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Looka vs Namewizard

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. Namewizard publishes a starting price ($29); Looka does not.

LookaLogo generator that sells the finished brand kitNamewizardDescribe a business idea and get name candidates checked against live domain availability.

Side by side

FactLookaNamewizard
CategoryBranding & Brand KitsBranding & Brand Kits
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Starts at—$29 year
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyLooka—
Launched2016—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

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

Namewizard

Pairing name generation with a live domain check is the right combination, and $29 a year is trivially cheap next to the naming tools that charge that per month. Everything else is thin: one maker, no company, features still marked coming soon, and no free run to see whether the suggestions are any good before you pay.

Pros

  • Name generation and domain availability checked in the same step
  • Single flat price of $29 a year with no tier ladder to decode
  • No long-term commitment stated on the subscription
  • Narrow scope means a fast, uncluttered interface

Cons

  • No free tier, so you pay before seeing any output quality
  • No company name, address or country published - attribution is an X handle only
  • Search filters and suggestion history are advertised as coming soon, not shipped
  • No trademark screening, logo or brand-kit output

Which one fits

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

Choose Namewizard if you need

  • Founders naming a project who need an available domain, not just a nice word
  • Anyone tired of checking candidate names at a registrar by hand
  • Cheap, one-off naming sessions rather than an ongoing subscription

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