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Glif 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
Glif from $1.99 once, Recraft from $10/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Recraft — 91 vs 85 for Glif
Best fit
Glif: Builders who want a reusable AI workflow exposed as an API or MCP tool · 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

GlifRuns small AI workflows ('glifs') that chain image, video, and audio models from a single text brief.RecraftRaster and editable vector generation with reusable brand styles, a design canvas, Figma plugin and API

Side by side

FactGlifRecraft
CategoryText-to-Image GeneratorsIcons, Stickers & Illustrations
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$1.99 once$10/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score85 / 10091 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, Figma plugin
CompanySpellcasters, Inc.Recraft Inc.
Launched—2022
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Glif

Glif is worth trying for someone who wants to chain several different AI models into one repeatable creative workflow without picking each model manually, and the daily free credits are enough to test that before paying. The catch is credit pricing is fragmented across small top-up packs and separate subscription tiers, making a real monthly cost hard to predict in advance.

Pros

  • Automatically routes a brief to the right model among 100-plus options
  • Finished workflows can be reused, remixed, or called as an API
  • MCP integration lets glifs run inside Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT
  • Daily free credits with no signup cost

Cons

  • Credit pricing is split across small packs and subscriptions, unclear at a glance
  • Output quality depends on whichever model the platform auto-selects

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 Glif if you need

  • Builders who want a reusable AI workflow exposed as an API or MCP tool
  • Creatives experimenting across image, video, and audio models in one place

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

Glif vs Recraft: the questions people ask

Is Glif cheaper than Recraft?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Glif starts at $1.99 once, Recraft at $10/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Glif or Recraft have a free tier?

Both: Glif has a free tier, and Recraft has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Glif or Recraft?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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