Recraft
An AI design tool that generates editable vectors, photoreal images and mockups in a consistent style.
Recraft is an AI image model and design platform that produces photorealistic images, illustrations and editable vector graphics. Recraft users write a prompt in Recraft Studio, optionally apply a custom style built from their own reference images, and finish the result with built-in tools such as the vectorizer, mockup generator and background remover.
Best for Graphic designers, brand teams and online sellers who need vector output, such as logos and icon sets, in one consistent style.
- Platforms
- Web, API
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free plan
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Made by
- Recraft
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What is Recraft?
Recraft is an AI image model and design platform aimed at designers, sellers and creative teams. It generates photorealistic pictures, illustrations and editable vector graphics, and it can set readable typography inside a composition. A custom style is created by dropping in reference images, with no training step, and can then be reused and adjusted across a set of assets. Recraft Studio, the web workspace, combines the company's own models with other frontier models and adds a vectorizer, photo editor, mockup generator, upscaler, background remover and eraser. Developers can call the models through an API that handles generation of images and vectors, edits, inpainting, outpainting and batch jobs. A Free plan is available, and the paid Basic, Pro and Teams plans keep images private and grant commercial rights.
Key Features
Vector Generation
Creates scalable, editable vector artwork directly from a prompt instead of a flat bitmap.
Image Vectorizer
Converts an existing raster image into vector form for further editing.
Reusable Styles
Builds a custom style from images you drop in, with no model training step, and keeps it consistent across outputs.
Design-Ready Typography
Places text in compositions so the result can be used as a finished graphic.
Mockup Generator
Shows a design on products and surfaces to preview how it will look in use.
Editing Toolkit
Includes a photo editor, upscaler, background remover and eraser for finishing work.
Use Cases
- Icon Sets
- Generate families of icons that share one visual language.
- Logos
- Draft logo directions as vectors that can be refined in a design tool.
- Characters
- Design a character and keep it recognisable from one image to the next.
- Advertising Creative
- Produce ad visuals in a brand's own reusable style.
- Stock-Style Imagery
- Create natural-looking photos for websites and presentations.
Things to know
- Free plan images are public and non-commercial
- Recraft owns whatever is generated on the Free plan, displays it in the community gallery and does not license it for commercial use.
- Subscription credits do not roll over
- Plan credits do not carry over: the allowance is refreshed when a new billing period begins. Extra credits bought as a top-up on Basic, Pro or Teams stay on the account with no expiry date.
- API Units are bought separately
- API usage is paid with prepaid API Units that are separate from subscription credits, do not expire and are non-refundable except where the law requires.
- Refunds are discretionary
- Recraft says it may refund a payment made within the past 30 days if no credits have been used since, and cannot do so after an account is deleted.
FAQs
What is Recraft?
Recraft is an AI image model and design platform that generates photorealistic images, illustrations and editable vector graphics, with editing tools in a web studio.
What is Recraft used for?
Recraft is used to create logos, icons, ad visuals, characters, stock-style images and product mockups. It is aimed at designers, creatives, sellers and teams.
Is Recraft free?
Yes, Recraft has a Free plan. Recraft keeps ownership of images made on it, shows them in the public community gallery and does not license them for commercial use.
Does Recraft have an API?
Yes. The Recraft API can generate images and vectors, edit them, remove backgrounds, inpaint and outpaint, and run batch or asynchronous jobs; usage is billed in prepaid API Units.
Who owns images made with Recraft?
It depends on the plan. Recraft says paid plans give the user full ownership and commercial rights, and those images stay private even after cancelling, while Free plan images belong to Recraft.
Do I need to train a model to get my own style in Recraft?
No. In Recraft you drop in reference images and they become a reusable, editable style without a training step.
What editing tools does Recraft include?
Recraft includes a photo editor, upscaler, background remover, eraser, vectorizer and mockup generator.
What payment methods does Recraft accept?
Recraft takes payment by credit or debit card and by bank transfer, processed through Stripe.
Who it's for
- Graphic designers
- Brand teams
- Online sellers
- Illustrators
- Marketing teams
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