languages

  • English
  • German
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Russian

Integrations

  • Figma
  • Framer
  • Chrome extension
  • Google Docs
  • Google Slides
  • MCP (Claude, Cursor)
  • OpenClaw

Support

  • Email
  • Live chat
  • Community forum
  • Help center

Change history

  1. Feature.Recraft V4.1 Flash launched as the company's fastest, cheapest model.
  2. Feature.Recraft V4 family (Standard, Pro, Vector, Vector Pro) released, available to Free users too.
  3. Feature.Agentic mode launched for creating visuals through conversation.
Full change history (10)
  1. Company.Raised a $30M Series B led by Accel; per TechCrunch, Recraft had passed 4 million users and $5M in ARR.
  2. Feature.Recraft V3 announced, revealed as the anonymous "red_panda" model that topped the Artificial Analysis image leaderboard.
  3. Price.Switched to credit-based subscriptions.
  4. Launch.iOS app released on the App Store.
  5. Feature.Recraft V2 model released.
  6. Company.Raised a $12M Series A led by Khosla Ventures and Nat Friedman; Recraft then had over 300,000 users eight months after launch.
  7. Launch.Recraft (founded in 2022) launched publicly on Product Hunt with text-to-vector generation.
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