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Designs.ai vs Looka

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.

Designs.aiAI design suite covering branding, video, slides and audioLookaLogo generator that sells the finished brand kit

Side by side

FactDesigns.aiLooka
CategoryGraphic Design & TemplatesBranding & Brand Kits
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyInmagine GroupLooka
Launched—2016
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Designs.ai

A breadth play: fine when you need a passable logo, deck and voiceover in one afternoon and nobody is grading the craft. If any single output has to survive a client review, reach for a specialist instead.

Pros

  • Unusually wide module coverage: branding, image, video, storyboard, slides and audio under one login
  • Backed by a stock-media group, so asset sourcing and licensing are handled in-house
  • The recent rebuild dispatches requests to task-specific agents rather than one generic model

Cons

  • Pricing is invisible without an account, which makes evaluation awkward
  • No developer API
  • Every individual module trails the dedicated leader in its category
  • Repeated repositioning (Designs.ai, now 'Designs.ai by Pixlr') makes the roadmap hard to read

Looka

A fast way for a new business to land a usable mark and matching collateral, as long as you accept that the cheap package hands over a flat image you cannot resize.

Pros

  • Preview across cards, signage and social profiles before spending anything
  • Vector files and full ownership arrive with the $65 package
  • Brand Kit turns a single logo into several hundred ready-made templates

Cons

  • The cheapest package is a raster file only — no vectors, no clean resizing
  • Continued brand kit access is a subscription rather than a purchase
  • Results are recognisably generated and overlap between customers
  • No API, and no way to hand a designer editable sources

Which one fits

Choose Designs.ai if you need

  • Small businesses assembling a first brand kit and logo quickly
  • Marketers producing rough social video with voiceover and no editor
  • Teams already inside the Pixlr and 123RF ecosystem

Choose Looka if you need

  • Founders who need a serviceable logo and collateral in an afternoon
  • Small businesses wanting cards, socials and templates derived from one mark
  • Anyone testing brand directions before paying a designer

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