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Playground vs Recraft

Playground or Recraft? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Text to image, Edits images, Upscales, Text in images, Commercial use, API, Mobile app
  • Only Recraft states: Style or character reference, Image to video, Private generation

Playground

Playground is an AI graphic design tool for generating, editing, and exporting designs from prompts and templates.

Plans

Free

Free

  • For exploring and casual creation
  • Create up to 10 images every 3 hours
  • 3 monthly generations across Muse Image, Nano Banana, GPT Image 2, GPT Image 2.5, and Seedream
  • World-wide, royalty free license
  • Slower generation during peak hours
  • Waiting period after limits are reached

Pro

  • $12 /mo
  • $144 will be charged in total annually
  • $15 / month
  • Create up to 75 images every 3 hours
  • 150 monthly credits across listed models
  • Unlimited access to the full premium template library
  • Upscaling and background removal included
  • AI image editing up to 2K
  • World-wide, royalty free license

Pro Plus

  • $36 /mo
  • $432 will be charged in total annually
  • $45 / month
  • Unlimited image generations
  • 1,000 monthly credits across all models including Nano Banana Pro
  • Unlimited access to the full premium template library
  • Unlimited upscaling and background removal
  • AI image editing up to 4K
  • Exclusive shopping discounts, Priority support & API access

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Text to image — “Seriously, just describe what you're imagining. Our AI fills in everything else.” source
  • Edits images — “Remove object” source
  • Upscales — “Upscaling and background removal included” source
  • Text in images — “The wordsmith. Crisp headlines, legible body copy, and layouts that feel designed, not generated.” source
  • Commercial use — “You can use them for personal or commercial use (YouTube, Etsy, Instagram, etc.), as long as you follow our terms .” source
  • API — “Fill out this form to request API access.” source
  • Mobile app — “Download on the App Store” source
About Playground

Recraft

Recraft generates and edits images, vectors, mockups, illustrations, icons, and video for design and marketing work.

Plans

Free

Free

  • Limited credits for trying core functionality
  • Image and vector generation tools
  • Basic editing features
  • Upload up to 3 images per day
  • Up to 2 images per prompt
  • Generated images are public

Basic

  • $12 per month (billed monthly) for 1,000 credits
  • $10 per month (billed annually, $120 per year) for 1,000 credits
  • 1,000 credits per month
  • Private image generation
  • Commercial usage rights
  • Top-up credits available

Pro

  • 2000 credits — $20 per month (monthly)
  • 2000 credits — $16 per month (billed annually)
  • 4,000 credits — $40 per month (monthly)
  • 4,000 credits — $32 per month (billed annually)
  • 8,000 credits — $80 per month (monthly)
  • 8,000 credits — $64 per month (billed annually)
  • 16000 credits — $160 per month (monthly)
  • 16000 credits — $128 per month (billed annually)
  • Monthly credit allowance (tiers from 2,000)
  • Private image generation
  • Commercial usage rights
  • Top-up credits available
  • Access to all core tools

Teams

  • 2000 credits — $22 per month (monthly)
  • 2000 credits — $18 per month (billed annually)
  • 4,000 credits — $44 per month (monthly)
  • 4,000 credits — $35 per month (billed annually)
  • 8,000 credits — $70 per month (monthly)
  • 8,000 credits — $88 per month (billed annually)
  • 16000 credits — $176 per month (monthly)
  • 16000 credits — $141 per month (billed annually)
  • Shared custom styles
  • Centralized account management
  • Premium 24/7 support
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Top-up credits shared across seats

Prices checked 2026-09-25 by web search.

Capabilities

  • Text to image — “Recraft is an AI tool for professional designers, illustrators, and marketers. It lets creators easily generate and iterate original images, vector art, illustrations, icons, and 3D graphics with AI.” source
  • Edits images — “The creator’s platform for generating and editing images, vectors, and mockups with Recraft’s models and other top frontier models” source
  • Upscales — “Image upscaler” source
  • Style or character reference — “Recraft instantly turns them into a reusable, editable style.” source
  • Image to video — “Feed it text, up to five reference photos, audio, or existing video footage and it generates new video from any combination of those inputs.” source
  • Text in images — “Among Recraft's core strengths is its exceptional image generation quality, including generation images with text of any size and length.” source
  • Commercial use — “Paid plans grant you full ownership and commercial rights for all images generated while subscribed.” source
  • Private generation — “Images remain private and are not shown in the community gallery.” source
  • API — “Yes. The Recraft API provides programmatic access to image and vector generation, editing, background removal, inpainting, outpainting, batch jobs, and asynchronous processing.” source
  • Mobile app — “Android App iOS App” source

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