Looka vs Nametastic

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

Nametastic

Checks availability at generation time, so the shortlist is not padded with names somebody already owns, and scores each candidate rather than dumping a wall of text. The credit accounting is the annoying part: a single search costs two or three credits, so a $9.99 month is fewer runs than it looks. Fine for one naming sprint, thin as a recurring subscription.

Pros

• +Availability is verified as names are generated, not after the fact
• +Credits roll over on subscriptions and pay-as-you-go credits do not expire
• +Each candidate is scored on memorability, pronounceability and brand fit
• +Covers 50+ TLDs rather than just .com

Cons

• −Credit maths is fiddly: two or three credits per search makes plan capacity hard to read
• −No API, so it cannot be wired into an automated naming workflow
• −Small Slovenian vendor with no public track record to fall back on

Is Looka cheaper than Nametastic?

Nametastic starts at $0.25/credit. An entry price for Looka is not confirmed by us yet, so check its pricing page before you compare.

Does Looka or Nametastic have a free tier?

Nametastic has a free tier; Looka has paid plans only.