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Brushless AI vs Recraft

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
Brushless AI from $5 once, Recraft from $10/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Recraft has one; not confirmed by us for Brushless AI
Higher Trust score
Recraft — 91 vs 81 for Brushless AI
Best fit
Brushless AI: Designers who need editable vector illustrations, not flat PNGs · Recraft: Designers who need editable SVG icons, logos marks and illustrations rather than raster approximations

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Brushless AIGenerates editable SVG vector illustrations and icon sets from text prompts in a chosen style.RecraftRaster and editable vector generation with reusable brand styles, a design canvas, Figma plugin and API

Side by side

FactBrushless AIRecraft
CategoryIcons, Stickers & IllustrationsIcons, Stickers & Illustrations
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$5 once$10/mo
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score81 / 10091 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, API, Figma plugin
Company604BDD Innovations Inc.Recraft Inc.
Launched—2022
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Brushless AI

Brushless is one of the few generators that outputs a genuinely editable SVG instead of a raster image pretending to be one, which matters if illustrations need to match a brand's exact palette after generation. The self-serve tool is cheap to try, but the company's homepage now pitches a much bigger enterprise creative-ops service, which makes the actual illustration generator harder to find and price from the main domain.

Pros

  • Delivers real editable SVG output, not a raster export
  • Multiple built-in illustration styles plus custom color palettes
  • Very low-cost entry point ($5) to test paid generation

Cons

  • Homepage now emphasizes an enterprise creative-production service over the self-serve illustration tool
  • No API for automated or bulk generation found
  • Exact monthly cost past the $5 entry tier is not published

Recraft

The tool to reach for when the output has to be a real vector or has to match a style across fifty assets, which is where general image models fall apart. For one-off photorealistic images other models are at least as good, and the free tier is a showcase rather than a workspace since everything you make there is public and not yours commercially.

Pros

  • Native vector output that opens as editable SVG, not a traced raster
  • Saved styles keep a whole set of assets consistent
  • Canvas tools for mockups, background removal and inpainting, plus a Figma integration
  • API priced per image in prepaid units that never expire

Cons

  • Free-plan images are public and Recraft keeps the rights to them
  • Subscription credits do not roll over month to month
  • Vector generations cost twice the credits of raster ones
  • Plan table on the pricing page renders only in a browser; the docs carry the numbers

Which one fits

Choose Brushless AI if you need

  • Designers who need editable vector illustrations, not flat PNGs
  • Marketing teams building icon sets in a consistent house style

Choose Recraft if you need

  • Designers who need editable SVG icons, logos marks and illustrations rather than raster approximations
  • Brand and marketing teams generating sets of assets in one saved style
  • Developers who want vector and raster generation plus editing behind one prepaid API

Brushless AI vs Recraft: the questions people ask

Is Brushless AI cheaper than Recraft?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Brushless AI starts at $5 once, Recraft at $10/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Brushless AI or Recraft have a free tier?

Both: Brushless AI has a free tier, and Recraft has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Brushless AI or Recraft?

Recraft ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Brushless AI is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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